New York City, New York – KBKG, a nationwide tax specialty firm, hired a new Regional Director as part of their Northeast practice. David Zarin has over 25 years of experience working in business development and client relationship management roles in the professional services industry, specifically for large and midsize public accounting and management consulting … Read More
Acquiring or constructing a gas station with a convenience store (“C-store”) can be a lucrative addition to a real estate portfolio. Current rules allow investors to immediately write off all the improvements if certain requirements are met, and the property is placed in service after September 27, 2017. This went into effect after the Tax … Read More
For taxpayers operating in the state of Iowa, there is an outstanding opportunity to take advantage of a refundable tax credit for activities meeting the requirements of IRC §41 (To be eligible for R&D Tax Credits, research activities must meet the criteria in the IRS Four-Part Test). The tax credits are available for expenditures related … Read More
Lester Cook, Todd French, and Kyle Ernsberger from our Midwest Office will be sponsoring the Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago (BOMA) Golf Classic on Thursday, August 12th. They will be located at Course 3, Hole 4 (featured below) at the prestigious Cog Hill Golf and Country Club. There will be refreshments at our … Read More
![[Updated] KBKG Tax Insight: R&D Tax Credits – Protective 280C(c)(3) Elections](https://www.kbkg.com/wp-content/uploads/Copy-of-A-Taxpayers-Property-Purchase-Land-vs-Building-Allocation.jpg "[Updated] KBKG Tax Insight: R&D Tax Credits – Protective 280C(c)(3) Elections")
Updated September 16, 2020 The Section 41 Research Credit was enacted in 1981 as a temporary code section and made permanent with the passage of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (“PATH”) Act of 2015. The research credit is an incentive providing taxpayers across all industries, performing qualified activities, the opportunity to reduce their tax … Read More
Readers of a certain age may remember CliffsNotes, a lifeline for students who may not have read every book for English class. CliffsNotes were marketed as a study aid for students struggling with Macbeth, War & Peace, or a Tale of Two Cities. Occasionally, students would rely on the yellow-and-black books as salvation while studying … Read More
2020 was a rough year for everyone, but that didn’t deter us from continuing our commitment to Operation Gratitude! Our participation originated at the firm’s Woodland Hills Office in 2017 and has proliferated to several national branches. Jerilynn Pakcyk leads the current mission with the assistance of Jesús Alfaro. Amidst the distancing restrictions imposed during … Read More
KBKG is passionate about helping others in the community. The firm gives all employees 16 hours of paid company time each year for volunteering efforts. Our volunteer committee, spearheaded by Laura Diallo, organizes many of the firm’s external and internal volunteer events ranging from collecting cans of soup for the Foothill Unity Center’s “Warm the … Read More
Governor Kim Reynolds recently signed into law Senate File 619 relating to a multitude of state and local tax issues. Included within this law is the retroactive applicability of Federal Bonus Depreciation rules for qualified assets placed into service on or after January 1, 2021. Additionally, the State of Iowa will remain decoupled from the … Read More
After months of uncertainty, California taxpayers can begin to proceed with some degree of clarity around the treatment of Economic Injury Disaster Loans (“EIDL”) as well as Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans received and forgiven for income tax purposes. Assembly Bill 80 (“A.B. 80” or the “bill”) allows taxpayers that meet certain criteria to exclude … Read More