Jonathan Curry of Tax Notes recaps the tax provisions of President Biden’s American Families Plan and discusses with Dean Zerbe of Alliantgroup LP the finer details and its likelihood of passing Congress. This post has been edited for length and clarity. David Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This week:
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The Internal Revenue Service has announced new, higher contribution limits for health savings accounts for 2022. Are you maxing out these benefits? At the end of January, Americans held $82.2 billion in 30 million health savings accounts, according to HSA advisory firm Devenir. That’s a year-over-year increase of 25% for HSA assets and a 6%
Now that we know the Biden administration’s ideal rate for a global minimum corporate tax — 21% — it’s a bit easier to look at what that rate might mean, particularly for developing countries. At the high end, one estimate has pegged the potential global gains in unrecovered taxes at over $500 billion annually. In a recent
Some Americans may be eligible to receive another cash stimulus from their state or local government, according to new spending rules released by the U.S. Department of Treasury on Monday. The rules outlined long-anticipated guidance on the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Fund (Recovery Fund), part of the American Rescue Plan Act. The bill includes $350 billion in direct,
The Department of Justice issued a news release to strike terror in the hearts of anyone attempting to execute cryptocurrency tax shenanigans. The federal court for the Northern District of California entered an order authorizing a John Does summons on Payward Venture Inc and Subsidiaries d/b/a Kraken. The IRS wants to look at the records of