![]() ![]() Inventory accounting and capitalization of indirect costs (UNICAP) UPDATED 7/18/19: Conformity effective for tax years beginning on or after Janubut taxpayers can elect to have conformity apply to tax years beginning after January 1, 2018. Contractors can use completed contract method. Taxpayers with three year average annual gross receipts under $25 million may switch to the cash method of reporting income and expenses. Significant items of nonconformity are discussed below: Provision Currently, conformity is not a major issue to our governor or state legislature so nonconformity will likely be with us for a while. This will create many tax preparation and planning challenges. Since California is a rather independent state it should not be surprising to know that California has conformed to essentially none of the federal tax law changes created by TCJA. Taxpayers are beginning to work on their 2018 business entity income tax returns and are discovering the impacts and opportunities created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), as most of the Act’s provisions are first effective in 2018 (here’s a summary: Tax Reform Has Wide Ranging Impact). But due to an act of reverse conformity, a “penalty tax” will once again be imposed on California taxpayers that do not have qualifying health insurance, effective January 1, 2020. Congress repealed this “tax” effective January 1, 2019. Originally, the federal Affordable Care Act imposed a “penalty tax” on taxpayers who did not have qualifying health insurance coverage. However, in an act of “reverse conformity,” the legislature passed Senate Bill 78. The conformity changes included in AB 91 are highlighted below. Unfortunately, California has yet to conform to most of the changes enacted by the TCJA. These provisions will simplify tax compliance for California taxpayers as differing federal and California tax reporting for certain transactions will no longer be required. In July 2019, 18 months later, the California legislature acted and the governor signed Assembly Bill 91 that contained a select number of conformity provisions. In December 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) which was the most significant tax reform legislation enacted since the 1980s. UPDATED JULY 18, 2019: At Last…Partial Conformity… Family Wealth & Individual Tax Planning.California Tax Conformity | Tax Reform Update | San Jose CPA ![]()
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