Maximizing the 199A Deduction: Increasing Assets and Wages, Separating and Aggregating Businesses, and More

A live 110-minute CPE webinar with interactive Q&A

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

1:00pm-2:50pm EST, 10:00am-11:50am PST

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This webinar will provide advisers to businesses with strategies to increase the generous 20% QBI deduction under 199A. The panel will cover tips to maximize W-2 income and assets when applicable, separating and aggregating businesses, and other planning tips.

Description

The prior year practitioners worked to grasp the basic concepts, eligibility, and reporting the 199A deduction. Now with the basics understood, advisers are taking proactive steps to maximize this tax-saving deduction.

The calculation, in its purest form, is 20% of qualified income. The calculation requires extra time and adds an extra layer of complexity to every return with a taxable business. For income exceeding certain thresholds, the deduction is limited to the lesser of 20% of QBI (qualified business income) or, the greater of 50% of W-2 wages paid by the business or the total of 2.5% of UBIA (unadjusted basis after initial acquisition) plus 25% of W-2 wages.

There are planning opportunities to explore for the subset of taxpayers subject to the W-2 and UBIA thresholds. Increasing salaries and buying additional property would quickly increase the deduction for businesses subject to the W-2 and UBIA limitations but would also increase costs as well. Knowing the potential caveats of each strategy to determine when the benefit of the 20% deduction outweighs any additional costs is critical.

Various strategies surround the 199A deduction. Ensuring a business' income is qualified, staying under thresholds, increasing asset acquisition costs, and increasing W-2 wages are just a few approaches that can significantly impact a taxpayer's deduction. Less apparent are strategies surrounding sales of businesses, businesses with losses, and for converting nonqualified income.

Listen as our panel of experts divulges strategies for maximizing the deduction under 199A.

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Outline

  1. QBI: An Overview
  2. Maximizing W-2 wages
  3. Increasing UBIA
  4. Aggregating and separating businesses
  5. Converting non-qualified income
  6. Individual thresholds and SSTBs
  7. Planning for sells
  8. Planning for NOLs
  9. Other tips

Benefits

The panel will review these and other important issues:

  • Maximizing W-2 wages
  • Increasing asset acquisition costs
  • Converting non-qualifying income to QBI
  • QBI deduction planning for pending sales

Faculty

Barsky, Stanley
Stanley Barsky
Principal
EisnerAmper

Mr. Barsky's practice involves a broad range of transactional and general advisory tax law matters, with a focus on...  |  Read More

Fuller, Pamela
Pamela A. Fuller, JD, LLM
Of Counsel
Tully Rinckey

Ms. Fuller’s practice has a triple focus: tax planning, tax controversies, and tax compliance. She advises a wide...  |  Read More

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