Change in Rate of Service Tax on Money Changers

Change in Rate of Service Tax on Money Changers   Prepared By: CA Pradeep Jain And Sukhvinder Kaur, LLB[FYIC]   With effect from 16.05.2008, the services pertaining to purchase or sale of foreign currency, including money changing was brought under service tax. The authorised dealers in foreign exchange or authorized changers were also covered. The … Read more

Take the Cash and Run…351 Exchanges Explained

Many of our area’s real estate investors have heard of the 1031 exchange, a technique where property held for investment is exchanged for “like kind” property thereby deferring capitol gains taxes until a later tax year. While investors like being able to defer taxes until a later year, many complain that they’d like a way … Read more

EB-5 Investor Visa (U.S. Tax Issues)

Co-authored by Jordan L. Eftekari, Esq. (1)     Introduction On November 2, 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article: “Got 0,000?  The U.S. Awaits (Government’s EB-5 Program Offers Foreign Investors Green Cards for Job Creation)”. A Federal program known as EB-5 (Immigrant-Investor Visa), administered by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”), encourages foreign investors … Read more

Microsoft Dynamics Gp Implementation Fixed Assets Notes

If you are in the Corporate ERP selection phase and considering Microsoft Dynamics GP (often also referred as Great Plains Dynamics by its historical name) and you have the need of Fixed Assets module implementation (including FA data migration from your legacy Accounting system) – we recommend you this small publication.  We will try to … Read more

If You Think Your Tax Rate is Only 15%, Think Again!

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the tax cuts were extended at the end of last year for another two years.  Although it is good for real estate investors that the maximum federal capital gains rate will remain at 15% for the next two years, savvy investors know that they really pay much more … Read more