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
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 May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives voted along party lines (with one Republican member voting present and two Republican members not voting) to advance the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act (the OBBB) to the Senate for...more
On August 25, 2021, Senate Finance Committee members Wyden, Brown, and Warner released draft bill language and a section-by-section summary of their proposed International Tax Reform Framework. The legislative language is...more
9/1/2021
/ Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Foreign Profits ,
GILTI tax ,
Green Book ,
International Tax Issues ,
OECD ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
Fresh from their July 4 recess, the Senate has returned to Washington to continue infrastructure and budget bill negotiations. As previously discussed, there are two distinct legislative paths making their way through...more
As Congress and the White House look to make a deal on infrastructure by this summer, negotiations regarding changes in the tax law continue. Since our prior alert, while progress has been made regarding a bipartisan...more
7/8/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Budget Reconciliation ,
Congressional Committees ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
International Tax Issues ,
OECD ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reconciliation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
On May 24, 2021, Sen. Warren introduced Senate Bill 1788, the “Restoring the IRS Act” (the Proposed Legislation). The Proposed Legislation generally (1) imposes new information reporting obligations on financial institutions...more
6/1/2021
/ American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ,
Biden Administration ,
Elizabeth Warren ,
Enforcement ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FATCA ,
Financial Institutions ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Tax Penalties
On November 9, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee released a Description of the Chairman’s Mark of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” and on November 14, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee released a Description of the Chairman’s...more
11/20/2017
/ Corporate Taxes ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Employee Benefits ,
Energy Tax Incentives ,
Insurance Industry ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Property Tax ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
On November 2, 2017, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee released their much anticipated tax reform bill, titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (as modified by Chairman Brady on November 3 and November 6, the House...more
The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act and the International Tax Competitiveness Act of 2013 are two parts of a package of three bills introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on April 15 by Rep. Lloyd Doggett. A significant...more