Income Tax Issues
Books and Records

Avoiding the Net Investment Income Tax with Significant Participation

Uncle Bill’s Net Investment Income Tax Quandary Suffice it to say that Uncle Bill had a good year in 2021. As you may remember from this article, Bill and Ethel’s daughter Moon (neé Jaime) was one of the initial investors in a small online book retailer based out of Seattle that was founded by her friend Jeff. When the website took off, Moon made a pretty penny (or 304 billion pretty pennies). Bill invested a

Read More »
Scott St. Amand March 29, 2022
Business Related Issues
Deductions

Olsen v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo. 2021-41

On April 6, 2021, the Tax Court issued a Memorandum Opinion in the case of Olsen v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo. 2021-41). The primary issues presented in Olsen v. Commissioner were whether the petitioners were entitled to depreciation deductions reported on Schedules C (Profit or Loss from Business) and whether they were entitled to energy tax credits reported on Forms 3800 (General Business Credit) for deductions and credits related to a solar energy tax shelter.  Held:

Read More »
Scott St. Amand April 6, 2021
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Pocket
Email
Print

Most popular tagged posts:

Olsen v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo. 2021-41

On April 6, 2021, the Tax Court issued a Memorandum Opinion in the case of Olsen v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo. 2021-41). The primary issues presented in Olsen v. Commissioner were whether the petitioners were entitled to depreciation deductions reported on Schedules C (Profit or Loss from Business) and whether they

Read More »
Scott St. Amand April 6, 2021