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Crypto Staking

The Service now addresses the taxation of crypto rewards received through staking. Some taxpayers have taken the position that token rewards they received through a proof-of-stake blockchain are created property that isn’t taxed on receipt, but instead, on...

Common ERTC Compliance Errors

Interaction with the PPP loans, wages covered by PPP loans are not eligible for ERTC credits. Interaction of the ERTC and other payroll-related credits. Wages used for the following credits generally can’t also be used for purposes of claiming the ERTC: The tax credit...

ERC Fraud

We have all heard the promoters and their outrageous claims about getting your money that is owed to you and your business under the ERC rules. The ERTC rules are complex, and Congress changed them on three different occasions, just to make them more complicated. With...

Unpaid Trust Taxes

What happens when you distribute Trust assets and don’t pay the taxes?  You guessed it… The IRS can go after heirs and trust beneficiaries for unpaid estate taxes. It doesn’t matter that they received property years after the decedent’s death, an appeals court...

Professional gamblers

Professional gamblers have different rules than recreational gamblers. Some gamblers can file Schedule C if their gambling activity is extensive enough to rise to the level of a trade or business. This is a difficult hill to climb, as shown in a recent case (Mercier,...

Recreational Gamblers

Everybody knows or should know that you make, earn, win or steal money; you will owe the IRS a percentage of those funds. So here are some tax rules for recreational gamblers: Whether you are playing the slots, betting on sports or buying lottery tickets, IRS wants a...

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