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Section 1202 – Enhanced Opportunities in Increased Exclusions and Caps

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Prior to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 (the “OBBBA”) , Section 1202 provided that non-corporate taxpayers that acquired qualified small business stock after August 10, 1993 (“QSBS”)...more

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Expansion of Qualified Small Business Stock Tax Benefits

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed a budget reconciliation bill entitled the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (the Act). The Act extends the tax cuts that were enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, adds a...more

Foster Garvey PC

One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1 – 119th Congress (2025-2026): Part V – Qualified Small Business Stock Exclusion / Code Section...

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In this fifth installment of my multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Steve Nofziger and I discuss a provision of the Act that impacts certain business owners who are contemplating a sale of their shares, Code...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill and Opportunities To Avoid or Defer Tax on Gains

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1) (OBBBA). This alert focuses on OBBBA changes regarding qualified small business stock (QSBS) and qualified opportunity zone (QOZ)...more

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Qualified Small Business Stock Benefits Expanded Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) into law. Among the many changes, the Act expands the favorable tax treatment for Qualified Small Business Stock (“QSBS”) under Section 1202...more

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QSBS Gets Supercharged Under New Tax Law

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The qualified small business stock (QSBS) rules can be a powerful tax planning tool, and, following the recent enactment of a signature tax law, they have become even more potent....more

Holland & Knight LLP

A Look at Transfers of Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock

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Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code provides that noncorporate taxpayers may exclude certain gains on the disposition of Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) held longer than the minimum required holding period. One...more

Jones Day

Qualified Small Business Stock Benefits Expanded in New Tax Bill

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act expands the qualified small business stock benefits available to founders and investors....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill Expands Qualified Small Business Stock Exemptions

President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) on July 4, 2025 (the “Signing Date”). Among the Act’s significant tax extensions and changes to tax law are several taxpayer-favorable revisions to...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Reinforces and Enhances Qualified Small Business Stock Tax Savings – A Benefit for Prospective Startup...

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 119th Cong § 70431 (2025)) (“Act”) was signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025, after narrowly passing the House on July 3, 2025....more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Expands Section 1202: Enhanced Capital Gain Exclusion for Qualified Small Business Stock

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA) into law, enacting extensions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, as well as a broad set of tax reforms. ...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Closely Held Businesses and Their Owners Ask: What’s Big and Beautiful in the Recent Tax Law?

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The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”) was signed into law last week, on July 4. As promised by the White House, the Act extends – i.e., purports to make “permanent” – many of the otherwise expiring provisions that were...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Increases Tax Benefits for Qualified Small Business Stock

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President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, signed into law H.R. 1, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB). (For a detailed analysis of the bill, see Holland & Knight's previous alert, "Trump Signs the One...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act brings major changes to Section 1202 capital gains exclusion

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The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) makes significant and immediate changes to the tax rules surrounding qualified small business stock (QSBS) under Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code. These rules...more

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Timing is Everything for QSBS After the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, establishes new phased-in benefits for Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) held for at least three years. ...more

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Expansion of QSBS Benefits Under the One Big Beautiful Bill

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, which had narrowly passed through the United States Congress. The OBBBA makes permanent certain tax provisions that were due to expire...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Updates to Qualified Small Business Stock Rules under Section 1202

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As part of the newly enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA),[1] Congress adopted the first substantive amendments to Section 1202[2]–which prescribes the qualified small business stock (QSBS) rules–in over a decade...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

OBBB Act Brings Significant Changes to Section 1202 QSBS Gain Exclusion

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On July 4, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBB”) into law. Among many changes, the OBBB included an expansion of the qualified small business stock (“QSBS”) gain exclusion under Section 1202 of...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Changes to QSBS Rules

As if QSBS wasn’t good enough already, the “Big Beautiful Bill” signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025 enacts significant, founder-friendly changes to Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code, which substantially...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Understanding Section 1202: The Qualified Small Business Stock Exemption

The “qualified small business stock” (QSBS) tax exemption under Section 1202 allows non-corporate founders and investors in certain emerging growth companies to potentially exclude up to 100 percent of the U.S. federal...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Independent Sponsors: Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock

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The tax benefits conveyed by Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code to owners of qualified small business stock (QSBS) have been available to small business owners in some form since Section 1202 was first enacted in 1993....more

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Section 1202: Qualified Small Business Stock

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This article provides general information regarding U.S. federal income tax incentives available to non-corporate holders of “qualified small business stock” (“QSB stock”) as defined under Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

NJ Tax Break for Small Businesses

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On March 20, 2025, New Jersey lawmakers advanced a measure that would bring the New Jersey Gross Income Tax into closer conformity with federal law regarding the income tax treatment of “qualified small business stock,” or...more

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Create a New Trust or Update an Existing Estate Plan

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If you wish to create a new trust or update an existing estate plan, you will need skill and expertise across many disciplines: tax, estate planning, and legal services. Look for a service provider who can seamlessly...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Understanding Section 1202: The Qualified Small Business Stock Exemption

The “qualified small business stock” (QSBS) tax exemption under Section 1202 allows non-corporate founders and investors in certain emerging growth companies to potentially exclude up to 100 percent of the U.S. federal...more

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