5 Key Takeaways | State Tax Litigation
5 Key Takeaways | National State Tax Cases, Issues, and Policy Matters to Watch
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Senate Finance Tax Title Goes Through ‘Byrd Bath’: Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth McDonough has initiated the Byrd Bath process for the Senate Finance Committee’s (SFC) tax title within the reconciliation package. Senate...more
On June 28, 2025, Senate Republicans released their updated version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), moving closer to finalizing their sweeping tax reform package ahead of a self-imposed July 4 deadline. A key...more
The House of Representatives previously passed H.R. 1-119th Congress (2025-2026), titled the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”), a budget bill that, among other things, addresses sunsetting provisions of the Tax Cuts...more
On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released a draft package that includes a major provision aimed at curbing the use of state pass-through entity taxes (PTETs) to bypass the federal $10,000 cap on state and local...more
Key Points - - The Senate Finance Committee’s version of the tax-related proposals aim to deliver on Senate Republicans’ promise to make many of the TCJA’s individual and corporate tax measures permanent. - The bill...more
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
On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Senate released its version of the budget reconciliation bill (“Senate bill”), making several changes to the House-passed version from May 22, 2025 (“House bill”). One major difference is the cap on...more
When toddlers engage in parallel play, the children play adjacent to each other, but do not try to influence one another’s behavior. Apparently, parallel play can extend well into adulthood and to the writing of federal...more
On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released proposed text for tax provisions to be included in the Senate’s version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB). Our prior Alert addresses the House version of the...more
On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed federal reconciliation bill H.R. 1, commonly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which will now move to the U.S. Senate for consideration. While the U.S....more
On May 22, the House of Representatives passed proposed tax legislation titled, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” (TOBBB), which will now be debated in the Senate. Among other proposals, if enacted into law, TOBBB would make...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
On Thursday May 22, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, hereafter the “Bill”). The Bill will now be considered by the U.S. Senate....more
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Bill”) by a one vote margin. Set forth below is a summary description of some of the provisions of the Bill....more
This Pillsbury alert provides an overview of the “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) as passed by the House Ways & Means Committee on Sunday, May 18, 2025. The overview breaks the bill into three main sections: Changes Affecting...more
The highly anticipated text of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBB”) was released early last week. At more than 1,110 pages long, it certainly lives up to part of its name. But by Friday, multiple factions of House...more
On May 12, the Republican majority leadership in the House of Representatives released for consideration its tax and spending reconciliation legislation, called the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” (the “Bill”). This major piece of...more
The race to remake portions of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and to prevent expiration of certain Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provisions has begun, with House Ways & Means Committee proposals (the Markup) to spend...more
On May 12, 2025, House Republicans unveiled a comprehensive 389-page package of tax provisions, setting the stage for a significant tax bill to be debated in the coming weeks. Dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” this...more
On May 14, the US House Ways and Means Committee advanced its initial markup version of The One, Big, Beautiful Bill, following 17 hours of a Committee meeting to markup the bill with no changes from the 389-page text that...more
On May 9, 2025, the House Ways & Means Committee released its initial draft of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” The bill will set the stage for extending the tax cuts enacted in 2017 as part of President Trump’s first...more
On May 12, the House Ways and Means Committee released its long-anticipated reconciliation package—an expansive tax and spending bill aimed at extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts and cementing key fiscal priorities before the...more
President Trump used his 4 March 2025 address to the joint session of Congress to remind the American public and Congressional leaders that he is serious about adding his imprimatur to the tax code—and in the process adding...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would constitute a historic investment in the U.S. clean energy industry. If passed, the bill would be the biggest and most significant climate and energy bill ever passed by Congress....more
Yesterday, on December 19, 2021, Senator Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) said that he opposes the Build Back Better Act, which effectively prevents its passage. While there are no immediate prospects for the Build Back Better Act to...more