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Does the 30% commission count as a gift, too? From the Supreme Court ruling on gifts in Commissioner v. Duberstein:

Taxable scholarships count as earned income for the standard deduction and for meeting the filing requirement. Once there is a filing requirement, they do not count as earned income for anything else.

Has anyone received a reject for an invalid business code, or is it just the software not allowing it? The IRS says 999999 will still be accepted (at least for TY22 on F1040): https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/update-to-principal-business-activity-code-2022-instructions-for-schedule-c-form-1040

Yes, but only to the extent there was a tax benefit. See Worksheet 2 and the discussion of "Itemized Deduction Recoveries" in Pub 525.

It's not clear how it should be reported. It is earned income which should count toward EIC, but since no self-employment tax is due, the only way (according to the instructions this year) for it to carry to the EIC Worksheet is to include it in line 1z of the 1040 - perhaps on line 1h?

That's not allowed. If the foreign tax withheld is only slightly over $600, it's entirely possible that the credit allowed this year will be less than $600, with the excess needing to be carried back or forward.

Last year, the IRS started allowing efiling of superceding returns: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-taxpayers-now-have-more-options-to-correct-amend-returns-electronically But not all software supports it.

Thanks for reporting that this is fixed! You can find some issues like this in the first xml file at https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/known-issues-and-solutions, but it doesn't get updated very often - the last was Feb 1. Your issue is on row 76.

The statement is very careful to say that they have NOT determined whether the payments are taxable under the law. They don't want to set a precedent. They are just saying they won't challenge the taxability. Seems similar to "prosecutorial discretion".

And make sure you consider the "Alternative calculation for year of marriage" in Pub 974.

The provision Max refers to is for TY2021 thru TY2025 - there is not a 400% "cliff" for those years. They may still qualify for PTC. (Originally, it was for TY2021-22 only as part of COVID relief, but was extended it to 2025.)

See the instructions for Form 8962. You add the amounts in columns A and C. For column B, it depends. If the policies were from different states, the amounts are added. If from the same state, the amounts on each form should be the same, and that is used. If not (or you want to verify the amount), you need to determine the correct amount for column B at https://www.healthcare.gov/tax-tool/

You probably know that if they have a deductible loss, it can be taken in the prior year (so losses in 2023 can be claimed on the 2022 return). The CAA2023 passed in late December makes permanent the usual retirement plan provisions for disaster distributions, and applies to all disasters after 1/26/2021. That is, someone living in a major disaster area who has an economic loss due to the disaster can treat a retirement distribution as a disaster distribution, not subject to early distribution penalty, and spread the income recognition over 3 years, with the ability to repay within three years.

I believe that IRA trustees have pushed back against any requirement that they determine whether the contribution is to a qualified charity - and they have no way of knowing if the beneficiary received anything of value in return for the donation.

Of course currencies are useful - as a medium of exchange. The problem with cryptocurrencies is that they are being touted as an "investment". But as someone said, there's no there there. The only way to make a profit is on the greater fool theory. Too many people who can't afford to speculate are being lured into buying, and scams abound. And the IRS has delayed the implementation of the reporting requirement for cryptocurrency transactions: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/treasury-irs-provide-transitional-guidance-for-broker-reporting-on-digital-assets

I think you are going to get opinions mostly. Of course, you must determine whether the mining activity rises to the level of a business (do they have a separate meter to track the electricity usage?) Regardless, I don't think you have enough information for #1. From Notice 2014-21:

The IRS now explicitly agrees that personal gains are reported on Form 8949 and personal losses from Form 1099-K are reported and backed out on Schedule 1. See https://www.irs.gov/businesses/understanding-your-form-1099-k (the section on personal income). The same applies to an incorrect Form 1099-K. The Form 1040 instructions have also been updated. See the instructions for Schedule 1, lines 8z and 24z. Briefly:

Where did you see this on the IRS website? I don't see it in the FAQs: https://www.irs.gov/payments/form-1099-k-frequently-asked-questions-individuals

And CallENQ has this posted on their home page:

Colleges used to be able to report tuition in the year billed, but must now report it in the year paid. Was the tuition actually paid in 2020? How did that happen if the scholarship wasn't received until 2021? Was any of the "scholarships/grants" actually emergency aid due to COVID? If so, it is not taxable and should not have been reported on the 1098-T, though that wasn't clear at the time. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/emergency-aid-granted-to-students-due-to-covid-is-not-taxable

Yes. The repayment forgiveness was for 2020 only. But there is not a cliff at 400% of FPL where everything has to be repaid. Those over 400% continue to qualify for PTC thru 2025 so only excess has to be repaid.

To be specific, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 modified the tax code Section 108(f)(5) to exclude from income most education loans forgiven in 2021 through 2025, and the IRS issued Notice 2022-01 indicating that lenders should not file Form 1099-C for them.

Until the "tax-tool" is updated for 2022, you do need to look at the list of plans to find the 2nd lowest. You should be able to filter on silver plans and sort by cost. All other information you need is available but can be difficult to find and calculate. The poverty level tables are at HHS. For TY2022, use the 2021 table (not the 2022 table) from HHS or the federal register reference on this page: https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines/prior-hhs-poverty-guidelines-federal-register-references The "applicable figure" table normally adjusts for inflation, but they were changed and fixed for TY2021 and TY2022, so last year's table should work (and the IRA extended that change thru 2025). The repayment limit tables do adjust for inflation. The changes for TY2022 were published in RP-2021-45.

Not quite! They have to meet the MAGI limit for both the prior and current year. And they just added a claw-back provision so that if a TP gets the dealer rebate, but don't meet the MAGI limit in the current year, they must pay back the rebate as an additional tax. Of course, everything could still change, and the rebate provision doesn't start until 2024.

I understand they started taking congressional referrals again in June. https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/other-documents/other-irs-documents/taxpayer-advocate-service-updates-case-acceptance-criteria/7dm2j