{"id":55,"date":"2016-02-29T19:29:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T19:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/?p=55"},"modified":"2016-02-29T19:30:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T19:30:32","slug":"new-tax-law-provisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/29\/new-tax-law-provisions\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tax Law Provisions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last summer\u2019s highway trust fund extension law* includes a few important federal tax provisions that affect business and individual taxpayers.<\/p>\n

Return due dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"TaxThe new law accelerates the filing deadline for partnership returns by one month, effective with returns for tax years that begin after December 31, 2015. As a result, the due date for partnership returns will be the fifteenth day of the third month after the end of the partnership\u2019s tax year \u2014 March 15 for a partnership with a calendar year.<\/p>\n

C corporations will have an additional month to file their returns, generally effective with returns for tax years beginning after December 31, 2015. As a result, C corporation returns will be due by the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the end of the tax year (by April 15 for a C corporation with a calendar year). The extended deadline doesn\u2019t take effect until tax years beginning after December 31, 2025, for C corporations with fiscal years ending on June 30.<\/p>\n

Basis reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n

For federal estate-tax purposes, property included in the gross estate is generally valued at its fair market value on the decedent\u2019s date of death. That same fair market value then becomes the property\u2019s income-tax basis in the hands of the person who acquires the property from the decedent.<\/p>\n

The new law doesn\u2019t change this rule. However, it requires the executor of any estate required to file a federal estate-tax return to furnish an information statement to the IRS and to each person receiving property from the estate. The statement must show the value of the property as reported on the return (and any other information the IRS may require). There are penalties for failure to file and for tax understatements resulting from inconsistencies in basis reporting.<\/p>\n

Mortgage information returns<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the new law, mortgage lenders must include additional items, such as the amount of principal outstanding at the beginning of the year, on information returns required to be furnished after December 31, 2016.<\/p>\n

If you are tired of overpaying taxes and would like to be more aggressive lowering your taxes but stay within the legal limits, call 510-222-5800<\/strong> and ask for Navjeet<\/strong>. \u00a0Our initial consultation for small business owners is free.<\/p>\n

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Chahal & Associates is a California Tax and Accounting firm<\/a> that focuses on lowering your taxes legally. \u00a0We have three convenient locations to service the broader Bay area<\/a> and are the fastest growing firm locally<\/em>. \u00a0Our offices are located in Marin County \u2013 San Rafael<\/a>, Emeryville \u2013 Alameda County<\/a>, and Pinole \u2013 Contra Costa County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While we work with all types of businesses, Chahal & Associates also has specialty services like International Taxation<\/a>, Expatriate Tax<\/a>, Restaurant Accounting<\/a>, Retail Accounting<\/a>, QuickBooks Accounting<\/a> and Auto Repair Accounting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Improvement Act of 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last summer\u2019s highway trust fund extension law* includes a few important federal tax provisions that affect business and individual taxpayers. Return due dates The new law accelerates the filing deadline for partnership returns by one month, effective with returns for tax years that begin after December 31, 2015. As a result, the due date for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,4],"tags":[33,39,40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chahalassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}