Spidell’s Federal Taxletter®

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Spidell’s Federal Taxletter® is a monthly newsletter plus a searchable online archive of back issues that keeps you at the leading edge of the issues that will impact your clients, from healthcare to trusts and from LLCs to virtual currencies.
Recent articles address important issues:
- Prediction markets: Is it gambling? (September 2026)
- Qualified tuition program planning (September 2026)
- Making the lump-sum election for SSDI payments (September 2026)
- Trump Account contributions constitute gifts of future interests (August 2026)
- Using artificial intelligence in federal tax practice (August 2026)
- Using §529 funds for mortgage payments (August 2026)
- Trump Account activation e-mails begin (July 2026)
- Staking rewards includable in gross income when received (July 2026)
- Types of digital assets and their tax treatment (July 2026)
- Some cannabis businesses are now eligible to claim business expenses (June 2026)
- Employee Retention Credits: disallowed claims and statute of limitation issues (June 2026)
- Using a corporation to save self-employment taxes (June 2026)
- Dealing with IRS Notice CP53E (May 2026)
- IRS clarifies several key new OBBBA provisions (May 2026)
- Court ruling opens door to massive refunds of penalties and interest (May 2026)
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Topics include:
- Identity theft and how it can affect tax returns
- Reverse mortgages
- Tricks and traps of IRAs
- Tax planning client letter and e-mail
- Depreciation
- Lending to family members
- Health savings accounts (HSAs)
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