By Martin E. Prendergast, MBAGray, Gray & Gray, LLP The U.S. tax code offers various provisions designed to incentivize business growth and innovation. Among them, Section 174 plays a crucial role by allowing businesses – including many in the architecture, engineering, design, and construction industries – the option to deduct or amortize research and experimental […]
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You likely already know that year end is the optimal time for not-for-profits to conduct gift-giving campaigns. Donors are more generous during the holidays, and many people wait until the last minute to make tax-deductible gifts before the Dec. 31 deadline. In fact, according to Double the Donation, 10% of all charitable giving occurs on the
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Do you have an idea for a new venture with social benefits or environmental applications? You can set up as a for-profit entity — such as a C corporation, S corporation or limited liability company — with charitable functions. Or, if your key objectives are more altruistic, you may want to consider an alternative: forming a
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The term “501(c)(3) organization” — which refers to the Internal Revenue Code section governing not-for-profit entities — often is used interchangeably with “public charity.” But not all 501(c)(3) organizations are public charities. Some are private foundations, and they’re subject to different tax rules. Individual and Family Charity A private foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization created by
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The tax-exempt status of a 501(c)(3) organization is its lifeblood. Without it, most not-for-profits couldn’t obtain the financial and other support they need to fulfill their mission. That’s why you need to protect your exempt status at all costs. 6 Violations Following is a brief overview of six common ways nonprofits’ tax-exempt status can be jeopardized
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Some taxpayers who have been playing “catch up” on their retirement savings after age 50 will soon be losing one of the tax breaks they have enjoyed. Starting January 1, 2024, any catch up 401(k) contribution made by a taxpayer earning $145,000 or more during the previous year must be made – after taxes –
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By Martin E. PrendergastGray, Gray & Gray, LLP Since the availability of immediate R&D expensing was eviscerated by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, business advocates and many members of Congress have been actively seeking to reverse the changes. The new rules requiring R&D spending to be amortized over five years (15
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The movement to restore full expensing of R&D costs in the year the expenses are incurred, instead of amortizing them over 5 years, is gaining momentum in Congress. A bi-partisan bill had previously been filed in the U.S. Senate to return full expensing of R&D Costs (S. 866). That effort has now been joined by
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Your not-for-profit organization is probably assisted by volunteers who aren’t financially compensated. But your staff — including executives — are almost certainly paid a commensurate salary and benefits for their work. Compensation issues are always tricky, but they’re made more so by tax and legal requirements for nonprofits. Setting executive pay is particularly fraught because if
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The $1.7 trillion federal omnibus spending package that was signed by President Biden on Friday, December 23 did not include a provision to reverse the recently enacted requirement that businesses amortize their R&D expenses. This was despite industry pressure for an extension or removal of the requirement to begin amortizing R&D expenditures, which went into
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