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Jackson Walker

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Increases Deduction for State and Local Tax but Fails to Address Nexus Concerns

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In welcome news for individual taxpayers, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act temporarily increases the “SALT cap” – the limit on the amount of the income tax deduction for state and local income, sales, and property taxes – from...more

BakerHostetler

[Podcast] An Analysis of the 2025 Federal Tax Changes Under the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Legislation

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The Honorable Peter Roskam, Federal Policy Team Leader, and Jeff Paravano, Tax Group Chair, break down the 2025 tax reconciliation legislation. They explore how the new law preserves key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs...more

Cole Schotz

Salt Provisions In The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: A Mirage Rather Than A Panacea Of Relief For High-Income Earners

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law ushering in sweeping federal tax changes. The legislation notably expands the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction for professionals...more

Miller Canfield

Business Tax Updates in the One Big Beautiful Bill

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The One Big Beautiful Bill creates and/or modifies a number of tax rules that impact taxation of business income, including the permanent extension of the 20% pass-through deduction under Section 199A and the return of full...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Taxpayers Worked Up About PTET Workarounds

The Senate’s version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) was released on June 16th, following the House’s passing of its version of the bill in late May. Among the many tax-related changes in both versions of the...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

State Taxes: What to Expect in 2025

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A changing tax landscape is on the horizon for the new year. Many of the provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) are scheduled to expire at the end of the year. President-elect Trump has also proposed a variety...more

Sands Anderson PC

Update on Potential Tax Savings Opportunity: Virginia’s Pass-through Entity Tax and SALT Cap Deduction Workaround

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For individual owners of pass-through entities, such as partnerships, limited liability companies (“LLCs”), business trusts, and S Corporations, Virginia’s elective Pass-through Entity Tax (“PTET”) offers potential federal...more

Polsinelli

$1.7 Trillion Spending Bill Drops the Hammer on Conservation Easements

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Only months after the U.S. Tax Court and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the IRS failed to adhere to the Administrative Procedures Act when it promulgated Notice 2017-10 and designated most Syndicated Conservation...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

California Provides Path to Deduct State Income Tax for Calculating Federal Tax [UPDATED]

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In IRS Notice 2020-75, the IRS invited the states to circumvent the $10,000 limit on the deduction of state taxes by individuals, trusts, and estates for purposes of calculating federal income tax by permitting the states to...more

Freeman Law

Syndicated Conservation Easements (and Other Tax Schemes) Beware

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Syndicated Conservation Easements - In an IRS news release of January 17, 2022, the IRS’s Office of Chief Counsel announced that plans to hire up to 200 additional attorneys “to help the agency combat syndicated...more

Foster Garvey PC

The Oregon SALT Cap Workaround for Pass-Through Entities Is Finally Here – Governor Kate Brown Has Signed Senate Bill 727 Into Law

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Last fall, the IRS announced, with respect to pass-through entities (LLCs or other entities taxed as partnerships or S corporations), that, if state law allows or requires the entity itself to pay state and local taxes (which...more

BakerHostetler

[Podcast] Bears & California's SALT Cap Workaround

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Matt Hunsaker gives an overview of the recently enacted passthrough workaround to the $10,000 state and local tax deduction cap....more

Kilpatrick

4 Key Takeaways | Mid-Year Tax Update

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On June 22, 2021, Kilpatrick Townsend Tax attorneys Lynn Fowler, Heather Preston, Rob Daily, and Jeff Reed participated in a mid-year tax update webinar hosted by the firm. The webinar discussed recent tax issues in the...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Legislation Enacting Work Around to Federal $10,000 SALT Deduction Limitation, but Governor Baker...

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On July 16, 2021, Governor Baker approved a $47.6 billion fiscal 2022 budget, but sent back a provision the Massachusetts Legislature passed creating a workaround for the federal cap on the state and local tax deduction. ...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Pending Changes to Illinois Tax Laws Include SALT Workaround

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Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation that is both good news and bad news for Illinois taxpayers. The good news is that, if approved by Gov. Pritzker, Illinois taxpayers will be able to take advantage of a workaround...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New York State Enacts Elective Pass-through Entity Tax as a SALT Deduction Limitation Workaround

In April 2021, New York State enacted legislation providing for a new elective pass-through entity (PTE) tax on partnerships and Subchapter S corporations. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act generally limits an individual’s...more

Blank Rome LLP

New York State Enacts Pass-Through Entity Tax as SALT Limitation Workaround

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On April 19, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation that creates a New York Pass-Through Entity Tax, effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. This consequential tax legislation,...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Massachusetts DOR Report Endorses SALT Cap Workaround

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A new Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Report to the Legislature supports changing the Commonwealth’s tax law to enable owners of partnerships and S corporations to avoid the federal limitation on state and local tax...more

Burr & Forman

South Carolina May Join Other States to Provide State and Local Tax Cap Workaround

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) imposed a $10,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes for tax years 2018-2025.  While corporations are not subject to the cap, business owners who pay state and...more

Lowndes

New Treasury and IRS Regulations Bless SALT Deductions for Pass-through Entities

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Monday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a press release and related notice regarding proposed regulations which clarify that the $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT)...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Nine Biden Tax Proposals to Know as We Near Election Day

We’re roughly a month from Election Day, and I think it’s safe to say many Americans have strong opinions about who should be our President for the next four years.  I also think it’s safe to say taxes are not the top...more

Morgan Lewis

NJ Enacts Elective Pass-Through Business Tax to Limit Federal Cap Impact on SALT Deduction

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New Jersey recently enacted the “Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Act,” which allows pass-through businesses with at least one member liable for the New Jersey gross income tax to make an election to pay income...more

Carlton Fields

Using Nonqualified Plans to Reduce 401(k)/403(b) Costs

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This article focuses on 401(k) and 403(b) plans that are in one of the following situations: 1. The plan failed ADP or ACP testing and must distribute excess amounts to its higher-ranking employees or make additional...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

NJ Passes New Workaround Rule for SALT Deductions

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On January 13, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the “Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Act” (the Workaround Act). The Workaround Act establishes an elective entity level tax on an individual’s...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

IRS Provides Additional Clarity Regarding Donations to Scholarship Granting Organizations - SALT Alert: Alabama Edition

On December 16, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations... that provide some good news and needed clarification for C corporations, individuals, and S corporations and other...more

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