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The IRS recently issued a news release with a reminder that employers may contribute up to $5,250 annually per employee toward qualified student loan repayments if provided under a Section 127 educational assistance program....more
Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code provides a capital gains exclusion for certain qualified small business stock (QSBS) when a stockholder sells the same. This gain exclusion impacts venture-backed startups, angel...more
As explained in a prior blog, last year the IRS released Form 15620, an approved IRS form for making Section 83(b) elections under the Internal Revenue Code. Historically the IRS has required taxpayers to submit their 83(b)...more
Often in healthcare transactions, retaining a federal Employer Identification Number (“EIN”) after an acquisition or restructuring is essential to the continuity of operations, regulatory compliance, and preservation of key...more
President Donald Trump’s massive tax-and-spending package requires attention from both individuals and estate planners to advance their estate and income tax planning objectives. Originally Published by Bloomberg Law. ...more
When Congress passes sweeping retirement legislation, the details often come later—and those details usually come in the form of regulatory spaghetti that plan sponsors and administrators are left to untangle. Case in point:...more
On November 7, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Form 15620, Section 83(b) Election (“Form 15620”), standardizing the requirements to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) (“Section 83(b) Election”), with...more
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
At the beginning of this series, I mentioned briefly that taxpayers can use tax-loss harvesting approaches in tandem with a number of investment strategies, which we will go into in more detail in Part III. Many of these...more
In late 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) introduced Form 15620 to provide a standardized mechanism for taxpayers to make elections under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). More recently in 2025,...more
New York’s personal income tax law, like that of other states, conforms with the federal system of income taxation. The reason typically given for such conformity is to simplify tax return preparation, improve compliance and...more
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
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
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act expands the qualified small business stock benefits available to founders and investors....more
Last year, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Form 15620 for taxpayers to make elections under section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, an important part of US tax planning for founders, employees, board...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 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 following the passage by the House of...more
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
President Trump signed into law what is commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), extending provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 otherwise set to expire at the end of this year. The new...more
On July 3, 2025, and by a vote of 218 to 214, the U.S. House of Representative passed the Senate’s amended version of H.R. 1 (also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” or OBBBA 2025), which is the tax-and-budget...more
On July 4, 2025, the legislation commonly known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (the “BBBA”) was enacted. The BBBA makes significant changes to the tax credits available under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the...more
In a significant win for taxpayers, the U.S. Tax Court recently ruled in AbbVie Inc. v. Commissioner, Docket No. 2597-23, that a $1.6 billion "Break Fee" paid by AbbVie qualifies as an ordinary and necessary business expense...more
Both the House’s and Senate’s budget bills would clarify that certain rules applicable to disguised payments for services and disguised sales of property between a partner and a partnership under Section 707(a)(2) are...more
The IRS released additional guidance on June 23, 2025, in the form of Notice 2025-31 (Notice) regarding the energy community bonus credit under Sections 45, 48, 45Y and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code. The Notice follows...more
Section 1202 provides an exclusion from capital gains when a stockholder sells qualified small business stock (QSBS), assuming all eligibility requirements are satisfied. Section 1045 provides for the tax-free rollover of...more