When accounting goes unaccounted for
Ed. note: Here's a short FN because we have been working all afternoon on sourcing details on the EY/Ventas thing for you guys. You're welcome.
Reports: Walgreens won't tap lucrative tax loophole [USA Today]
CVS Suffers After Quitting Cigarettes, But Pharamacy Saves The Day cough cough [Forbes]
H&R Block Reaches out to Attract Accounting Firms [AT]
Paying taxes is patriotic [Forbes]
Treasury Examining Inversion Limits Without Congress Action [Bloomberg]
Who do you block on Twitter? [Gawker]
We’re deeply saddened to learn that McGladrey & Pullen and H&R Block are splitting up:
“This arrangement made sense in 1999,” said Dave Scudder, managing partner of McGladrey & Pullen LLP. “However, that operational and financial model does not serve us well as we address our future goals of client service, opportunity for our partners, and continued growth.”
Translation: It’s about the money.
“We are taking this action because we believe it to be in the best interests of our partners, our employees and our clients. We see great opportunities for success and growth for McGladrey & Pullen as a traditionally structured firm able to provide full service across all industry segments,” Scudder noted.
M&P also wanted you all to know that it’s not your fault, that they still love you but sometimes firms fall out of love.
McGladrey & Pullen News Release
Apparently this happened:
One of a national series of rallies for health-care reform took a violent turn Wednesday night when, according to authorities in Thousand Oaks, Calif., an unidentified man bit off the tip of another man’s pinky finger.
That is all.
Get some coffee, we’re about to talk some tax law…
In a major win for small businesses, a U.S. Tax Court ruled in favor of farmers in Nebraska who claimed that losses from their LLC were not “passive” as the IRS has been arguing for years.
As a result of the ruling, losses from investments in LLP’s and LLC’s held by active participants will be allowed to offset said individual’s personal and investment income.
Prior to the ruling some losses were being carried forward for years until the investment produced a profit or was sold and because the case was heard in U.S. Tax Court, the ruling applies to all states.
The IRS, as always, seems to have outs. Sayeth the Journal, “The agency could appeal the Tax Court ruling to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. It also could try to get Congress to change the law or try a new strategy to maintain the status quo.”
Okay, we made it through that…
Entrepreneurs Win Tax Case Versus IRS [WSJ]