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 July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law (the new law). The new law includes permanent extensions of three key business-favorable tax provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more
7/8/2025
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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
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Reform
Welcome relief to taxpayers with short tax years seeking to file Section 174 accounting method changes -
On August 29, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released Rev. Proc....more
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
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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
Not unlike the last minute procedural guidance released at the end of last year addressing Section 174, on December 22, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice...more
In FAA 20234801F (FAA), the IRS determined that construction service costs relating to a third party turn-key contract were considered to be incurred upon transfer of the tangible property to the taxpayer, without taking into...more
At this morning’s Federal Bar Association breakfast briefing hosted by Eversheds Sutherland, officials from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) discussed the recent substantive...more
The long wait for substantive guidance under Section 174 ended late last week with the release by the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of Notice 2023-63 (Notice). Taxpayers may rely...more
9/12/2023
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