Understanding the Qualified REIT/PTP Component and Its 20% Deduction
Through 2025, taxpayers may claim a 20% Section 199A deduction on qualified REIT dividends and qualified PTP income…
Articles by & updated by Sai Sankar
Safe Harbor for Rental Real Estate: Key QBI 199A Requirements
For 2025 filings the IRS reaffirmed Revenue Procedure 2019-38: to claim the Section 199A QBI safe harbor landlords…
IRS Section 199A Safe Harbor: Key Rental Real Estate Exclusions
The IRS reaffirmed that as of September 7, 2025, properties with excess personal use, triple net leases, rentals…
Understanding Qualified Trade or Business Under Section 199A and SSTBs
Section 199A allows a QBI deduction for pass-through and qualifying rental income if the activity is a Section…
QBI and 199A: Why Certain Employee Services Never Qualify
Employee services are excluded from QBI under Section 199A; wages cannot generate the 20% deduction. A three-year presumption…
Section 199A: Plan for the 2025 QBI Deduction Sunset
Section 199A offers up to a 20% deduction on qualified business income and certain dividends for noncorporate taxpayers…
Does rental real estate qualify as a trade for QBI under 199A?
Revenue Procedure 2019-38’s safe harbor lets eligible landlords claim the Section 199A QBI deduction by meeting ownership, separate-records,…
Who Pays a 50% U.S. Tariff on Indian Goods and Why It Matters
Legally paid by U.S. importers, a 50% tariff on Indian goods would economically burden consumers and Indian exporters,…
Trump Pushes Major H-1B Overhaul: Cap-Exempt Revisions and New Wage-Based System
A comprehensive H-1B overhaul tightens specialty-occupation rules, narrows cap-exempt eligibility, and shifts to a wage-weighted selection by FY2027,…