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Nonprofit Basics: Unrelated Business Income Tax: Debt Financed Income - Part 3
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Nonprofit Basics: Unrelated Business Income Tax: Modifications and Exceptions - Part 2
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Nonprofit Basics: International Grantmaking – Part 2 Income Tax Withholding Rules
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President Trump’s sweeping package of domestic legislation, H.R. 1 (originally titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBB”)), became law on July 4, 2025. In addition to dramatically reshaping the landscape for...more
On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released a draft package that includes a major provision aimed at curbing the use of state pass-through entity taxes (PTETs) to bypass the federal $10,000 cap on state and local...more
When toddlers engage in parallel play, the children play adjacent to each other, but do not try to influence one another’s behavior. Apparently, parallel play can extend well into adulthood and to the writing of federal...more
One of the more significant issues that taxpayers and tax practitioners have faced in recent months is the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s (TCJA) amendment to Section 174, requiring capitalization of previously deductible R&D and...more
LEGISLATIVE LOWDOWN - Congress Advances Towards CR as Deadline Approaches. Yesterday, Senate Democrats proposed legislation to fund the federal government through Dec. 16 with the use of a continuing resolution (CR). The...more
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testified before the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee this week to discuss the Biden administration's fiscal year 2023 budget proposal for the Treasury...more
Congressional Tax Staffers Outline Agenda. Several senior staffers on the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee—Andrew Grossman, Courtney Connell, Derek Theurer and Tiffany Smith—participated in a...more
The House and Senate will reconvene Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. and Monday at 3:00 p.m., respectively....more
On Thursday, Feb. 17, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing entitled “Spotlighting IRS Customer Service Challenges.” The witnesses included National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins with the Internal Revenue Service...more
On April 5, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR), as well as Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Mark Warner (D-VA), offered an international tax framework as a starting point to discussions on revamping the current...more
Welcome to 2020! Although we have enjoyed the time off, we have been itching to get back into the swing of things. Since you have not seen Taxation & Representation in your inbox since the previous decade, we thought it was...more
TAX TIDBIT - Five Takeaways and a Falsehood: Test Your Knowledge of the Ways and Means Tax Markup - On Thursday, the House Ways and Means Committee marked up and approved the following four bills, largely along...more
In This Issue: - Tax Tidbit - Legislative Lowdown - RegWatch - 1111 Constitution Avenue - At a Glance - Brownstein Bookshelf - Regulation Station ...more
Tax Tidbit - Regulators have until June 22 to finalize guidance on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L.115-97). The 18-month mark since the legislation was signed into law is quickly approaching. The Treasury Department and...more
In This Issue - - Tax Tidbit - Legislative Lowdown - RegWatch - 1111 Constitution Avenue - 2020 Vision - At a Glance - Brownstein Bookshelf...more
TAX TIDBIT - SPOILER ALERT: The following piece contains Game of Thrones and Avengers Endgame spoilers—nothing that you probably would not have guessed on your own. But, we would rather not be responsible for ruining a...more
IN THIS ISSUE - Tax Tidbit - Legislative Lowdown - - Congress’s Kumbaya Moment - Biodiesel Tax Credit - Moore Trouble for Fed Pick - And the Results Are In 1111 Constitution Avenue...more
On November 2, House Republicans introduced H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Senate Republicans followed suit shortly thereafter, releasing their proposal on November 9. The House Ways & Means Committee concluded its markup...more
The Senate Finance Committee Chairman’s Mark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act includes substantial proposed changes to the corporate and international business taxation rules. While this proposal will evolve further in committee...more
IRS Releases Notices Designating Certain “Basket Contracts” As Listed Transactions And Others As Reportable Transactions Of Interest - On Wednesday, July 8, the IRS released two notices addressing “basket contracts,”...more
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