The New York State Society of CPAs

Over 30 years, the problems that clients experience with sales tax tend to repeat themselves, over and over and over again. Most of those problems are easily preventable if someone would just spend 15 minutes discussing sales tax with them when they started the business, or at least one year or two later—when the business started to get traction and really took off.

On September 27, 2023, H.R. 5761, the “Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension and Improvement Act,” was introduced as bipartisan legislation in the House of Representatives (the “proposed legislation”).[1]  Among other things, the proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would extend the investment and tax deferral period for capital gains that are invested in qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) by two years (from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2028) and permit QOFs to be structured as a fund of funds.

With more than 1,200 golf courses, Florida has more courses than any other state in the United States. With plenty of golf courses and warm weather, Florida has been a “hot” destination for new residents. According to the United States Census Bureau, Florida saw the biggest increase in population in 2022 with 319,000 new residents. (Forbes, Florida’s Moving Statistics that May Surprise You, July 28, 2023, Florida Moving Stats You Should Know – Forbes Home). 

Effective estate administration means identifying, valuing and collecting assets, filing tax returns, making distributions and determining cash needs to pay taxes, expenses and debts, among many other tasks.