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The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 60 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: Employee Retention Tax Credit
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Nonprofit Basics: IRS 10-Course Charity Workshop
Nonprofit Basics: Unrelated Business Income Tax: Debt Financed Income - Part 3
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4 Key Takeaways | Analyzing the Top Income Tax Cases in 2024
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Year-End Thoughts and New Year To-Do List
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Year-End and Trending Tax Considerations for Health Care Practices
Nonprofit Basics: International Grantmaking – Part 2 Income Tax Withholding Rules
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Tax Relief and Possible Retirement Plan Resources for Hurricane Victims
With an effective date of September 2, 2025, New Beginning of Construction guidance will be prospective and not apply to projects that satisfied beginning of construction under old IRS guidance before September 2, 2025. ...more
The US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Notice 2025-44, announcing their intent to withdraw the controversial disregarded payment loss (DPL) rules finalized at the end of the...more
On July 30, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an expansive report on the crypto industry (the “White Paper”), describing the digital asset landscape and outlining the contours of a legislative and regulatory framework....more
Key Takeaways - • President Trump’s administration is actively reviewing a proposal to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and a decision on rescheduling is expected...more
The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") has issued Notice 2025-42 to implement the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") mandate to phase out the clean electricity production tax credit (§ 45Y) and investment tax credit (§ 48E)...more
On July 30, 2025, the White House released a 166-page report titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology” (the “Report”).[1] Authored by a working group of cabinet members and federal agency...more
On July 25, 2025, the IRS Large Business & International (LB&I) Division published an Interim Guidance Memorandum (Control Number: LB&I-04-0725-0008) implementing changes for LB&I audit procedures, which take effect August 1,...more
On July 11, the IRS published a rule in the Federal Register revoking a rule the IRS had issued in December 2024 after the rule had been repealed by Congress under the Congressional Review Act. The final rule, “Gross Proceeds...more
H.R.1—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)—contains several provisions that directly affect employer-provided benefit programs, primarily health and welfare programs....more
On July 7, 2025, President Trump signed the executive order “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources.” The EO directs the Secretary of the Treasury to “strictly enforce” the...more
The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) on June 22, 2025, released tables providing revenue estimates for provisions of the recent Senate Committee on Finance bill language (JCX-29-25) as well as those of the comparable House...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
The Trump administration is continuing its offensive against the Internal Revenue Service by proposing a $2.5 billion cut to the agency’s budget for FY2026. In the White House’s “skinny budget” released on May 2, the IRS’s...more
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing,...more
The federal rule that would have required crypto platforms to report users’ transactions to the IRS has officially been scrapped. President Trump signed a joint congressional resolution overturning the so-called DeFi...more
On April 17, the Internal Revenue Service issued a notice announcing its plans to withdraw a set of controversial regulations, finalized in January of this year, aimed at transactions designed to shift tax basis in...more
The IRS issued Notice 2025-19, inviting the public to submit recommendations for items to include in the IRS’s 2025-2026 Priority Guidance Plan. The IRS uses the Priority Guidance Plan to identify and prioritize the tax...more
The Trump administration has declared that prior U.S. commitments under the OECD’s Pillar Two agreement would have no domestic effect unless approved by Congress, reflecting long-standing opposition....more
With a new presidential administration in place and various reforms already underway, the landscape of employee benefits compliance is poised for significant changes. To help organizations prepare, Woodruff Sawyer hosted a...more
In a January 27 client alert, we discussed final regulations issued on December 30, 2024, covering tax reporting requirements applicable to certain decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms operating as noncustodial brokers of...more
On April 10, 2025, President Trump signed into law a measure1 that repeals the final regulations relating primarily to persons who are front-end service providers that operate decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, which...more
The Trump administration continues its efforts to relax digital asset regulation, including most recently by exempting decentralized finance ("DeFi") apps and wallets from tax reporting and through Securities and Exchange...more
Last year, the Treasury and IRS released two sets of final crypto reporting regulations. The first set, in July, imposed rules for custodial brokers. The second set, in December, imposed rules for DeFi. This piece provides...more
On March 17, the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association (the “Tax Section”) released a report on the proposed regulations on corporate spin-offs and reorganizations that were issued in January. As we discussed...more