Ohio historic preservation and economic development projects may soon receive a large temporary boost from the Ohio General Assembly. Recently passed by the Ohio Senate and now under consideration in the Ohio House, Ohio Senate Bill 225 would double both the Ohio...
As cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin rise in popularity, government regulators repeatedly try, and often fail, to control their use as a tax shelter. Agencies such as the IRS struggle with determining the best way to tax cryptocurrency holdings and transactions, and...
On Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision dealing with defined contribution retirement plans. These plans, which include 401(k) plans, provide an array of investment choices from which participants may choose to invest their own or...
As small and mid-size business owners move toward the federal tax filing deadline in this new year, they need to be aware of certain changes in the federal income tax area. A short listing of the highlights (more appropriately, lowlights) of those changes is outlined...
A new tax rule will see the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gain information on income small businesses receive via transactions on popular payment applications. As of Jan. 1, 2022, businesses that accept more than $600 per year in payments for goods and services...
As the end of 2021 approaches, Ohio employers having annual revenues in excess of $500,000 must become aware of, and plan for, changes to the current municipal income tax withholding regime. To understand the changes and the new requirements, reviewing a bit of...
Ohio’s latest property tax reform effort, Ohio House Bill 126, made it through the Senate this week and is now headed back to the House for a concurrence vote on Senate changes. As passed by the Senate, H.B. 126 would eliminate the contentious practice of school...
The highly anticipated changes to estate tax laws seem to be on hold as we close out 2021. On Nov. 15, 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law. The IIJA provides investment in the nation’s infrastructure as follows:...
As we close in on the (merciful) end of 2021, it is a long-standing tradition to examine each individual’s tax situation to discover any opportunities to save current or future income taxes. As is true with most things in 2021, such an examination is made much murkier...
The US House of Representatives passed President Biden’s $2 trillion “Build Back Better” act (the “BBB”) Friday morning on a 220-213 party line vote. The Act now heads to the Senate, where Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have expressed significant...