By Ephraim Fishman, CPA Remote and hybrid work options have become more accepted and many employees are insisting on this option. Remote work has many benefits for companies, including access to a wider pool of employee talent, reduced employee turnover, and cost savings. Many workers who were…
Written By David Neuman, JD Real estate professional status can provide relief from the passive activity loss limitation rules and the 3.8% net income investment tax (“NIIT”), resulting in significant tax savings. Rental activities are, per se, passive. Passive activity loss (“PAL”) rules limit the ability…
By David Neuman, JD The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowed employers to defer the payment and deposit of the employer’s share of Social Security tax. Employers were able to take advantage of the deferral by…
By David Neuman, JD Last week, the President announced a three-part plan which will significantly impact student loan debt. Further details were subsequently summarized in a Fact Sheet issued by the White House. The proposal calls for targeted debt relief to be granted by Department of…
By David Neuman, JD The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has provided penalty relief in Notice 2022-36 for certain taxpayers from failure to file penalties and certain international information return penalties with respect to tax returns for the taxable years 2019 and 2020. In order to be eligible…
LMC is honored to announce exciting news – our firm has been recognized as a Top 300 accounting firm by INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA)! LMC has ranked #258 out of the top 500 firms selected by IPA. The IPA Top 500 is an annual list…
By David Neuman, JD and Alan Wong, CPA Late last week, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”) was passed by the House of Representatives and has been sent to President Joe Biden for his signature and enactment into law. This important piece of legislation would,…
By David Neuman, JD and Alan Wong, CPA New York State has opened a “screening tool” for small businesses to determine if they qualify for the COVID-19 Capital Costs Tax Credit Program. This $250 million tax-credit program, which is being issued on a first come first serve…
By Ephraim Fishman, CPA This past Wednesday, the Federal Reserve moved to further tighten credit by raising its benchmark interest rate by a sizable 0.75 percentage point for a second straight time. The central bank is aggressively raising borrowing costs to try to slow spending, cool the…
By Ephraim Fishman, CPA If you are like most people, the recent market turmoil has you concerned about where to invest your money. The stock market in tanking, bonds have lost on average 8% of their value, gold is down 4% and let’s not even get started…
