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7 critical changes for Finance in Fed spending bill

Jennifer Azara
by Jennifer Azara
December 19, 2014
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  • Payroll
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The feds avoided a shutdown with its 11th hour spending bill, but it’s exponentially increased Finance’s to-do list in the process!

The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, aka the “CRomnibus,” bill contained over 50 tax break extenders for both individuals and businesses.

The only problem? Most of them are only good until Dec. 31, 2014. The provisions are retroactive to Jan. 1, 2014 and only run until your 2014 runs out.

Which means that any company that wants to take advantage — and there are some of you who will really want to jump on – has just days to make it happen.

Haven’t had time to pour over the 1,695-page law? We’ve got your back.

No time to waste

Here’s a rundown of the 7 most Finance-impacting changes:

The 179 Expense Deduction

Take a look at those invoices! Your company can expense of up to $500,000 on tangible business equipment you bought and put into service between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2014.

Bonus Depreciation

Also, you now get to deduct 50% of the cost of the equipment in the first year. Note: This extension is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2014 and only goes to the end of 2014.

The Research Tax Credit

If your business conducted any research and development activity this year, your company can again claim a tax credit for it in 2014.

The New Markets Credit

If your company invested in economically struggling areas in 2014, you’re entitled to this tax credit.

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit

This is one worth asking Payroll and HR about. Businesses that hired military veterans this past year are once-again entitled to a business tax break on their wages.

Extension of internet sales and use tax moratorium

Let A/P know they shouldn’t be seeing any new sales or use taxes on internet access … at least for a while.

The ban on state and local governments imposing sales or use taxes on internet access expired in November. But the new spending bill extends it for one more year.

Transportation benefits parity

A/P will not be thrilled with this development – because they could end up making complicated retroactive reimbursements.

The bill reinstated the transportation fringe benefits parity for mass transit users so it matches the nontaxable $250 per month limit for parking. Remember, though: This is for 2014 only – the new 2015 limits aren’t impacted.

Be forewarned: Many insiders believe this will be a real challenge for companies’ accounting systems.

Info: For a copy of the spending bill, click http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:H.R.5771:

Jennifer Azara
Jennifer Azara
Jennifer, a member of the CFO Daily News staff, has covered business and finance for more than 22 years. She has written for CFOs, credit and collections professionals and accounts payable practitioners and has spoken at industry conferences on sales and use tax compliance.

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