Certified Public Accountant specializing in personal, non-profit and forensic accounting and tax preparation
Here’s a troubling thought. Did lawmakers put you in the out-of-favor tax group that denies you the 20 percent Section 199A deduction because your business makes too much money, and does so thanks to the reputation or skill of one or more of the business’s owners or employees?
When you first see that 21 percent tax rate for the C corporation, you have to think that this could be the choice of entity for your business operation. Further, when you find yourself in the out-of-favor group for the 20 percent deduction authorized by new tax code Section 199A, you naturally gravitate to thinking…
Finally, lawmakers did the right thing by increasing the luxury auto depreciation limits on business cars. The old luxury limits were unrealistic, punitive, unfair, and discriminatory against any car that cost more than $15,800. The new limits don’t create parity in all respects, but they are a big improvement.
You likely have heard conflicting information on the deductibility of business meals with clients and prospects. We have spent time researching this issue, and our conclusion is that tax reform eliminated tax deductions for business meals with clients and prospects.
