A recent court case denied a taxpayer the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction under IRC §179D since it could not substantiate that it was the “Designer” under the incentive’s allocation rule....
A recent court case denied a taxpayer the Research Credit under IRC §41 since it could not substantiate proper use of the “start-up” base period to calculate its credit rather than use of the 1984-1988 base period. IRC §41 permits a taxpayer to use a base period of either 1984-1988 or, if certain criteria are met, an alternative base period intended to make the credit available to “start-up” companies that were not in business from 1984-1988....
On December 7, 2018, the IRS Office of Chief Counsel released AM 2018-005, which is a memorandum explaining the eligibility for allocation of the §179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Property Deduction (§179D Deduction) for “designers” of public projects....
Alex Bagne, President of ICS Tax, LLC as well as the President of the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP), had the honor of representing the ASCSP at the 2018 Real Estate and Construction Conference hosted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)....
This week, the House released proposed legislation titled “Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018”, which seeks to extend several expired tax incentives including the §179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction (§179D Deduction) and the §45L Energy Efficient Home Credit (§45L Credit)....
The September 2018 edition of the Journal of Taxation discusses the practice of cost segregation with a focus on IRS Chief Counsel Advice (CCA) 201805001. This CCA memorandum reasons that the preparers of overly aggressive cost segregation studies may be subject to penalties....
The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS has issued proposed regulations (REG-104397-18) providing guidance on Section 168(k), which was amended by P.L. 115-97, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The TCJA increased the allowable first-year depreciation deduction for qualified property from 50% to 100% for property acquired and placed in service after Sept. 27, 2017. This will get phased down by 20% per year beginning after Dec. 22, 2022. The biggest change that arose from tax reform was the ability to now take bonus depreciation on used property by waiving the original-use requirement. ...
ICS Tax welcomes Travis Cansler as Government Relations Specialist based out of Spring, Texas. Cansler will focus on business development, as well as creating and maintaining healthy working relationships with government building owners....
Simply put, accounting methods are how income and expenses are reported for tax purposes. Changing a taxpayer’s accounting method may seem as easy as switching a setting in QuickBooks, but it’s actually a complex process that requires knowledgeable, experienced professionals to help organizations deal with the required IRS formalities....
While many deductions and credits were repealed by TCJA, the final law preserved the Research and Development (“R&D”) tax credit, which was previously made permanent in the Protecting Americans against Tax Hikes (“PATH”) Act of 2015....