Frontier Airlines is poised for a busy summer ahead, introducing flights between Puerto Rico and two prominent airports in the New York City area — and one for the first time.
29.02.2024 - 18:25 / forbes.com
Earlier this month, the IRS issued a press release saying it was targeting private jet owners for impermissible reductions. It said that based on the results of dozens of initial audits, it could expand its focus on aircraft owners in its search for extra tax revenues. While the industry’s trade group, the National Business Aviation Association, rebuked the agency for using private jets as a focal point to trigger audits of large companies and UHNWs, everyone agrees the subject is complicated.
In fact, IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel called the subject a “complex area.”
Speaking on an NBAA webinar this morning, a panel of experts said owners of private aircraft should start preparing now for a possible audit.
Werfel in the release stated, “With expanded resources, IRS work (on the audits of private jet owners) will take off. These aircraft audits will help ensure high-income groups aren’t flying under the radar with their tax responsibilities.”
The experts expect the first round of audit notices imminently.
However, they questioned how quickly the IRS will be able to expand its net.
Ryan DeMoor, Head of Aviation Tax at MySky, a management platform for aircraft owners, says in addition to hiring new auditors, getting them up to speed on tax law as it applies to business aircraft won’t be easy.
“It took me a couple of years,” DeMoor told listeners.
The possibility of a slew of audits by agents who aren’t well-versed in the nuances means that aircraft owners should be preparing now.
John B. Hoover, an attorney at Holland & Knight, says a robust description of the business purpose for each flight should be mandatory.
In addition to a list of passengers, he suggests an outline of their complete itinerary, from the time they land to their meetings and even getting to the hotel, as well as the purpose of each meeting.
Since audits typically go back three years and up to six years, recollections of specific trips fade, and executives may no longer be with the company.
The details should be added contemporaneously, and he says it’s not too late to do so for all 2023 travel as part of the year-end tax process.
Beyond that, he suggests ensuring you have robust detail and noted that it was added after the fact.
The more detailed the information, the less likely auditors will need to ask questions.
David Shannon, an attorney with Lewis & Brisbois, is preparing clients with mock audits.
A specialist attorney who was not part of the webinar, David T. Norton of Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP, says, “We’ve been telling clients since the passage of the 2017 100% bonus depreciation legislation that if, or when the IRS ever started to more actively turn back to auditing aircraft, then those who took the full
Frontier Airlines is poised for a busy summer ahead, introducing flights between Puerto Rico and two prominent airports in the New York City area — and one for the first time.
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