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What Employers Should Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)

On July 4, 2025, H.R.1, or what is being called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), was signed into law, introducing major reforms in tax and employee benefits that affect businesses and their employees. OBBBA is an...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: GOP and Democrats Are Both in Your Debt (Literally)

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The Cozen Lens - • The federal debt has grown dramatically in recent years, with both parties pursuing significant deficit spending, the impacts of which will likely not be fully clear for several years. • President Donald...more

Verrill

Permanent Exemptions and New Deductions: What the 2025 Tax Law Means for Estate and Tax Planning

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the 2025 Budget Reconciliation bill, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“Act”). This legislation extends several provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Modified QOZ program delivers new investor incentives and permanence

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) significantly modified the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program via a set of comprehensive reforms aimed at improving accountability, long-term impact, and geographic equity. The new...more

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Impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on Inflation Reduction Act Incentives

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Re. 14” (commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”)). On July 7, President Trump...more

Sullivan & Worcester

"One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Enshrines Opportunity Zone Provisions

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (the “OBBBA”), which contains amendments to sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Original Statute”)—the provisions that...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Final REIT-Related Provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”

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With the tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President Vance on July 1, 2025, the Senate approved an amended version of H.R. 1, originally titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which was previously approved by the House of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Senate Finance Committee Proposes Key Departures From House Provisions for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Key Points - - The Senate Finance Committee’s version of the tax-related proposals aim to deliver on Senate Republicans’ promise to make many of the TCJA’s individual and corporate tax measures permanent. - The bill...more

BakerHostetler

[Podcast] The Cloakroom with Peter Roskam: 36th Annual Legislative Seminar – Congressman David Schweikert, R-AZ

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Former Congressman Peter Roskam, who leads BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team, provides listeners with a front-row seat to the most important policy and political debates in Congress. In this episode of “The Cloakroom with...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: The Certainty and Uncertainty of Trump Walking It Back

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“While the financial markets have become comfortable with dismissing the tail risks associated with the president’s boldest policy proposals, President Trump has successfully enacted ambitious policy proposals, albeit perhaps...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Carried Interest Survives Budget Bill … for Now

On May 15, 2025, the House released the draft FY 2025 budget bill. As currently drafted, the budget bill does not limit or otherwise change the tax treatment of carried interest.  Following the release of the budget bill,...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: The Known Unknowns of Trump 2.0

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“The Trump administration’s shock and awe campaign over the president’s first months back in the Oval Office has caused a spike in uncertainty for the economy and the private sector. It is still possible though to classify...more

Alston & Bird

Look Ahead to the Week of April 28: The Reconciliation Debate Begins

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Both chambers are in session this week.  House Republicans will now begin their push to enact a single reconciliation package that includes President Trump’s key policy priorities, including immigration enforcement, tax...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

This Week From the Hill (April 6 – 12, 2025)

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

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Senate Begins Vote-a-Rama on Revised Budget Resolution

On Thursday, April 3, the Senate voted 52-48 on the motion to proceed with debate on H.Con.Res.14, the Senate’s new fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget resolution, triggering a statutorily required 20 hours of debate. Both the House...more

Alston & Bird

Look Ahead to the Week of March 31: Trump and the World Prepare for Tariff “Liberation Day”

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Both chambers are in session this week. House and Senate Republican leaders will continue working on a compromise budget resolution that could reach the Senate floor later this week. The resolution will establish formal plans...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Is the Exemption for Interest on Municipal Bonds on Congress’ Chopping Block?

The new administration and Congress are working towards an extension of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the bulk of which expires at the end of 2025. In late February, the House passed a spending bill (H. Con. Res....more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: Democrats Struggle Over Where to Draw the Line

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"Democrats are struggling with how and when to resist President Donald Trump’s agenda. And it doesn’t help their cause that Trump is unifying the House GOP’s own notoriously fractious caucus.” — Howard Schweitzer, CEO, Cozen...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Taxmageddon: What to Expect under Trump 2.0 and a GOP-Led Congress

With the Trump administration and a Republican-controlled Congress now in office, significant changes to the U.S. economic landscape and tax policy are expected. Indeed, legislation to change tax policy and to implement...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

This Week From the Hill (March 2 – 8, 2025)

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

Alston & Bird

Look Ahead to the Week of March 3: Trump Addresses Congress

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Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Last week, House Republicans were able to coalesce in dramatic fashion to pass a budget resolution that creates a process to combine President Trump’s tax policy and other...more

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Look Ahead to the Week of February 24: House Tackles Budget Resolution, Shutdown Worries Continue

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Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Last week, the Senate took its first step to unlock the budget reconciliation process by adopting its budget resolution on a 52-48 vote. Senate Republicans are preparing to...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Senate Concludes Vote-a-Rama

The Senate approved S.Con.Res.7 in the early morning hours of Friday, Feb. 21, concluding a vote-a-rama that began the night before and lasted over 10 hours. The final vote was 52-48, with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) joining...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: The Sausage-making Process of the GOP's Big, Beautiful Bill

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“While the Trump administration continues to implement its executive agenda at a breakneck pace, congressional Republicans are literally forced to deal with consensus by committee to realize their legislative agenda.” —...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

This Week From the Hill (February 16 – February 22, 2025)

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

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