#tax
Данъчни стратегии, планиране и съответствие за физически лица и бизнес
A $150,000 CNC lathe bought at auction and fully expensed under 100% bonus depreciation can generate roughly $37,500 in first-year tax savings at a 25% effective tax rate, but only if the buyer's premium, sales/use tax, and rigging costs are correctly capitalized into cost basis first.
DAC7 requires platforms like Etsy, Airbnb, and Upwork to collect and report seller data to EU tax authorities whenever a US seller's activity touches an EU customer or property, with goods sellers exempt below 30 transactions and €2,000 per year.
Finland's 2025 VAT reform raised the small-business exemption to €20,000 but eliminated the sliding-scale relief that used to soften the jump to full VAT liability at €30,000, so crossing €20,000 now means owing VAT on 100% of turnover with no phase-in.
Illinois excludes employer 401(k) matching contributions from state unemployment insurance (SUI) taxable wages for contributions made after June 30, 2026, under an amendment to 56 Ill. Adm. Code 2730.155; employee deferrals remain taxable, and the change aligns Illinois with existing federal FUTA treatment.
On April 6, 2026, the IRS opened its free Business Tax Account portal to partnerships, tax-exempt organizations, and government entities, letting a designated official view balances, download an EIN verification notice, and make payments online instead of mailing paper forms.
Solar ground leases on farmland pay $500-$1,200 per acre annually nationally once construction begins, but landowners who skip the decommissioning bond, rollback-tax reimbursement, and escalator clause often lose more than they gain over a 20-to-35-year term.
L3Cs are legally recognized in only about ten states and roughly 1,700 exist nationwide, because the IRS never confirmed that L3C status automatically satisfies the program-related-investment test the structure was built around.
Starting with tax year 2026, employers must separately report qualified overtime compensation on Form W-2 using Box 12, Code TT — but only the FLSA-required premium half of overtime pay qualifies, capped at $12,500 for single filers and $25,000 for joint filers.
Authors receiving publisher AI-licensing checks — including payouts from Anthropic's roughly $1.5 billion author settlement — should verify their contract grants those rights, confirm they're getting the Authors Guild-recommended 75-85% split, and report the income on Schedule C as self-employment income, not Schedule E.
Starting April 2026, UK sole traders and landlords with combined gross income over £50,000 must file quarterly digital updates to HMRC instead of one annual Self Assessment return, with penalty-free late filing only in the first year.
The OBBBA's one-time retroactive Section 174 election for 2022–2024 R&D amortization closed July 6, 2026, but the standard three-year R&D credit window and permanent 2025+ immediate expensing under Section 174A remain available to small businesses.
Claude, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor subscriptions are fully deductible under IRC Section 162 as ordinary business expenses, while Section 174 R&D amortization only applies to labor and compute tied to genuine new product development — and the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act restored immediate deduction for domestic R&E costs.
