Spidell's Federal Tax Minute

Welcome to Spidell's Federal Tax Minute, a weekly podcast that focuses on federal tax news snippets to keep you up-to-date on the issues that affect your clients and your practice, in an audio format that you can access at your office or on your phone. So give us a minute, and we'll give you news you can use.

New and updated Form 1099-K FAQs

This week, we're covering new and updated Form 1099-K FAQs that the IRS recently released.

11-17
03:58

Draft Forms 1099-NEC, 1099-MISC, and 1099-K and transition relief

This week we're covering draft 1099 forms with new lines for certain OBBBA deductions, and transition relief for reporting tip and overtime compensation for 2025.

11-10
04:41

Trump accounts and their alternatives: which is best?

This week we're comparing Trump accounts to some alternative investment accounts for children under the age of 18.

10-30
04:14

New form and transition guidance for car loan interest deduction

This week we're covering new IRS Form 1098-VLI for the claiming car loan interest deduction and transition guidance for the car loan interest reporting requirements.

10-27
04:12

Updates to the 2025 Form 1040

This week we're covering updates that have been made to the 2025 Form 1040.

10-20
04:01

Prepare now for Form 1099-DA

This week we're covering Form 1099-DA reporting requirements.

10-10
03:56

Reduced PTIN fee and new sign-in process

This week we're covering the recently reduced PTIN fee and the new process for signing in to the PTIN system.

10-06
04:45

Requesting a PLR following a fraudulent transfer from a retirement account

This week, we're covering using a private letter ruling to waive the 60-day rollover requirement for fraudulent transfers from a retirement account.

09-29
04:35

Draft 2026 tax year Forms W-2 and W-4 released

This week we're covering some 2026 draft forms the IRS released, specifically the draft W-2, Schedule 1-A, and W-4.

09-22
04:20

OBBBA winners and losers

This week we're covering which taxpayers are winners and which are losers under the provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

09-15
04:43

IRS continues to expand individual tax accounts online

This week we're covering further expansion of the IRS's online individual tax accounts.

09-03
03:16

OBBBA expansion of IRC §529 qualified higher education expenses

This week, we're covering the expansion of IRC §529 qualified higher education expenses under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

08-29
04:29

The basics of new Trump accounts

This week, we're covering the new Trump accounts that were established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

08-25
04:09

Enhanced family credits under OBBBA

This week we're covering three of the enhanced credits under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

08-18
04:58

New personal exemption for seniors under OBBBA

This week we're covering the new personal exemption for seniors under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

08-11
04:03

OBBBA changes to the SALT deduction limitation

This week we're covering changes made to the state and local tax deduction limitation under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

08-01
03:54

Depreciation provisions under OBBBA

This week, we're covering four important depreciation provisions contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

07-28
04:41

OBBBA changes to the charitable contribution deduction

This week we're covering changes to charitable contribution deductions made by the OBBBA.

07-21
03:51

OBBBA changes to energy credits and incentives

This week we're covering the changes to various energy credits and incentives under the OBBBA.

07-14
04:10

Tips for lowering Medicare premium adjustments

This week we're covering Medicare's income-related monthly adjustment amount, and what taxpayers can do to lower this monthly surcharge.

07-07
04:28

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