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Draft Tax Legislation Released by Senate Finance Committee Brings Some Good News for Tax-Exempt Organizations

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On June 16, the Senate Finance Committee released its draft portions of “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” following passage by the House of its version of the bill on May 22. Like the House bill, the Senate proposal includes...more

McCarter & English, LLP

House Tax Bill Provides Significant New Funding Sources for Private Elementary and Secondary Education

President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBBA) was narrowly passed in the House in May, and while there are many important aspects of the bill, there are provisions that may affect secondary and post-secondary...more

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House Passes Tax Package with Several Carved-Back Provisions Relevant to Tax-Exempt Organizations

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On May 22, 2025 the House of Representatives passed its version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “BBB”). As described in our prior Alert, the proposed package includes several key provisions of particular importance...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Non-Profits Targeted Under New Tax Code Proposals

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House Bill 9495 (H.R. 9495), a bill passed during the 118th Congress, is legislation worth watching for non-profits and other aid organizations. H.R. 9495 passed the House on November 21, 2024, and if passed during the new...more

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Lobbying by Tax Exempt Organizations - Part 2

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Our advice is often sought about forming a charitable organization for personal reasons, corporate philanthropy or to house the charitable/educational activities of a trade association or a social welfare association. There...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Liability Protections in Coronavirus Relief Legislation

Yesterday, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, joined by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R.-Ky., introduced the SAFE TO WORK Act, which would provide substantial and comprehensive liability protection from coronavirus-related...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Dome Report - 2020 West Virginia Legislature Update: Issue 5

The 2020 Regular Session of the West Virginia Legislature is now entering the final stretch with only a little less than two weeks left. No new bills may be introduced in either chamber (though a committee may still originate...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Political Campaigns, College Campuses, and Free Speech

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With the midterm spring primary election season looming, many educational institutions are witnessing heightened political awareness and activism among students and employees. ...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Conference agreement on tax reform: Private activity bonds, stadium bonds spared; Advance refundings and tax credit bonds axed

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was released on December 15, 2017. The Committee of Conference chose not to follow the House’s repeal of authorization for private activity bonds — a financing vehicle used to finance...more

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Senate Passes Tax Reform Bill

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

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U.S. Senate Passes Its Version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1); Descriptions of the Bills Passed in the House and Senate and...

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In the early hours of Saturday morning, the U.S. Senate passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) (the “Senate bill”), just over two weeks after the U.S. House of Representatives passed its own version of the same legislation...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations Brace for Impact as Senate Tax Reform Bill Passes

Update. We described in a previous blog post major changes that tax-exempt hospitals and other tax-exempt organizations in the healthcare industry face in the tax reform proposals working their way through Congress. In the...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Tax reform update: H.R. 1 proposes significant limits on municipal bonds

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UPDATE: In the early morning hours of Saturday, December 2, 2017, the United States Senate, by a vote of 51-49, approved its version of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, commonly referred to as the Senate’s tax bill....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

House Passes Tax Bill; Senate Proposal on Track for Vote

On November 2, 2017, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced H.R. 1, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Initial House Bill”). Our previous alert discussed the possible impact of certain provisions...more

Miller Canfield

Proposed Tax Reform Legislation Would Increase Financing Costs for Issuers of Tax-Exempt Bonds

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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed its Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “House Bill”), and while much of the national media has focused on its impact on corporate and individual tax rates and deductions, the bill also...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Senate Tax Bill Maintains Private Activity Bonds While Terminating Advanced Refundings

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Introduced on November 9, 2017, the Senate Tax Bill would maintain private activity bonds (“PABs”). With this positive development, advocates will press Senate committee members to reverse their decision to terminate advanced...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Potential Impact of House Tax Reform Bill on Nonprofit Tax-Exempt Organizations

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tax-Exempt Hospitals & Other Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations Not Immune from Federal Tax Reform

As federal tax reform efforts proceed rapidly in both chambers of Congress, tax-exempt hospitals and other tax-exempt healthcare organizations are facing major potential changes. New tax burdens on tax-exempt organizations...more

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Senate, House Tax Reform Bills at Odds on Tax Exempt Bonds for Nonprofit Organizations, Including Health Care

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On November 9, the Senate released the Joint Committee on Taxation, Description of the Chairman’s Mark of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” which summarizes the Senate’s version of a “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” bill (the “Senate...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Tax Reform: Senate Proposal Repeals Advance Refundings but Keeps Private Activity Bonds

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The Senate Finance Committee unveiled a section-by-section description of its tax reform package on November 9, 2017, including municipal bond provisions that reject efforts by the House Ways and Means Committee to terminate...more

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Senate Finance Committee Mark Eliminates Advance Refundings, Silent on Private Activity Bonds

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On November 9, 2017, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee released the Description of the Chairman’s Mark of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Senate Finance Committee Mark”), which sets forth a summary of the proposed tax...more

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Might the UBIT Bite a Bit? You Bet.

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The recent tax reform bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1), which the House Ways and Means Committee introduced November 2, would subject public pension plans to unrelated business income tax (“UBIT”) on their pre-packaged...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Specific Issues for Consideration by Banks, Financial Advisors and 501(c)(3) Organizations arising from the Proposed Tax Cuts and...

Some of the potential impacts of the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), as currently drafted and described in our prior alert are summarized below for consideration. Draw-down bonds with an outstanding amount to...more

Bracewell LLP

Proposed Tax Reform Puts Key Public Finance Tools On the Chopping Block

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On November 2, 2017, the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives released its highly anticipated proposed tax reform legislation (the “Proposed Legislation”). The Proposed Legislation deals a severe...more

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New Rules for Tax-Exempt Organizations in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

House Republican Tax Bill Imposes Excise Tax on Wealthy Private Universities and Excess Compensation of Highly Paid Employees; Subjects State Pension Plans to UBTI Rules - On Thursday, November 2, House Republicans led by...more

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