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Tax Filing Reminders – January 2021
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IRS Issues Standard Mileage Rates for 2021
Posted January 2021
The Internal Revenue Service issued the 2021 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.
Relief for Valuing Personal Use of Company Vehicles
Posted January 2021
The IRS is offering relief during the pandemic for employers using certain valuation rules for employees’ personal use of company cars.
In guidance (Notice 2021-7), the agency said those who are valuing that use according to the lease-valuation rule may instead use the cents-per-mile method, for inclusion in income and other purposes.
5G Internet and Rooftop Leases
Posted January 2021
With the increasing development of 5G technology, the major wireless carriers are expanding their efforts to secure suitable locations for installing their transmission hardware. Unlike previous generations of wireless technology, which focused on tall towers located in high points of the terrain, 5G requires more numerous transmission points at lower elevations.
IRS Green Lights PPP Deductibility after Congress Forces Reversal
Posted January 2021
Businesses can now deduct expenses paid for with the proceeds of a forgiven pandemic relief loan.
The IRS, Wednesday, January 6, 2021, reversed its original position that prohibited businesses with Paycheck Protection Program loans from “double-dipping” by paying expenses with a forgivable loan and then writing off those expenses. Congress, in the latest virus relief bill, explicitly stated that such expenses were deductible, forcing the IRS to flip.
Employee Retention Credit Expanded
Posted January 2021
On December 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which includes certain tax relief. One provision to provide COVID-19 pandemic relief was to expand the employee retention credit under the CARES Act by extending it six months and allowing the credit to be applied to businesses receiving PPP loan forgiveness.