Restaurant after Covid

January 18th, 2021

Business Meals – Now 100% Deductible

Do you remember when business meals were always fully deductible? You would need to look back in time to 1986. However, with the hope of assisting the struggling restaurant industry, Congress included a provision in…

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PPP Application

January 6th, 2021

Tax Provisions of the Emergency Coronavirus Relief Legislation

As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021, the lengthiest legislation in U.S. history at more than 5500 pages, Congress enacted further tax relief to those adversely affected by the coronavirus but including additional provisions.…

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December 28th, 2020

The Tax and PPP Provisions of the Emergency Coronavirus Relief Legislation

Besides overriding the IRS and permitting the deduction of wages and other expenses paid with forgiven PPP loans, the long-anticipated Emergency Coronavirus Relief Legislation contains numerous other tax provisions such as a second recovery rebate…

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December 14th, 2020

31 Stein Sperling Attorneys Named to 2021 Maryland Super Lawyers List

Stein Sperling is proud to announce 31 of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the 2021 Maryland Super Lawyers list, including attorneys on the Top 10, Top 50, and Top 100 lists. A…

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Stein Sperling Best Lawyers in America

August 21st, 2020

16 Stein Sperling Lawyers Named to 2021 Best Lawyers List, 8 on Ones to Watch List

Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC is pleased to announce that 16 lawyers have been included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Additionally, eight attorneys received 2021 Best Lawyers: Ones…

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2020 Election

August 18th, 2020

Tax Planning for a Possible Joe Biden Presidency

With Election Day just over two months away and the end of 2020 following two months later, it’s not too soon to consider the landscape of the tax law in the event of a Joe…

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Presentation for Financial professionals

August 18th, 2020

September Update for Accountants and Financial Professionals

This trio of complimentary presentations by attorneys from Stein Sperling’s Tax and Business Law departments will update accountants and financial professionals on topics affecting their clients. A total of 3 CPE credits are available. PPP…

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Payroll tax

August 10th, 2020

Executive Order Suspends Collection of Certain Employee Payroll Taxes

President Trump issued an Executive Order on August 8, 2020, postponing the withholding, deposit and payment of the employee portion of Social Security taxes from September 1, 2020 until after yearend in the case of…

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Deadline

May 22nd, 2020

Flexible Spending Arrangements Become Even More Flexible

To assist in recovery from COVID-19, IRS announced in Notice 2020-29 that unused amounts from 2019 for medical costs or dependent care in a cafeteria plan may be utilized for expenses incurred through December 31,…

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Maryland State Flag Laws

May 22nd, 2020

Maryland Enacts a “Work-around” to Increase the Deduction for Taxes

Maryland has become the seventh state to allow pass-through entities such as partnerships, limited liability companies and S-corporations to elect to be taxed at the entity level as a “work-around” to the $10,000 cap on…

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