The CPA Journal - The Voice of the Accounting Profession
WEBThe CPA Journal is a publication of the New York State Society of CPAs, and is internationally recognized as an outstanding, technical-refereed publication for accounting practitioners, educators, and other financial professionals all over the globe.Edited by CPAs for CPAs, it aims to provide accounting and other financial professionals with the …
Basic Tax Reporting for Decedents and Estates - The CPA Journal
WEBAug 3, 2021 · Gift and Estate Tax Returns. A fiduciary generally must file an IRS Form 706 (the federal estate tax return) only if the fair market value of the decedent’s gross assets at death plus all taxable gifts made during life (i.e., gifts exceeding the annual exclusion amount for each year) exceed the federal lifetime exemption in effect for the year of …
Major Revisions to the Auditor's Report - The CPA Journal
WEBApr 7, 2021 · Overview of Changes to Audit Reports. The ASB’s changes greatly impact auditor reports. Briefly, the changes included: 1) moving the opinion to the first part of the report; 2) adding more titles; 3) disclosing management’s and the auditor’s responsibility for going concern issues; 4) introducing key audit matters (KAM); and 5) expanding the …
Asset Acquisition Accounting - The CPA Journal
WEBApr 4, 2022 · The key consideration when classifying a transaction as an asset acquisition or a business combination is the definition of a business. In January 2017, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2017-01, Clarifying the Definition of a Business.This ASU provides a new framework for determining whether a transaction is an asset …
An Introduction to Structured Installment Sales - The CPA Journal
WEBDec 31, 2021 · Background. Structured installment sales evolved as an outgrowth of IRC section 453, which governs the selling of qualifying appreciated assets using the installment method where sellers can spread out recognition of capital gains over several years according to an agreed-upon schedule. As originally conceived, installment sales …
Accounting Ethics Education - The CPA Journal
WEBOct 19, 2021 · McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2000). The CPA Journal has contributed to the discussion about teaching ethics to accounting students, including a paper by this author that explores the role of the “Giving Voice to Values” (GVV) methodology discussed below (Steven Mintz: “Reimaging Ethics Education,” September 2017, pp. 98-102).
The Past, Present, and Future of Forensic Accounting
WEBApr 10, 2020 · The Origins of Forensic Accounting. The world of forensic accounting has been developing for the past 70 years. Some credit the beginning of the understanding of fraud as a subject of scientific study to the 1934 work of Donald Cressey and Edwin Southland, who coauthored Principles of Criminology. This authoritative text defined and …
Tax Treatment of Liquidations of Partnership Interests
WEBFeb 9, 2021 · Redemption of a Partnership Interest. Redemptions of a partner’s entire partnership interests are governed by IRC section 736. That section does not affect the amount of income, gain, or loss that will be reported by the retiring partner; instead, it determines whether the income will be a capital gain (or loss) or ordinary income, and …
Qualified Business Income Deduction and the Self-Employed
WEBJul 29, 2022 · The remaining tax savings of $264 comes from the additional QBI deduction of $753 generated by the reduction in taxable income (i.e., 35% × $753). The tax savings is slightly less in Example B due to the self-employment tax effect on taxable income and QBI. Because it is not linear—due to the QBI deduction being based on QBI and the phase ...
Tax Consequences of Settlement and Litigation Award Payments ...
WEBNov 20, 2018 · When an individual receives a settlement or litigation award payment, the likely first question is whether the payment is taxable. While CPAs may know that the answer will depend upon the claim underlying the lawsuit, several other questions can arise that will likewise depend on the facts and circumstances.