KNOCK YOURSELF OUT - RESUSCITATING TAXPAYERS WITH BUYER'S REMORSE!
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 BBB). This legislation includes significant amendments to the excise tax imposed on...more
On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the House budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) (the “House Bill”) by a party-line vote of 215 – 214. The House Bill, which includes significant tax law...more
...The federal tax laws are certainly about to change. With the need to raise revenue as a top priority for the Biden Administration, everyone is expecting dramatic changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Tax legislation is...more
President Biden has proposed major changes to the Federal tax laws, some of which are sought to be effective earlier in 2021 (i.e., we are already operating under these changes, if they later become adopted), as compared to...more
The Biden-Harris administration on April 28 introduced the American Families Plan (AFP), a $1.8 trillion legislative framework including provisions to “grow the middle class, expand the benefits of economic growth to all...more
Although much of the reporting on the Tax Cut and Jobs Act recently enacted by Congress has focused on the deductions for individuals and businesses, the bill also includes several provisions that apply specifically to...more
On November 16, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 1, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” by a vote of 227-205 (the “House Bill”). On November 20, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee released the Senate’s...more
On November 2, 2017, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled their tax reform bill (the “Bill”), entitled the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” The Bill proposes significant changes to the current U.S. federal income...more
The tax reform bills introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate dramatically reduce the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20% and create added incentives for taxpayers to invest capital into U.S. businesses with...more
Jackson Walker partner Nate Smithson has prepared an updated guide to tax reform under the Trump administration. The guide covers tax brackets, deductions, capital gains, and other relevant topics in tax law. ...more
The White House announced today that reducing the corporate income tax rate to 15% and repealing the 3.8 % net investment income tax are top priorities for tax reform. The 3.8% NIIT was implemented as part of ACA/Obamacare...more
It’s impossible to predict what any future president will do, or what Congress will approve. But in light of comments president-elect Donald J. Trump made on the campaign trail, and given that Grand Old Party members will...more
With Republicans in control of the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives and the White House starting in 2017, the federal government is now better positioned to move forward on comprehensive tax reform, with...more