On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act is similar to the Senate Finance Committee’s draft legislative text (the “SFC Bill”) (released on June 16, 2025), with...more
On Thursday May 22, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, hereafter the “Bill”). The Bill will now be considered by the U.S. Senate....more
5/27/2025
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Tax Reform
On May 18, 2025, the House Budget Committee approved the legislation entitled, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” (the “House Bill”). The bill is expected to be revised by the House Rules Committee before being sent to the House...more
On January 30, 2025, Mike Crapo (R-ID), the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee released a discussion draft of the “Taxpayer Assistance...more
In late October 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled in Romano v. Hancock Life Insurance Company, F.4th 729 (11th Cir. 2024) that certain foreign tax credits that were generated as a result...more
3/3/2025
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On January 17, 2025, news sources reported that Republican members of Congress circulated a detailed list of legislative policy options, including tax proposals. This blog post summarizes some of the tax proposals and...more
On January 17, 2025, multiple news outlets and other sources reported the existence of a memorandum circulated by the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee to the House Republican Caucus (the “Memorandum”) containing...more
1/28/2025
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Employee Retention ,
Estate Tax ,
Foreign Earned Income ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Municipal Bonds ,
SALT ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
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Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
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Tax Reform
On January 20, 2025, the White House issued a memorandum (the “Memorandum”), announcing that the “Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal” (the “Global Tax Deal”) has “no force or effect...more
1/23/2025
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International Tax Issues ,
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Tax Reform ,
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On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration released the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget, and the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2023 Revenue Proposals,” which is commonly referred to as the “Green Book.” ...more
7/21/2022
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Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Bi-Partison Balanced Budget Act (BBA) ,
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Business Taxes ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) ,
FATCA ,
GILTI tax ,
Green Book ,
Loans ,
Mark-To-Market ,
Offshoring ,
Passive Foreign Investment Company ,
REIT ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deductions
On Wednesday, April 28th, the White House announced the American Families Plan, the “human capital” infrastructure proposal. The American Families Plan would spend $1.8 trillion, including $800 billion in tax cuts over ten...more
On March 31, 2021, the White House released a factsheet describing the “American Jobs Plan”, a $2.3 trillion proposal for infrastructure spending that also contains certain significant tax credits, and the “Made in America...more
On May 6, 2020, Senators Chuck Grassley (R. Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D. Ore.), the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020 (S. ___), which would...more
On April 1, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) posted on its website a series of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) that explain the COVID-19-related tax credits available to small and midsize employers who are...more
In the U.S. general election held on November 8, 2016, Donald J. Trump was elected to become the 45th President of the United States. Republicans also retained their majorities in both the U.S. House of Representatives and...more
11/11/2016
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Tax Deductions ,
Tax Policy ,
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Tax Reform ,
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