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Safe Harbor for Rental Real Estate: Key QBI 199A Requirements
For 2025 filings the IRS reaffirmed Revenue Procedure 2019-38: to claim the Section 199A QBI safe harbor landlords must keep…
IRS Section 199A Safe Harbor: Key Rental Real Estate Exclusions
The IRS reaffirmed that as of September 7, 2025, properties with excess personal use, triple net leases, rentals to commonly…
Understanding Qualified Trade or Business Under Section 199A and SSTBs
Section 199A allows a QBI deduction for pass-through and qualifying rental income if the activity is a Section 162 trade…
QBI and 199A: Why Certain Employee Services Never Qualify
Employee services are excluded from QBI under Section 199A; wages cannot generate the 20% deduction. A three-year presumption treats former…
Section 199A: Plan for the 2025 QBI Deduction Sunset
Section 199A offers up to a 20% deduction on qualified business income and certain dividends for noncorporate taxpayers through 2025.…
Does rental real estate qualify as a trade for QBI under 199A?
Revenue Procedure 2019-38’s safe harbor lets eligible landlords claim the Section 199A QBI deduction by meeting ownership, separate-records, and 250-hour…
Who Pays a 50% U.S. Tariff on Indian Goods and Why It Matters
Legally paid by U.S. importers, a 50% tariff on Indian goods would economically burden consumers and Indian exporters, hitting textiles,…
Understanding Casualty and Theft Deductions Under TCJA for Federally Declared Disasters
From 2018–2025, personal casualty or theft deductions generally require a federally declared disaster; qualified disasters use a $500 per-event reduction…