On April 10, the Treasury Department released its “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue Proposals.” Known as the “Green Book,” the document provides an explanation of the Administration’s FY...more
4/18/2013
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Barack Obama ,
Derivatives ,
Employment Tax ,
Estate Tax ,
Fiscal Reports ,
Infrastructure ,
Retirement ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deductions ,
Veterans
By a vote of 50-49, the Senate passed its FY14 budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 8) at 5:00 a.m. last Saturday – the first time the Senate has passed a budget resolution in four years. The budget resolution is significant in...more
Comprehensive tax reform is the top priority of the congressional tax-writing committees this year. In continuation of several years of work on this issue, the House Ways and Means Committee recently unveiled the next stage...more
After the fiscal cliff deal failed to include a framework for comprehensive tax reform, many in Washington predicted that the momentum for tax reform would wither away. Although Congress has many important issues on its...more
1/31/2013
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Bonds ,
Derivatives ,
Discussion Draft ,
FIFO ,
Financial Instruments ,
Fiscal Cliff ,
Harvesting Losses ,
Hedge Funds ,
Tax Reform ,
Ways and Means Committee
Momentum is building to reform the U.S. tax system and address the nation’s fiscal challenges. However, options to raise revenue to reduce the deficit and offset a potential decrease in corporate and individual tax rates are...more
On January 17, 2013, the U.S. Treasury Department (“U.S. Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released long-awaited final regulations on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”). The final regulations...more
On January 1, 2013, the Senate and House of Representatives passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (“ATRA”), signed into law by President Obama on January 2. ATRA averts the “fiscal cliff” by making permanent the...more
1/9/2013
/ Alternative Minimum Tax ,
American Taxpayer Relief Act ,
Capital Gains ,
Dividends ,
Farm Bill ,
Fiscal Cliff ,
Income Taxes ,
Medicare Taxes ,
Roth Conversions ,
Sequestration ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Rates