On July 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”) into law. Congress passed the OBBBA through budget reconciliation, a special legislative process that allows Congress to advance...more
The House of Representatives previously passed H.R. 1-119th Congress (2025-2026), titled the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”), a budget bill that, among other things, addresses sunsetting provisions of the Tax Cuts...more
Key Points - - The Senate Finance Committee’s version of the tax-related proposals aim to deliver on Senate Republicans’ promise to make many of the TCJA’s individual and corporate tax measures permanent. - The bill...more
As the U.S. tax reform process continues, the comprehensive tax bill that passed the House of Representatives in May is now under active consideration in the Senate. Earlier this week, the Senate Finance Committee released...more
On May 22, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve the One Big Beautiful Bill (the House Bill), which contained a new addition to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code — Section 899 (House Bill Section 899). On June 16,...more
On Friday, May 9, the House Ways and Means Committee released a portion of its draft tax legislation (the “House Draft Bill”) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”). The House Draft Bill is primarily...more
On December 19, 2023, the recently ratified Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Chile for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal...more
On Oct. 25, the Chilean government submitted the reservations made by the U.S. Senate regarding the U.S.-Chile bilateral income tax treaty (the Tax Treaty) to the Chilean Congress for approval. Chilean tax practitioners...more
Brief commentary on recent cases, rulings, notices, and related federal tax guidance. International tax policy has been in focus for the past several years. The Organization for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD)...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
In this final blog post on the House Ways and Means Tax Bill, we address the international tax proposals in the Bill, JCX-43-21. The international tax proposals are fewer in number than the domestic and transfer tax...more
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced key tax reform proposals on September 15 that would increase taxes for corporations and high-income individuals. Several tax reform proposals are under consideration as part of...more
Please join us for our inaugural Tax in the City® in San Francisco—a forum for women tax professionals to discuss technical state, federal and international tax issues in a collegial and confidential setting. Our...more
We invite you to join us for our Tax in the City®: A Women’s Tax Roundtable in Seattle. We plan to discuss, among other topics, post-TCJA tax treatment of foreign branches (and disregarded entities), new BEAT guidance, an...more
Mark your calendars for our spring 2020 Tax in the City®: A Women’s Tax Roundtable in Seattle—a forum for women tax professionals to discuss technical state, federal and international tax issues in a collegial and...more
Related Party Debt Documentation Rules Are Removed and Future Changes to Limit Recharacterization Rules Are Expected - On October 31, 2019, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made two significant...more