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Analysis of the 2025 Federal Tax Changes Under the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Legislation

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The race to remake portions of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and to prevent expiration of certain Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provisions reached completion with Legislation signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025....more

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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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Documentation is Key When Claiming QSBS Benefits

In recent years, the utilization of qualified small business stock (“QSBS”) under Section 1202 has grown considerably. Many businesses are formed as corporations at conception, private equity investors calculate the tax...more

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Tax Considerations for Mergers and Acquisitions: Qualified Small Business Stock and its Tax Benefits

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For an active business in the post-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) world of lower corporate tax rates, buyers and shareholders considering a future exit should always consider C corporations and the availability of potential...more

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Maximizing QSBS Benefits with Estate Planning: The Art of Stacking

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The number of taxpayers seeking the benefits of Qualified Small Business Stock (“QSBS”) has picked up steam in recent years, particularly since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) lowered the federal corporate tax rates to...more

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Leto v. United States: How a Taxpayer’s Section 1202 Exclusion Could Have Been Saved

In Leto v. United States, the taxpayer reincorporated an S corporation business into a C corporation, then the taxpayer later sold the shares in the C corporation and tried to exclude the gain from such sale under section...more

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Accidental Termination on Purpose? S Corp Ruling Could Be Huge For QSBS Owners

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Qualified Small Business Stock (“QSBS”) is arguably one of the largest “gifts” Congress has given taxpayers by excluding from a shareholder’s gross income the greater of $10 million or 10 times the shareholder’s basis in the...more

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IRS Rules That an Enterprise Cloud Application Software Company Is Engaged in a Qualified Trade or Business for QSBS Purposes

On May 12, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published private letter ruling 202319013 (the PLR), which concluded that an enterprise cloud application software company is engaged in a qualified trade or business for...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Two New Private Letter Rulings Inform Code Section 1202's Qualified Trade or Business Analysis

Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code provides savvy business founders and investors an opportunity for large tax savings. In fact, if the entity and the business exit are structured correctly, upon an exit, the founders...more

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House of Representatives 5376: Current Tax Legislation Pending in the U.S. House of Representatives

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...The federal tax laws are certainly about to change. With the need to raise revenue as a top priority for the Biden Administration, everyone is expecting dramatic changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Tax legislation is...more

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The President’s Recent Tax Proposals: What Do They Mean For Business Owners?

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A Night to Remember? Did you listen to the President’s speech last Wednesday? He addressed a joint session of Congress to pitch the Administration’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan. Due to COVID-related...more

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Lawyers on Tap: Tap Tips for Entity Formation and Taxation

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In this episode of Verrill Voices: Lawyers on Tap, Verrill Dana attorneys Jennifer Green and Jonathan Dunitz discuss the importance of entity formation to the overall success of a brewery business, and the differences between...more

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The Impact of Tax Reform on Private Equity and M&A Transactions

Now that the 2017 tax reform act is law, private equity and M&A professionals must grapple with its sweeping changes and reconcile the new provisions with how they do business. This On the Subject summarizes important...more

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