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Income taxes are taxes that are collected on the individual earnings of persons or entities. Depending on the jurisdiction, income taxes are calculated and collected in a variety of ways. Some tax systems collect... more +
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One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1 – 119th Congress (2025-2026): Part VIII – Worker Moving Expenses

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In this eighth installment of my multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), I discuss provisions of the Act that impact the taxation of worker moving expenses....more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1 – 119th Congress (2025-2026): Part IV – The Qualified Business Income Deduction / Code Section...

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In this fourth installment of my multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), Steve Nofziger and I discuss a provision of the Act that impacts pass-through business entities and their owners, Code Section...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1 – 119th Congress (2025-2026): Part III – Gambling / Code Section 165(d)

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In this third installment of my multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), I discuss a provision of the Act that may not impact a large segment of the population, but which is interesting and worthy of...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1 – 119th Congress (2025-2026): Part I – The SALT Deduction

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On July 1, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R.1 – 199th Congress (2025-2026) (the “Act”) was passed in the U.S. Senate (“Senate”). On July 3, 2025, it was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives (“House”) and...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

How Often to Review Your Trust and Estate Plan

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How often should you review your trust and estate plan? Is there a regular cycle to these reviews, or should they be driven by significant events in your life or the lives of your beneficiaries and executor or trustee? How...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Another Attack on Private Placement Life Insurance

The use of private placement life insurance (PPLI) by high-net-worth individuals has generated considerable controversy over the years, with proponents arguing that it is a proper use of existing laws that provide many of the...more

Roetzel & Andress

Now That We’ve Seen the Eclipse, It’s Time To Plan for the TCJA Sunset

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As the ball drops in Times Square on December 31, 2024, many of the tax breaks established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 will disappear. While the TCJA made some permanent tax cuts, a number of tax cuts and...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

The Sunset of the TCJA – Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 – Is Scheduled for the End of 2025

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The sunset of the TCJA – the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, is currently scheduled for the end of 2025.  The TCJA contributed substantial changes to the US tax code that have benefited many US taxpayers.  How should a US...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Unrealized Income Under Scrutiny: Will SCOTUS Unleash Chaos on the US Tax Code?

In December 2023, the Supreme Court considered the fundamental question: “How is income defined?” Moore v. United States centered on the question of taxation of unrealized income. Unrealized income is defined as a gain that...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Moore Bark Than Bite? Supreme Court Weighs In

Unless you have been living under a rock—as we tax lawyers are wont to do—you have probably been following Moore v. United States, which we last discussed.  On December 5, the tax community stepped into the spotlight...more

Snell & Wilmer

Arizona Enacts Several New Tax Measures

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The State of Arizona adopted several significant tax measures during the 2021 legislative session, including an individual income flat tax, a high-earner tax bypass, and a federal SALT cap workaround. Background - ...more

Alston & Bird

The Other Green Book: Treasury Explains Administration’s Tax Proposals

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With the release of its FY 2022 revenue proposals, the Biden Administration explains and refines some of the tax priorities raised on the campaign trail. Our International Tax Group reads the tea leaves to find the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Kansas Decouples from GILTI and 163j

Yesterday afternoon the Kansas legislature overrode Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill (SB) 50, effectively enacting the provisions of the bill into law. Among those are provisions decoupling from certain Tax Cuts and...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

New York Is Getting Out Of The Zone, The Qualified Opportunity Zone, That Is

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New York’s Governor Cuomo is having a bad 2021. Some may attribute this to his hubris or to karma; others may point to an emboldened, and now veto-proof, progressive State Legislature; many will claim that Mr. Cuomo is paying...more

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If You Sell Marijuana In Any Form, Uncle Sam Wants His Cut

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More and more states across the country are legalizing the sale of marijuana products for medical and/or recreational purposes, but marijuana remains effectively prohibited under federal law as a Schedule I controlled...more

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Following Up On "Election Day is Coming – Will Major Tax Changes Follow?

On August 10, 2020, we published a post outlining some of President Biden’s tax proposals set forth on the campaign trail. This post takes a deeper look at some of those proposals and some of the factors likely to influence...more

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Responding To The Democratic Party’s Tax Plans

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The Convention- The Democratic Party’s “virtual” convention last week seems to have gone pretty well. All the stars of the Party’s firmament were on hand and spoke in “virtually” one voice in their assessment of the...more

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Important Year End Deadline for Opportunity Zones

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Opportunity zones provide a powerful tool for taxpayers to defer recognizing their capital gains if they roll over their investment into a qualified opportunity zone fund, and offer investors the potential of avoiding...more

Smith Anderson

2019 North Carolina Tax Legislation

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This Alert summarizes the more significant tax provisions enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2019.  The most important tax changes were originally included in House Bill 966, the 2019 Appropriations Act (the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Weekly IRS Roundup January 14 – 18, 2019

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 14 – 18, 2019. January 15, 2019: The IRS issued final regulations implementing the...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Impact on Mortgage Interest Deductions

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) made substantial changes to the Tax Code of 1986 by reducing tax rates and “simplifying” tax compliance for many by significantly increasing the standard deduction and eliminating...more

Brooks Pierce

Investing In Qualified Opportunity Funds

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed on Dec. 22, 2017, amended the tax code to encourage economic growth and investment in designated distressed communities, called qualified opportunity zones, by providing federal income tax...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Opportunity Zone Investments: What You Need to Know and Potential Scenarios - A New Opportunity for Investors to Defer Taxable...

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• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Oct. 19, 2018, issued much anticipated proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) and other guidance on tax benefits arising from investments in "qualified opportunity zones" that...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Opportunity Zones: How Communities Can Leverage This New Provision to Jumpstart Investment

• Even though practitioners are awaiting proposed regulations on the new opportunity zone provision, interested parties are already starting to set up qualified opportunity funds to pool investor capital. • States, cities,...more

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Impact of Tax Reform on the Purchase and Sale of Controlled Foreign Corporations — Selected Considerations

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The application of §1248 and §338(g) in the context of the purchase or sale of a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) has long been one of the most complex areas of the tax code. The recently enacted tax reform act — herein,...more

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