For years, employees who wanted to diversify the tax treatment of contributions to their 401(k) or 403(b) plan accounts could elect to have their own deferrals made on a Roth basis, but all employer contributions had to be made on a pre-tax basis. SECURE Act 2.0 changed that, allowing employers to make matching or nonelective employer
The Connecticut Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutionality of taxing an out-of-state company’s vehicles in Connecticut. The court upheld a New Britain Superior Court’s decision from 2022 that the Town of Somers did not violate the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution by taxing vehicles owned by a Massachusetts LLC and registered in Massachusetts
On December 21, 2023, the IRS announced the launch of a new voluntary disclosure program for employers that received an Employee Retention Credit (ERC) but were not actually entitled to the ERC. The ERC is a refundable tax credit for certain employers that had employees that were affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Late last month on December 20th, the IRS issued IRS Notice 2024-2 (“Notice”), an 81-page set of Q & A guidance that provides much needed information on how to comply with several law changes within the SECURE 2.0 law that President Biden signed into law in December of 2022. This Blog Post discusses
If you grew your Connecticut business or nonprofit organization in 2023 and have not yet set up a workplace retirement plan, you may need to do so or take other action in 2024.
As we’ve previously covered, Connecticut law now requires most employers that do not already sponsor a qualified retirement plan to facilitate
Yesterday the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the new dollar limits that apply for retirement plans in 2024. These annual limits generally continue to increase (in some cases rather substantially compared to the limits in effect just ten years ago), based on the cost-of-living calculation methodology that is set forth in the Internal Revenue Code.
A Tax Notes State article, linked by permission
Shortly following the adoption of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Connecticut adopted its passthrough entity (PTE) tax (also known as PET). Connecticut was the first state in the country to adopt a PET, which was effective with the 2018 tax year. The purpose
On June 12, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law legislation enacting the fiscal years 2024 and 2025 biennial state budget (House Bill 6941) (the “Bill”). Included in the Bill was a provision eliminating the angel investor tax credit for eligible investments in qualified cannabis businesses. Cannabis businesses will no longer be eligible for
On February 8, 2023, Governor Ned Lamont presented Connecticut lawmakers with a $50.5 billion two-year budget that called for more than $500 million in tax relief to Connecticut taxpayers. At this point it is unclear how much of the Governor’s tax cut proposals will be adopted by the Legislature, but since the Democrats control both the
This newsletter summarizes Connecticut tax legislation enacted, court decisions rendered, and administrative guidance published by the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) during calendar year 2022. Please contact a member of our State and Local Tax Practice Group if you have any questions regarding the new tax law changes and how they may affect you and