Taxable Talk

From Russ Fox, E.A., of Clayton Financial and Tax of Irvine, CA
All items below are for information only and are not meant as tax advice.
Please consult your own tax advisor to see how each item impacts your own situation.
IRS Issues Priority Guidance Plan; Targets Include Poker Tournaments
The IRS and the US Department of the Treasury issued their "Priority Guidance Plan". A total of 254 projects are mentioned. The ones that the IRS has highlighted are:

—Additional legal requirements for tax shelters;
—Guidance on how to report distributions from Roth IRAs;
—Guidance on impact of a 2.5 month grace period for flexible spending accounts on HSAs;
—Regulations under Section 529 regarding qualified tuition programs for higher education;
—How charities should report automobile donations they receive; and
—Legal requirements to withhold on the winner's prizes at poker tournaments

As part of my ongoing series on online gambling and taxes, I will include a piece on taxes and poker tournaments. That article will appear in a couple of weeks.