Family businesses account for 64 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, generate 62 percent of the country’s employment, and account for 78 percent of all new job creation.1 Yet the average life span of a family business is a mere 24 years. Less than one in three family-owned businesses survive to be passed on to […]
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By Martin E. PrendergastGray, Gray & Gray, LLP One of the biggest changes to emerge from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was a significant drop in the corporate tax rate, from 35% to 21%. However, this new tax rate only applies to businesses structured as C Corp entities. Does this mean that
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By Martin E. PrendergastGray, Gray & Gray, LLP The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 included several provisions lowering tax rates for both C Corps and many pass-through entities such as S Corps, LLCs, partnerships, and sole proprietors. C Corps received a drop in their corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. Pass-through entities
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Cryptocurrency, including such online currencies like Bitcoin or other “virtual” currencies, are posing their own unique challenges to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. taxpayers. According to a CNBC report, “Almost every bitcoin or other ‘altcoin’ transaction – mining, spending, trading, exchanging, air drops, etc. – will likely be a taxable event…” Although both
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Research & Development Credits are not just for scientists and software developers By Bradford G. Carlson; Paul J. Gerry, Jr., CPA, PFS; Martin E. Prendergast; Karen G. Timmermans, CPAGray, Gray & Gray, LLP If you think the Research & Development Tax Credits offered by the federal government are just for high technology, life sciences or computer
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