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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The one, big, beautiful benefits legal alert

On May 12, 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee released “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” containing its draft tax legislation (the OBBB), which includes a number of items that may be of particular interest to US employers...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

A Proposed New Failed Bank Clawback Act

Currently, the FDIC has a limited ability to claw back executive compensation in the event of a bank failure. An unlikely combination of U.S. Senators, including Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and J.D. Vance...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Tax Reform Passes The Next Hurdle -- The Senate

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This is the second issue in a planned series of alerts for employers on selected topics on tax reform. The series of Tax Reform Management Alerts is designed to provide an in-depth analysis of executive compensation and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tax Reform: Nonprofits and their Executives Brace for Impact

The Senate voted yesterday to begin formal negotiations with the House of Representatives to reconcile their two versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a bill that seeks to make sweeping changes to federal tax law....more

Fenwick & West LLP

Equity Compensation Rules Continue to Change in Latest Proposed Tax Reform Bill

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The tax reform bill passed by the Senate early Saturday morning, December 2, in a 51-49 vote contained a number of last-minute amendments which, among other things, continue to leave key equity compensation rules in flux....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Senate Stays Up Late to Approve Tax Bill

Early in the morning on Saturday, December 2, 2017 (it was nearly 2 AM Eastern!), the Senate voted 51-49, drawn mostly along party lines, to pass its version of the tax reform bill described in our previous blog posts....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

House Passes Tax Bill; Senate Proposal on Track for Vote

On November 2, 2017, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced H.R. 1, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Initial House Bill”). Our previous alert discussed the possible impact of certain provisions...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Tax Reform: Employee Benefits

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This is the first issue in a planned series of alerts for employers on selected topics on tax reform. The series of Tax Reform Management Alerts is designed to provide an in-depth analysis of executive compensation and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Tax Reform: How the Newly Passed House Bill Compares to the Senate Bill – A Side-by-Side Comparison, Plus the Big Picture

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Last updated 11/17/2017 The Senate Finance Committee released a detailed description of the Senate's tax reform bill, titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, on November 9. The Committee has not released the text of the bill, and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Startups Have Much To Be Thankful For – Senate Amendments to New Tax Bill Remove Deferred Compensation and Stock Options from...

As discussed in our November 14, 2017 blog post, Thanksgiving Tax Frenzy – New Tax Bill Proposes Executive Compensation Changes That Could Derail Deferred Compensation and Stock Options, the evolution of the Tax Cuts and Jobs...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Revised Senate Tax Reform Bill Represents Win for Technology Sector

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Paving the way for a net-win for technology companies, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released a modified chairman’s mark to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that brings treatment of equity and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Potential Impact of House Tax Reform Bill on Nonprofit Tax-Exempt Organizations

On November 2, 2017, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled their tax reform bill (the “Bill”), entitled the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” The Bill proposes significant changes to the current U.S. federal income...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tax-Exempt Hospitals & Other Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations Not Immune from Federal Tax Reform

As federal tax reform efforts proceed rapidly in both chambers of Congress, tax-exempt hospitals and other tax-exempt healthcare organizations are facing major potential changes. New tax burdens on tax-exempt organizations...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Thanksgiving Tax Frenzy – New Tax Bill Proposes Executive Compensation Changes That Could Derail Deferred Compensation and Stock...

Congress has been in a frenzy to try and get new tax legislation passed by Thanksgiving, and members of the House and Senate would presumably rather be enjoying a feast rather than drafting and analyzing additional tax...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Executive Compensation Legislative Whiplash

As we reported last week, the tax reform bill released by House Republicans (the "House Bill") would eliminate deferred compensation and stock options, and then on Tuesday, November 7, the House Bill was amended to restore...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Proposed Senate Bill Revives Concern of Adverse Impact on Equity and Performance-Based Compensation

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The Joint Committee on Taxation released a description of the Senate Chairman’s Mark to the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on November 9, 2017, reintroducing adverse equity and performance-based compensation tax provisions...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Executive Compensation Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Chairman’s Amendment Impacts Carried Interests, Private Company Stock...

The November 6, 2017, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady’s Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (originally proposed November 2, 2017) (the “Chairman’s...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

How The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Will Radically Alter Executive Compensation

On November 2, 2017, House Republicans released their much anticipated tax reform proposal, entitled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act"). If enacted, the Act would have a significant impact on the taxation of executive...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Numerous Provisions Affecting Employers in Senate's Draft Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017

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U.S. Senate Republicans on June 22, 2017, released a discussion draft of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA), its bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The BCRA follows on the heels of the...more

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