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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1 into law, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). As discussed in our prior alert released following the passage by the House of...more
Signed into law on July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the "Act") permanently extends and modifies several cornerstone provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, restores key business incentives, and makes...more
On June 9, 2025, Sullivan & Worcester submitted a comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in response to Notice 2025-6, which requests public input on the possible expansion of the cloud transaction framework...more
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a tax bill (House Tax Bill) that proposes to make permanent – and increase – the section 199A deduction for ordinary REIT dividends to 23 percent. This change would reduce...more
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Tax Bill). The Tax Bill proposes amendments to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) that...more
Welcome to the March 2025 issue of REIT Tax News. Below, we summarize five key developments impacting REITs this past quarter. Carried interest favorable taxation may be in jeopardy - On February 6, 2025, President Donald...more
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Welcome to the November 2024 issue of REIT Tax News. Below, we summarize five key developments impacting REITs this past year....more
Tax advisors to REITs have long pondered the metaphysical question of whether a REIT with no assets or income in its first year can pass the requisite REIT asset and income tests to qualify as a REIT. In a recent private...more
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Welcome to the October 2024 issue of REIT Tax News. Below, we take a look at five developments to read about in less than five minutes. 1. Loper Bright standard takes hold in Varian Medical case - In the landmark case of...more
On September 3, 2024, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) urging it to “increase enforcement scrutiny of REITs, especially large health and hospitality REITs that may be...more
On June 28, 2024, Treasury and the IRS filed final regulations regarding the payment and reporting aspects of the stock repurchase excise tax under section 4501 of the Code1 (Buyback Tax) (Final Regulations). The Final...more
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