A federal district court in Ohio has issued a permanent injunction against a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) prohibiting states from using ARPA funds to offset state tax cuts. The provision provided that no states, territories or local communities that accepted funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (approximately $350 billion total…
Read More »Despite the fact that tax receipts have been well above expectations in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Massachusetts legislature this week cleared the so-called Millionaires tax to appear on the state ballot in 2022. The measure, which required approval by two consecutive legislative sessions in order to advance, was passed Wednesday on a…
Read More »We just detailed two costly programs initiated specifically to help businesses get back on their feet and now having exhausted all available funding. The financial assistance was crucial for some to keep their doors open and others to keep staff on the payroll. Now that all that largesse has largely been expended, we get the…
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This presentation covers investment and tax strategies that may allow more of your capital work for you. Content will include reviewing events that might trigger personal and/or corporate tax liabilities, current tax policy and non-product specific solutions meant to mitigate those taxes. Kyle Kadish, the President of Advantage Wealth Solutions, conducts this program along…
Read More »As Congress gets closer to possibly another economic recovery legislation, and the clamor to date has been for as much a $1 trillion in relief to state and local government, we’ve now entered FY 2021 budget. With tax receipts significantly reduced, every state and local government is facing some tough budget decisions. A quick look…
Read More »Notwithstanding the partisan divide that continues in the Nation’s Capital, Congress is looking at possibly passing another multi-billion to trillion dollar economic relief package when the House returns to DC next week. Republicans and Democrats are divided over what to include, but they have each been floating different ideas that we want to keep watch…
Read More »In a similar vein, the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service yesterday announced that they are extending the deadline to July 15, 2020 for a host of administrative acts under US tax law for fiscal year businesses, tax-exempt organizations and some 300 other tax-related deadlines. The extensions synchronize all tax filing and reporting deadlines for…
Read More »San Francisco voters will decide on a ballot measure slated for next November that calls for instituting a new CEO tax on certain companies in the “City By The Bay.” The Excessive CEO Salary Tax earmarks the estimated $80 million in new revenue it would generate for mental health and substance abuse programs within the…
Read More »Earlier this month, the Trump administration submitted its fiscal 2020 budget to Congress and projected the US economy to continue the strong expansion it has experienced since the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act was enacted in 2017. Growth in fiscal year 2018 reached 2.9% for the year, but most economists do not see that kind…
Read More »New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy continues to push for so many of the progressive programs and initiatives that were blocked in prior years by his republican predecessor, Chris Christie. This latest initiative, incorporated in the Governor’s $38.6 billion state budget for FY20, seeks to expand the universe of the multi-millionaire tax (incomes over $5 million)…
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