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Client Alert: “Trump Accounts” – Tax-Advantaged Savings Accounts for Children

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On Friday, July 4, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) (“Big Beautiful Bill”) after narrow approval from both houses of Congress. The legislation extends the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and...more

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The One Big Beautiful Bill’s Overtime and Tax Provisions – Employer Consequences

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As we await the House of Representatives’ vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill, let’s highlight two key provisions that may soon impact employers and employees alike. The Senate bill under consideration before the House of...more

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Taxation & Representation, June 2025 #2

The Senate Republicans continue to meet internally and with stakeholders regarding the provisions of a reconciliation package (H.R. 1). Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) made it clear that the Senate will make...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Taxation & Representation, June 2025

House Passes Reconciliation Package, with Senate Expected to Make Changes: On May 22, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” legislation authorized under the FY 2025 concurrent budget...more

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Litigation Funding Tax and Retaliatory Tax: Top Points from the Latest JCT Scores

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The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) on June 22, 2025, released tables providing revenue estimates for provisions of the recent Senate Committee on Finance bill language (JCX-29-25) as well as those of the comparable House...more

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Another Surprise in the One Big Beautiful Bill: Excise Tax on Remittances

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As Republicans in the U.S. Senate now consider the reconciliation bill, they will need to consider what tax provisions contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22,...more

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Should you call 911 about Section 899?

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On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed by a one-vote margin the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “House Bill”), which has now moved to the Senate for consideration. This Memorandum discusses the House Bill’s...more

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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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Treasury Department and IRS Issue Proposed Regulations on the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit under Section 45X of the...

The proposed regulations provide important clarity on the distinction between substantial and superficial modification for purposes of determining eligible components produced by the taxpayer, along with guidance as to...more

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Congress Proposes SECURE 2.0 Technical Corrections Bill

As previously discussed, the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) was signed into law on December 29, 2022 as part of the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, and included a myriad of required and optional plan design...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Treatment of Capitalized R&D Costs under Section 174 on a Disposition of IP: The Other Shoe to Drop

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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

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Taxation & Representation, Feb. 7, 2023

Debt Limit Negotiations Stall as Treasury Department Begins Extraordinary Measures. On Jan. 19, the U.S. government reached its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden late last year....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Proposed “Inflation Reduction Act” Could Significantly Curtail Carried Interest Tax Benefits

On July 27, 2022, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin announced their agreement on proposed legislation (the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” or “Act”) that is expected to be considered by the Senate...more

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Proposed Legislation Threatens to Upend Carried Interest Rules

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As widely reported, on July 27, 2022 Democratic Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) agreed to a reconciliation bill package titled the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The bill contains...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Taxation & Representation, January 11, 2022

Tax Tidbit - Budget Reconciliation: By the Numbers. Since 1980, Congress has passed 26 budget reconciliation bills, 22 of which have become law. During 11 of those 41 years, Congress did not pass any budget reconciliation...more

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Senate Passes Infrastructure Bill Including Language on Digital Assets and Reporting of Crypto Transactions

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On August 10, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed an infrastructure bill containing explicit rules to be inserted into the Internal Revenue Code regarding digital assets. The passage marks the first time that language on this topic...more

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Biden Administration's FY 2022 Budget and Its Tax Increases for Corporations, Wealthy

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By way of background, the budget that the president submits to Congress contains estimates of federal government income and spending for the upcoming fiscal year and also recommends funding levels for the federal government....more

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Biden Administration Proposals Will Greatly Enhance IRS’ Ability to Identify Cryptocurrency Transactions

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The Biden Administration and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continue to focus heavily on cryptocurrency tax enforcement issues. On May 20, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released the American Families...more

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Often Overlooked Exception to Withholding and Reporting Requirements under FATCA

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An often overlooked exception to U.S. withholding taxes may result in a lower overall U.S. tax burden. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) was enacted in an effort to ensure that U.S. taxpayers could not...more

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What You Need to Know: State and Federal Updates Related to COVID-19

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...On Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Whip James Clyburn, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, and Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone held a press conference on a...more

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Expensing 2.0 – Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service thoughtfully consider comments on the proposed § 168(k) regulations and...

On September 13, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued final and reproposed regulations under § 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code), the provision of the Tax Cuts...more

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Taxation & Representation - April 2019 #2

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

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Congress Releases Revised Conference Bill on Tax Reform - A Look at How It Compares with Earlier House and Senate Bills

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Congress released the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" on late Friday evening, Dec. 15, 2017. This version of the bill is the result of a conference committee process to marry the different bills previously passed by the U.S. House of...more

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Tax Reform and Tax-Exempt Bonds: Risks Presented by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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On November 2, 2017, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” was introduced in the House of Representatives. This act has immediate and far-reaching implications for tax-exempt finance. Among other things, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more

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Tax Policy Update

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As in the 9 percent "amusement tax" that the city of Chicago recently extended to online streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, triggering a series of lawsuits alleging that the newly expanded tax was illegally...more

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