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The Florida Department of State deadline for filing a 2015 Florida Annual Uniform Business Report for Florida business entities and non-Florida entities registered in Florida is May 1, 2015. A non-negotiable late fee of $400 will be added to the Department of State fee for entities that file their Florida Annual…

The Internal Revenue Code prescribes minimum imputed interest rates and time-value-of-money factors applicable to certain loan transactions and estate planning techniques. These rates are tied formulaically to market interest rates. The Internal Revenue Service updates these rates monthly. These are commonly applicable rates in effect for April 2015: Short Term…

During the course of an audit of a partnership for employment tax matters, an issue arose as to whether the tax partnership (which has numerous partners) was subject to the unified partnership audit and litigation provisions of TEFRA (the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982). Representing the partnership,…

Could it be better to abandon a bad investment and receive nothing in return, than to sell it and receive something in return? Sometimes the answer is “yes,” according to a recent federal appellate court decision. The reason is that you can take an ordinary business tax loss from abandonment…

The Internal Revenue Code prescribes minimum imputed interest rates and time–value–of–money factors applicable to certain loan transactions and estate planning techniques. These rates are tied formulaically to market interest rates. The Internal Revenue Service updates these rates monthly. These are commonly applicable rates in effect for March 2015: Short Term AFR…