Congress passed the American Tax Relief Act of 2012 on January 1, 2013. This letter is to keep you informed of the most important provisions under this act and the new Medicare Tax guidance. American Tax Relief Letter
Employee’s Vehicle Allowance
Whether your company supplies business vehicles to employees as “perks” or as necessary tools to help get their work done, their personal use of the vehicle has tax implications. An employee’s personal use of a company vehicle generally must be treated as a non-cash fringe benefit that is also subject to social security taxes. Fortunately, the tax rules give you some flexibility in valuing personal usage of a company vehicle. You can choose from among four valuation methods: The general fair market value method, which is based on what a person would pay locally to lease a comparable vehicle for a period of time comparable to the period of time the employee has use of the vehicle; The lease value
2012 Year End Tax Letters
Hello Everyone, The 2012 Year Tax Letters are now available to view 2012 Individual Letter 2012 Corporate Letter 2012 New Developments Letter
Tax to Raise more than 30 Percent
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Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation
On December 13th, 2011 the house passed H.R. 3630, the “Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act of 2011. If the Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act of 2011does become law what real world implications would have? First, maybe you noticed that at the beginning of 2011 you started taking home more in your paycheck. That is because there was a 2% reduction in workers payroll taxes and self-employment tax. So employees have been saving 2% of FICA taxes all thru 2011; H.R. 3630 extends that 2% reduction for 2012. Also, 100% bonus depreciation “for most assets” is set to expire at the end 2011. Under current law, business taxpayers must generally depreciate the cost of capital
Section by Section
Section-by-Section for The Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act of 2011 – H.R. 3630 TITLE I – JOB CREATION INCENTIVES Subtitle A – North American Energy Access Section 1001. Short Title: This section provides the short title of “North American Energy Security Act.” Section 1002. Permit for Keystone XL Pipeline: Subsection (a) requires the President to grant a permit under Executive Order 13337 for the Keystone XL pipeline project application filed on September 19, 2008 (including amendments), subject to subsection (b). Subsection (b) provides that the President is not required to grant the permit under subsection (a) if he determines that the Keystone XL pipeline would not serve the national interest. If the President determines that the Keystone