On January 17, 2024, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) released a bill, the “Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024”...more
This blog post summarizes recent federal bills that have been introduced (but not yet passed), proposals by the Biden Administration, and guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to the taxation of digital...more
5/2/2023
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Brokers ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) ,
Digital Assets ,
Excise Tax ,
FATCA ,
Green Book ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Stablecoins ,
Virtual Currency
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, testifying before Congress in April 2021, estimated the gap between taxes owed and taxes collected in the United States to be close to $1 trillion....more
3/4/2022
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Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Financial Transactions ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Reform ,
Virtual Currency
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the U.S. Senate passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) (the “Senate bill”), just over two weeks after the U.S. House of Representatives passed its own version of the same legislation...more
12/12/2017
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501(c)(3) ,
501(c)(6) ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Alternative Minimum Tax ,
Base Erosion Tax ,
C-Corporation ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Deferred Compensation ,
EBITDA ,
Excise Tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Individual Mandate ,
International Tax Issues ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
PFIC ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
REIT ,
Section 1031 Exchange ,
Section 179 Property ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax-Exempt Bonds ,
UBIT
House Republican Tax Bill Imposes Excise Tax on Wealthy Private Universities and Excess Compensation of Highly Paid Employees; Subjects State Pension Plans to UBTI Rules -
On Thursday, November 2, House Republicans led by...more
11/7/2017
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Adjusted Gross Income ,
Alternative Minimum Tax ,
Charitable Donations ,
Charitable Organizations ,
Covered Employees ,
Disqualified Persons ,
Educational Institutions ,
Establishment Clause ,
Form 990 ,
Grandfathered Status ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Political Speech ,
Private Foundations ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Retirement Plan ,
Standard Deduction ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Incentives ,
Tax-Exempt Bonds ,
Tuition ,
UBTI