Insights by Author: Jacob Sheffield, CPA, MST

Update on the Corporate Transparency Act: Court Suspends Reporting Requirements for Businesses

December 10, 2024

Less than one month before the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting deadline,…

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Year-End Tax Planning for Businesses

November 15, 2024

After a few years of relatively mild tax changes for most businesses, post-election results provide more…

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Corporate Transparency Act: What Small Businesses and Trusts Need to Know About New Reporting Requirements

January 19, 2024

Effective January 1, 2024, millions of privately-owned non-exempt corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships will…

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2022 Year-End Tax Planning for Businesses

November 9, 2022

It’s the time of year when we’re immersing ourselves in fall sports, thinking about the holiday…

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The Inflation Reduction Act and What It Means for You

September 9, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act (the Act) was recently signed into law on Aug. 16 and contains…

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Important Changes to California’s Elective Pass-Through Entity Tax

February 23, 2022

California recently revised its SALT cap workaround to be more appealing for qualifying owners of S…

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Employees in Other States? Here are the Top Tax Implications to Consider

February 16, 2022

Return-to-office plans remain in a state of limbo as some employers find that a remote work…

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Year-End Tax Planning for Businesses

November 15, 2021

2021 brought a wave of new tax changes for businesses, and 2022 could bring yet another…

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On Your Mark, Small Businesses: Get Set to Reserve the 2021 Main Street Hiring Credit

October 28, 2021

The Main Street Hiring Credit has been reenacted for 2021, bringing financial relief to small businesses…

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How to Claim the Employee Retention Tax Credit

July 16, 2021

Congress created an employee retention tax credit to retain employees on their payroll during the pandemic.…

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2014 Year-End Tax Planning for Businesses

It is that time of year to start thinking about your year-end tax planning. Let's dive into a ...
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2014 Year-End Tax Planning for Individuals

It's hard to believe that we are getting towards the end of another year, but with ...
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Bonnie Zappacosta Receives 40 Under 40 Award

Congratulations to BPW's Marketing Manager, Bonnie Zappacosta, who was recently named one of the 2014 40 ...
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The Tax Reform Act of 2014’s Effect on Nonprofits

In early 2014, Dave Camp, U.S. Congressman and Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, unveiled ...
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Phone Scams Continue

It is important to us at BPW to keep our clients and community apprised of not only important industry ...
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CA Partial Sales and Use Tax Exemption

As a way to encourage economic growth in California, a new tax law recently went into ...
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Targeted Partnership Allocations on the Rise

When working with partnership formation agreements for traditional partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, it has become ...
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The IC-DISC: How Your Foreign Sales Can Save You Tax

If your business exports goods that are made or grown in the United States or performs ...
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Regulations Released for Estate and Trust Deductions

The IRS has issued final regulations as to which costs incurred by non-grantor trusts and estates ...
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Converged Standard on Revenue Recognition Released by FASB and IASB

After many years of collaboration, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards ...
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A Major Change in the Rules of IRA Rollovers

With a recent ruling by the United States Tax Court (the Court), there is now a ...
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