Seth Eaton Discusses Modifications and Workouts of Commercial Real Estate Loans during the COVID-19 Pandemic
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, following the approval of Congress. OBBBA contains the following compelling updates from a real estate investment trust (REIT)...more
Signed into law on July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the "Act") permanently extends and modifies several cornerstone provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, restores key business incentives, and makes...more
On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee released its version (the “Senate Bill”) of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22, 2025 (the "House Bill”). This alert...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 U.S. House of Representatives, by a one-vote margin, passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “House Bill”) early in the morning on May 22, 2025. The House Bill has yet to be considered by the U.S. Senate and will...more
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration released the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget, and the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2023 Revenue Proposals,” which is commonly referred to as the “Green Book.” ...more
It was a relatively light Budget for the real estate sector. Highlights included the long-awaited announcement of the rate of the residential property developer tax and some reform of business rates....more
On January 18th, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued a package of guidance relating to the 20-percent qualified business income deduction for non-corporate taxpayers under Section 199A of...more
As discussed in our prior alert, the proposed Section 199A regulations provided welcome guidance regarding the application of the pass-through deduction across related entities but left many questions unanswered. ...more
On November 26, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the 2017 Tax Act) and the recent taxpayer victory in the U.S. Tax Court’s Lender Management, LLC decision have created important planning opportunities for both our closely held and...more
On November 2, 2017, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced a tax bill entitled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“H.R. 1”), and later proposed amendments to the bill on November 3, November 6, and...more
• Significant corporate and potential individual tax rate reductions and a 25% individual tax rate on certain “qualified business income” would be introduced (although many fund investors and sponsors would not be eligible...more
Earlier this year, President Trump issued Executive Order 13789, which ordered the Treasury Department to review all significant tax regulations issued after December 31, 2015 and identify regulations that impose an undue...more
On October 13, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department (Treasury) issued temporary and final Treasury regulations under Section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Final...more
Action Item: The recently enacted PATH Act contains key tax provisions for businesses and individuals alike, including permanently expanding Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code; extending the availability of...more
The IRS has recently proposed regulations under Section 752 of the Code which, if finalized in current form, would radically change the use of guarantees in partnership transactions. Under these regulations, bottom guarantees...more