On Monday, 16 June 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its version (the Senate Proposal) of the Section 899 retaliatory tax provisions that also are included in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the Act) that was...more
Following our prior alert on the House Ways & Means Committee version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), the House passed its version of the OBBBA (“House Bill”) on May 22, 2025, and on June 17, 2025 the Senate...more
Among the myriad provisions of the budget bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives last month, one that has recently gained increased prominence in recent weeks is proposed Section 899, increasingly referred to as...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
The US Senate Finance Committee has released a substitute (the “Senate version”) for the tax provisions of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the budget reconciliation bill currently under consideration by Congress. An earlier...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
If enacted, the House Committee on Ways and Means’ tax bill, entitled “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” could affect certain institutional investors. Among other measures, the proposed legislation would impose elevated US tax...more
The U.S. House of Representatives, by a one-vote margin, passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “House Bill”) early in the morning on May 22, 2025. The House Bill has yet to be considered by the U.S. Senate and will...more
This Holland & Knight alert discusses the intersection of President Joe Biden's proposed changes to the U.S. tax code, as announced in connection with his fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget, and work underway on the global stage...more
The G7’s support for OECD-backed tax reforms could mark a big step toward a more consistent, revamped global tax scheme — depending on the details and whether it is actually adopted. ...more
A previous Holland & Knight alert provided an overview of corporate and individual income tax increases as detailed in the U.S. Department of the Treasury May 2021 "Green Book." (See "Biden Administration's FY 2022 Budget and...more
Released on November 30, 2018, the foreign tax credit proposed regulations provide a comprehensive new framework for calculating the foreign tax credit in light of several changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA or...more
• The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Act), signed into law on Dec. 22, 2017, made significant changes to the manner in which U.S. corporate and individual taxpayers are taxed on income from international operations. • The Tax...more
EDITOR’S NOTE - Tax Talk doesn’t remember much about 1985. But we do remember that, after Ronald Reagan was re-elected president in 1984, tax reform was a very hot topic (remember the Tax Reform Act of 1985?). Anyway,...more
Like Vladimir and Estragon waiting for Godot, Washington has been waiting for Congress to tackle tax reform. The reason for the lack of action is a fundamental disagreement between Democrats and Republicans over what reform...more
NUMBER OF THE WEEK: 52 percent. The likelihood that tax reform will happen in 2017 or earlier, according to the tax experts that participated in the Tax Council (TTC) and Ernst & Young (EY) Tax Reform Business Barometer in...more
After several years of hearings and forums intended to develop broad-based support for comprehensive tax reform, on February 26, 2014, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman David Camp (R-Mich.) released a draft tax reform...more