This week we look at:

• Automatic accounting method changes related to §174 extended to years beginning in 2024
• BOI report - hectic week, but ultimately no resolution yet for initial report due date
• 2025 mileage rates published by the IRS
• IRS finalizes regulations on supervisory approval of penalties
• IRS proposes revisions to Circular 230

This week we look at:

• President signs the two tax bills Congress recently passed
• DOJ asks for stay of injunction issued by US District Court in Texas on enforcement of the CTA
• IRS expands Business Tax Account access and services that can be accessed via that account

This week we look at:

• Congress enacts two tax laws: but neither is the big one that passed the House in January but stalled in the US Senate
• A Texas US District Court has issued a nationwide temporary injunction barring FinCEN from enforcing the BOI reporting regime
• DOJ files a notice of Appeal of the Texas Top Cop Shop Inc decision and FinCEN posts information regarding the impact of the case on BOI reports

This week we look at:

• IRS releases optional form taxpayer can use to make an IRC §83(b) election
• IRS extends for one year more a transitional 45-day period to perfect research credit claims found to be invalid claims
• IRS provides additional relief on the issuance of Forms 1099-K

This week we look at:

• IRS announces program using IP-PIN to allow taxpayers who find a dependent on their return has already been listed on another to get their return processed immediately
• The ERC Second Voluntary Disclosure Program ends but the IRS gives some additional relief for withdrawing a claim filed via third-party payer such as a payroll service

This week we look at:

• IRS may stop putting “taxpayer may rely” statements on proposed regulations
• Tax Court rules partnership basis calculations are cumulative in nature and not stand-alone annual calculations under IRC §705
• Latest speculations on what will get through Congress in 2025 - if anything

This week we look at the rules involving the reconciliation process in Congress, the path that it appears most likely any tax bill enacted to deal with the expiration of many TCJA provisions at the end of 2025.

This week we look at:

• Retirement plan limits announced by the IRS, basically completing the tax inflation adjustments for 2025
• IRS emailed Chief Counsel Advice outlines dealing with SECA and the net investment income tax issues arising from a BBA partnership exam