January, 2017
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We Hope This is The Final Update on # of W2s
We now have found out that you do not need to input the number of W2s to efile business returns and we provide some guidance on the new Destination Based Cash Flow Tax proposal.
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Update on Entering # of W2s
We got quite a few comments regarding our last post on W2s, etc. This post provides an update on that post.
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New requirement when claiming salaries and wage deduction on entity tax returns
The IRS has issued new requirements for filing entity returns.
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Trends in Working Capital
FarmDoc Daily issued a report yesterday showing working capital trends over the last 10 years. As expected, they peaked in 2012 and have dropped quite a bit since then.
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Good News On Valuation Discounts?
The IRS had proposed regulations to prevent taking discounts on transfer of farm entities. It appears that the IRS is backtracking on this and these new rules will not apply to most farmers.
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Great News on Section 179 For FSA AGI Purposes
FSA was not allowing Section 179 as a deduction for certain entities when calculation average adjusted gross income limitations. However, after being involved in two FSA appeals last year, FSA has now updated their handbook to allow full Section 179 deduction. This may be very welcome news for any farmer that had their payment rejected solely due to Section 179 not being allowed.
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Your Farm Financial Reporting Scorecard?
Since I am speaking at the Ag Boot Camp today I thought I would check with our readers on their farm financial reporting scorecard and see how they are doing.
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Where’s Paul?
This is a very hectic time of year for me with doing seminars, so I thought I would update everyone where I will be over the next few weeks.
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California Loses Their Appeal in “Swart”
The State of California can be very aggressive in trying to get money from out of state businesses that are not “doing” business in the state. In the Swart’s appeal case filed yesterday, the state lost. This is a good for all taxpayers.
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FBAR Due Date Automatically Extended to October 15
Farmers with accounts outside the US usually need to report these to the Department of Treasury. The due date is now April 15 with an automatic extension to October 15. The Department of Treasury just released a notice saying you do not need to ask for an extension. This is good news.