In the blogs: Judge for yourself

Refunds without taxes; bouncing BOI; never too late for an Employee Retention Credit; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Judge for yourself

• TaxProf Blog (http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/): How income taxation can, and should, be used to regulate judicial misconduct when conduct rules fail.
• Tax Foundation (https://taxfoundation.org/blog): The German economy has been contracting for two years, with corporate investments trailing those of other European countries. Business confidence remains low, economic outlooks pessimistic. Will the recent election produce tax policy for economic growth?
• Taxing Subjects (https://www.drakesoftware.com/blog): The IRS has joined the Coalition Against Scam and Scheme Threats with safeguards this season to help you protect clients.
• Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (https://itep.org/category/blog/): A new report finds that states could raise $19 billion a year with one policy change targeting corporate tax avoidance: worldwide combined reporting.
• Taxable Talk (http://www.taxabletalk.com/): To Err Is Golden Dept.: California says it issued incorrect 1099-Gs.
• Tax Notes (https://www.taxnotes.com/procedurally-taxing): How a section of the TAS Act allows taxpayers who are on an installment agreement or in a CNC status to bring a refund suit even if they haven't yet fully paid the taxes.
• Don't Mess with Taxes (http://dontmesswithtaxes.typepad.com/): Could the federal estate tax wind up halved rather than eliminated?
• Tax Vox (https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox): DOGE might assume that those new IRS employees are expendable. Why they're not.

Report cards

• Eide Bailly (https://www.eidebailly.com/taxblog): How and why Corporate Transparency Act filing rules are back on.
• U of I Tax School (https://taxschool.illinois.edu/blog/): Note too that the House has unanimously passed a bill to extend the deadline for pre-2024 reporting companies to 2026.
• MBK (https://www.mbkcpa.com/insights): So now the deadline is March 21. Unless it isn't.
• The Tax Times (https://www.thetaxtimes.com): Though, "in keeping with Treasury's commitment to reducing regulatory burden on businesses, during this 30-day period FinCEN will assess its options to further modify deadlines, while prioritizing reporting for those entities that pose the most significant national security risks." 

To the swift

• Armanino (https://www.armanino.com/articles/): Taylor Swift's Eras Tour didn't just shatter records for attendance and ticket sales; it showcased the unique tax challenges entertainers and athletes face when working across multiple states and countries. A look at how such folk can maximize tax credits and incentives.
• CLA (https://www.claconnect.com/en/resources?pageNum=0): What to remind them about time remaining to claim the ERC via amended returns.
• TaxProCenter (https://accountants.intuit.com/taxprocenter/): You may not know where they keep coming from but they sure keep coming: unprepared clients and four ways to deal with them.
• AICPA & CIMA (https://www.aicpa-cima.com/blog): With an eye to the pipeline, why accounting should go out of its way to provide high schoolers with real-world experiences and insights about the profession.
• Turbotax (https://blog.turbotax.intuit.com): What to remind them about LLC taxes.
• Current Federal Tax Developments (https://www.currentfederaltaxdevelopments.com/): A look at IRS guidance on issuing health insurance coverage statements to individuals under provisions of the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act.
• The National Association of Tax Professionals (https://blog.natptax.com/): This "You Make the Call" looks at Sandra, a partner in an LLC and who received a K-1 with $45,000 in Box 19, Code C. The instructions for this current distribution indicate that this is the partnership's adjusted basis of property immediately before it was distributed to Sandra. Besides the adjusted basis, what does her tax preparer need to know to complete the new Form 7217, "Partner's Report of Property Distributed by a Partnership," to be filed with her 1040?
• Massey and Company (https://masseyandcompanycpa.com/blog/): Software as a Service is tricky for all kinds of taxes given its recurring revenue and service obligations. Best practices and key concepts to navigate SaaS accounting. 
• Parametric (https://www.parametricportfolio.com/blog): How bond ladders can unlock direct indexing opportunities, including the tax advantages, in fixed income.
• Vertex (https://www.vertexinc.com/resources/resource-library/filter/field_asset_type/blog?page=0): Key points of transfer pricing and its being an essential aspect of global commerce that directly impacts multinational profitability and tax obligations. 
• National Taxpayer Advocate (https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/taxnews-information/blogs-nta): What to remind them about disaster-related tax relief, including deductibility of relief payments and casualty loss deductions.
• Virginia – U.S. Tax Talk (https://us-tax.org/about-this-us-tax-blog/): For U.S. persons, purchasing or owning real estate property overseas comes with significant tax and reporting obligations. Nine points U.S. taxpayers should consider.