In our previous blog, No Strings Attached, we discussed the importance of unrestricted general operating support from grant makers. However, general operating support may not be the best – or only way – to assist every grantee organization. Instead of, or in addition to a grant, program-related investment (PRI) sometimes makes sense. If you haven’t [...]
By: Dan Li (Senior Manager, Green Hasson Janks) and Daniel Rowe (Principal, Green Hasson Janks) In previous blog posts, we have written about federal and state tax incentives for the entertainment industry, including the Section 199 domestic production activities deduction (DPAD) and state film tax credits. Another significant federal tax incentive is the Section 181 [...]
By Jennie Tieu (Senior Manager, Green Hasson Janks) Most taxpayers are aware that the mortgage interest deduction is limited to $1 million of acquisition indebtedness and $100,000 of home equity indebtedness on a qualified residence. These limitations apply to a single taxpayer or married taxpayers who jointly file their tax return. In the case of a [...]
By: Blair Howard (Intern, Green Hasson Janks) and Lauren Haverlock (Principal, Green Hasson Janks) Managing executive compensation for the highest paid executives in any company can be difficult, but it becomes much more complex when discussing tax-exempt organizations. Not only must a nonprofit consider the effects of salary levels on the operating budget, the organization [...]
By Jason Booth (Principal, Green Hasson Janks) For years now an ongoing debate has taken place on Capitol Hill about U.S. international tax policy reform.[1] Amongst many others, arguments have been made regarding lowering the U.S. corporate statutory tax rate (in 2015, it was the higher than any other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [...]
By: Jigna Mehta More than 20,000 taxpayers have been targeted recently by calls from fake Internal Revenue Service agents. Thousands of victims, nearly in every state, have lost a total of more than $1 million. According to J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the fake IRS agents call taxpayers claiming they owe [...]
On February 22, the Treasury Department released “The President's Framework for Business Tax Reform.” The document outlines the Administration’s overall view of the tax system and its proposals for reform. The general view of the U.S. tax systems is that high corporate tax rate along with the existing corporate tax “loopholes” has made the system [...]
On February 16th, the IRS published its list of top 12 “tax scams” for 2012 dubbed the “Dirty Dozen.” “Taxpayers should be careful and avoid falling into a trap with the Dirty Dozen,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. “Scam artists will tempt people in-person, on-line and by e-mail with misleading promises about lost refunds and [...]
Earlier today, IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman addressed the 24th Annual Institute on Current Issues in International Taxation which is sponsored by the George Washington University School of Law and the IRS. As always, those of us who work in the "tax world" listen carefully to the comments made by the Commissioner in order to understand [...]
Employers who are tasked with complying with the U.S. tax system, already one of the world's most complicated and onerous, may now be looked upon as collection agents for the IRS. In a recently issued opinion (U.S. v. Heli USA Airways, Inc.), a district court determined that an employer is liable for an employee's unpaid [...]
