Welcome to this week’s edition of Tax Bytes. Our team of tax lawyers is actively monitoring for federal and international tax developments and issues of note. Each week we pull together the items we deem most important to...more
Welcome to this week’s edition of Tax Bytes. Our team of tax lawyers is actively monitoring for federal and international tax developments and issues of note. Each week we pull together the items we deem most important to...more
On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released proposed text for tax provisions to be included in the Senate’s version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB). Our prior Alert addresses the House version of the...more
6/18/2025
/ Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Bonus Depreciation ,
Business Taxes ,
Federal Budget ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Research and Development ,
SALT ,
Senate Finance Committee ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Reform
Welcome to this week’s edition of Tax Bytes. Our team of tax lawyers is actively monitoring for federal and international tax developments and issues of note. Each week we pull together the items we deem most important to...more
5/21/2025
/ Business Taxes ,
EBITDA ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retention ,
Excise Tax ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Senate Committees ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Reform ,
U.S. House ,
Ways and Means Committee
On May 12, 2025, the Republicans on the House Committee on Ways and Means released a draft bill showing their tax plan for the budget reconciliation legislation. The legislation will likely undergo significant changes as it...more
5/15/2025
/ Amortization ,
Bonus Depreciation ,
Budget Reconciliation ,
Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EBITDA ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Research and Development ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Reform ,
Ways and Means Committee
In mid-January, the House introduced the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (Act). The Joint Committee of Taxation has released its explanation of the Act, and the House Ways and means Committee has released a...more
1/31/2024
/ Affordable Housing ,
Congressional Committees ,
Filing Requirements ,
FIRPTA ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Low Income Housing ,
Mortgage REITS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Relief Measures ,
Taiwan ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Extenders ,
Tax Treaty
Businesses have entered 2024 facing the challenge of forecasting future tax obligations and preparing tax filings in a time of uncertainty, not the least of which is created by Congressional indecision on the future of a...more
On July 27, 2022, the Senate announced agreement on a reconciliation package entitled the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the IRA), the artist formerly known as the Build Back Better Act (the BBBA). Although months ago the...more
Democratic leadership announced today that an agreement has been reached to fund the pending infrastructure and budget reconciliation measures. There does not appear to be any agreement regarding which specific tax measures...more
9/24/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Congressional Committees ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Budget ,
Green Book ,
Infrastructure ,
IRS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reconciliation ,
Research and Development ,
Research and Experiment Tax Credit ,
Revenue Procedures ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Reform
On May 24, 2021, Sen. Warren introduced Senate Bill 1788, the “Restoring the IRS Act” (the Proposed Legislation). The Proposed Legislation generally (1) imposes new information reporting obligations on financial institutions...more
6/1/2021
/ American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ,
Biden Administration ,
Elizabeth Warren ,
Enforcement ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FATCA ,
Financial Institutions ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Tax Penalties
On November 2, 2017, the House Ways and Means Committee released a draft of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the House proposal). On November 9, Senate Finance Committee (SFC) Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) released a summary of the...more
As noted in a previous Eversheds Sutherland Legal Alert, on November 2, the House Ways and Means Committee released the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (H.R. 1) (the House Bill). An amended version of the House Bill (the Ways and...more
On November 9, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) released a summary of its initial draft tax proposal (the Senate proposal). While the Senate proposal is similar to the House Ways and Means Committee’s proposal (the...more