In this alert, which is part of an eight-part series taking a deeper dive into various portions of the Legislation (International Tax; Opportunity Zone and Tax Credits; Green Energy Credits; Estate Planning and Individual Tax...more
7/25/2025
/ Estate Planning ,
Executive Compensation ,
Exempt Organizations ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
Low Income Housing ,
New Legislation ,
New Market Tax Credits ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Renewable Energy ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Incentives ,
Tax Legislation ,
Tax Reform
The race to remake portions of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and to prevent expiration of certain Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provisions reached completion with Legislation signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025....more
7/8/2025
/ Corporate Taxes ,
Employee Benefits ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Mortgage REITS ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Popular ,
Qualified Small Business Stock ,
Research and Development ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Legislation ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
The race to remake portions of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and to prevent expiration of certain Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provisions has begun, with House Ways & Means Committee proposals (the Markup) to spend...more
5/15/2025
/ Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Employee Benefits ,
Executive Compensation ,
Federal Budget ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Renewable Energy ,
SALT ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Legislation ,
Tax Reform
In light of the disruption of business activities this year and the economic uncertainty created by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-39 (the IRS Notice) on June 4, 2020,...more
On June 11, the IRS released Proposed Treasury Regulations (the Proposed Regulations) under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the Code), which provide a much-awaited definition of “real property” and...more
On May 21, 2020, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released proposed regulations (the proposed regulations)* regarding the new five-year credit period for the historic rehabilitation tax credit (HTC) under Section 47...more
On April 9, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-23 (the IRS Notice), which, among other things, provides certain taxpayers with additional time to invest “eligible gain” into a qualified opportunity fund...more
On Thursday, April 9, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-23 (the IRS Notice), which extends several deadlines, specifically including deadlines regarding Section 1031 “like-kind” exchanges....more
On Friday, Oct. 19, the Treasury Department released some much needed guidance concerning qualified opportunity zones (QOZs) under Section 1400Z of the Internal Revenue Code, which was added as part of last year’s Tax Cuts...more
On Dec. 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), enacting broad reforms to the Internal Revenue Code. In previous BakerHostetler Alerts published Nov. 8 and Nov. 10, we outlined...more
On Nov. 9, 2017, the Joint Committee on Taxation released its “Description of the Chairman’s Mark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “JCT Description”). The JCT Description summarizes the initial draft of the Senate Finance...more
On Nov. 2, the House Ways and Means Committee released draft statutory text (the "Bill") of the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act"), the long-awaited Republican tax reform bill. On Friday, Nov. 3, Kevin Brady, Chairman...more
On April 28, 2016, the Ohio 2020 Tax Policy Study Commission (the “Commission”) held a public hearing on the future of the Ohio historic preservation tax credit (the “OH HTC”). As you may recall, the Ohio biennial budget bill...more
On November 21, 2013, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus released the third package in a series of "Staff Discussion Drafts" containing proposals to reform the tax code. This third set of proposals focuses on...more
On April 24, 2013, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (the CDFI Fund) announced the community development entities (CDEs) selected to receive the $3.5 billion in New...more
On January 2, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8) into law which, in addition to addressing other "fiscal cliff" issues, extends the New Markets Tax Credit ("NMTC") Program...more