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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 162 trade…
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 treats former…
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 through 2025.…
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, and 250-hour…
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, hitting textiles,…
Understanding Casualty and Theft Deductions Under TCJA for Federally Declared Disasters
From 2018–2025, personal casualty or theft deductions generally require a federally declared disaster; qualified disasters use a $500 per-event reduction…
Understanding Charitable Contributions: What Qualifies and What Doesn’t
Confirm charity status, keep bank records and contemporaneous acknowledgments for gifts of $250+, use Form 8283 for non-cash gifts over…
Permanent $750,000 Acquisition Debt Limit Enacted for 2026 Onward Under OBBBA
Acquisition indebtedness interest is deductible within caps: $750,000 for post-12/15/2017 loans and $1,000,000 for older loans. OBBBA makes the $750,000…