by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Debt & Financing, Financial Planning, IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
These days many college students are leaving school with an overwhelming amount of debt. However, there are some cases where student loans are discharged (also known as being cancelled or forgiven). In other cases, these loans are paid off by an employer. With both of...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
If you’re considering investing in a start-up or starting your own business in Maine, there’s an exciting tax break that could sweeten the deal: Gains from selling qualified small business stock (QSBS) that you acquire on or after September 28, 2010, are...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
The IRS released new temporary and final Section 752 regulations at the beginning of October 2016. Sec. 752 of the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations explain how to allocate partnership debt among partners for purposes of calculating the basis of their...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
A business trip is often meant to gain new customers and clients, or solidify relationships with current ones. Or perhaps it’s a time for sales calls and “meets and greets” with suppliers. In any event, the goal of business travel is generally to...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
The time for filing last year’s individual federal income tax return passed you by in April, unless you’ve extended the due date to October 17. What if you didn’t extend and you haven’t yet filed your Form 1040? And what if you can’t pay your tax...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Divorce Litigation, IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation, Valuations
If divorcing spouses own part of the stock in a closely held corporation, this may be one of their biggest marital assets, and often one spouse decides to buy out the other party’s shares by transferring some assets in exchange for the stock. However, it’s...