Blog posts in category David Repp

Michigan passes law to collect from 2008 - Can they do that?

Posted on 06/06/2017 at 11:08 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: corporate tax, Iowa Tax, Trinova v Michigan, United States v Carlton

Michigan passes law to collect from 2008 - Can they do that?

States cannot tax a multi-state business on its entire income. The states must share. Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Bra...

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Nontaxable employee fringe benefits - Qualified employee discounts

Posted on 05/19/2017 at 12:13 PM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Employment & Labor Law, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Des Moines employment attorney, discrimination lawyers, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employee benefits, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, fringe benefits, Internal Revenue Service, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Tax, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, local attorneys, work lawyer

Nontaxable employee fringe benefits - Qualified employee discounts

Despite recent Congressional attempts to close loopholes and raise revenues, provisions in the Tax Code still exist that...

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Nontaxable employee fringe benefits - No additional cost services

Posted on 05/17/2017 at 12:35 PM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Employment & Labor Law, Taxation Law

Tagged As: 2018 Tax Law, back taxes, back taxes help, employee benefits, employment legal advice, federal tax lawyer, federal tax rate, fringe benefits, income tax online filing, income tax return filing, Internal Revenue Service, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Tax, irs tax help, irs tax problems, legal advice, local attorneys, online tax help, state tax help, tax filing, tax help, tax law, tax lawyer, tax levy, tax problems, tax settlement, tax solutions

Nontaxable employee fringe benefits - No additional cost services

Despite recent Congressional attempts to close loopholes and raise revenues, provisions in the Tax Code still exist that...

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Qualified transportation fringe benefits

Posted on 04/17/2017 at 10:57 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Employment & Labor Law, Taxation Law

Tagged As: back taxes, back taxes help, best tax attorney, Chong v Commissioner , discrimination lawyers, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employee benefits, employee commute, employee parking, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment legal advice, fringe benefits, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Tax, IRS, irs tax help, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, mass transit passes, tax law, tax-free benefit, taxation law, vanpooling, work lawyer

Qualified transportation fringe benefits

Commuting to and from the workplace is ordinarily not a deductible expense for an employee. Chong v. Commissioner,...

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A professional note to Congress: How to increase taxes on farmers and make them very happy!

Posted on 03/07/2017 at 12:28 PM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: Estate planning for farmers, estate tax, farm income, Farmers' Schedule F, Internal Revenue Service, supply side economics, taxable farm income

A professional note to Congress: How to increase taxes on farmers and make them very happy!

Congress and President Trump want to significantly increase military spending, which will be paid for by an increase in...

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Long term care insurance

Posted on 03/03/2017 at 09:55 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Taxation Law

Tagged As: long term care insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Miller Trust, nursing home

Long term care insurance

The average cost of nursing homes is $5,627 per month in 2017. In a study reported in the Journal of Geriatrics Society...

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Helping people help themselves -- Iowa ABLE Accounts

Posted on 03/02/2017 at 11:05 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Taxation Law

Tagged As: ABLE, Achieving a Better Life Experience, Iowa Tax, Medicaid

Helping people help themselves -- Iowa ABLE Accounts

In 2014, Congress enacted ABLE which stands for Achieving a Better Life Experience. The Act allows States to adopt enabl...

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Little League rodeo

Posted on 02/27/2017 at 07:54 AM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Taxation Law

Tagged As: amateur sports, Internal Revenue Service, Iowa Tax, nonprofit corporations, tax exempt status

Little League rodeo

The IRS already suffers from a bad reputation, and it certainly didn’t do itself any favors to all the aspiring co...

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Trump's border tax could boost U.S. jobs but I have a better idea

Posted on 02/27/2017 at 12:16 PM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Taxation Law

Tagged As: border tax, Donald Trump, Iowa Tax

Trump's border tax could boost U.S. jobs but I have a better idea

On Thursday, President Trump spoke favorably about a potentially export-boosting border adjustment tax being pushed by R...

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I am, therefore I must pay taxes

Posted on 02/21/2017 at 12:07 PM by David Repp

Categories: David Repp, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Henry Ford, Iowa Tax, Jetsons, Microsoft, robot tax, robots, Social Security, Terminator

I am, therefore I must pay taxes

There exist two reasons why some people have difficulty finding a job despite an unemployment rate at 5 percent or below...

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