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
/ Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Employee Benefits ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
New Legislation ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SALT ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed the draft tax legislation (the “Revised House Draft Bill”). The Revised House Draft Bill contains certain changes to the original bill that was released on May 12, 2025 by...more
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 May 12, 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee released an updated text of draft tax legislation (the “House Draft Bill”)...more
Yesterday, on December 19, 2021, Senator Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) said that he opposes the Build Back Better Act, which effectively prevents its passage. While there are no immediate prospects for the Build Back Better Act to...more
12/20/2021
/ Alternative Minimum Tax ,
Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Biden Administration ,
Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SALT ,
Share Buybacks ,
Spinoffs ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
On May 28, 2021, the Biden Administration released the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget, and the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposals,” which is commonly referred to as the “Green Book.” ...more
6/16/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Green Book ,
International Tax Issues ,
Like Kind Exchanges ,
NIIT ,
REIT ,
Section 1031 Exchange ,
Self-Employment Tax ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Reform ,
U.S. Treasury
On March 31, 2021, the Biden administration released a factsheet for the “Made in America Tax Plan”. On April 5, 2021, Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)...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 September 10, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) on calculation of built-in gains and losses under...more
9/23/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Change of Ownership ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Mergers ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sale of Assets ,
Startups ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Venture Capital
Implements 2018 Proposed Regulations, ending most limitations on investments in U.S. property, as well as pledges and guarantees by CFCs wholly-owned by U.S. corporations – also provides PTI guidance for CFC...more
5/31/2019
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Distribution Rules ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Guarantee Requirements ,
IRS ,
Multinationals ,
New Regulations ,
Section 956 ,
Stocks ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Voting Shares
On September 21, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2017-52 (the “Rev. Proc.”), introducing an 18-month “pilot program” in respect of corporate “spin-off,” “split-up” and “split-off”...more
9/25/2017
/ Capital Gains ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Distribution Rules ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
IRS ,
Parent Corporation ,
Public Comment ,
Section 355 ,
Shareholders ,
Spinoffs ,
Subsidiaries ,
Tax-Free Spin-Offs