Insights

While some are shaking off those post-holiday blues and others are excited about their NFL playoff picks, New York accountants, tax lawyers and taxpayers have other things to ponder.

Concerning this month’s Cyber Roundup, a Millennial might text SSDD [the “polite” translation being: same stuff, different day]. Just another typical month in the annals of cyber security.

U.S. sales and use tax is governed on a state and local level. Compliance with rules and regulations has always been a challenge for multinational companies.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently issued an amendment to Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-2, Leases (Topic 842) released on February 25, 2016.

The IRS recently issued Proposed Regulation §20.2010-1 which addresses previously raised questions regarding taxpayers who may be interested in taking advantage of the increased lifetime basic exclusion amount (BEA).

Recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued interim guidance (Notice 2018-99) concerning the tax treatment of certain qualified transportation fringe benefits (QTFBs) expenses paid or incurred after December 31, 2017.

We are pleased to present our new e-publication International Tax Insights. It is our intention to regularly cover tax topics that affect businesses with international connections.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently announced the six-month renewal of the existing Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) relating to money laundering concerns associated with all-cash purchases of high-end residential real estate properties.