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For restaurant owners, protecting business and personal assets from lawsuits, creditors, and financial risks is essential. One of the most effective legal strategies is using trusts to shield wealth and ensure long-term...more
Prior to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 (the “OBBBA”) , Section 1202 provided that non-corporate taxpayers that acquired qualified small business stock after August 10, 1993 (“QSBS”)...more
On July 4, President Donald Trump signed a budget reconciliation bill entitled the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (the Act). The Act extends the tax cuts that were enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, adds a...more
Key Takeaways: - On July 4, 2025, “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”) was signed into law, introducing significant expansions of the tax benefits of “qualified small business stock” (“QSBS”) issued on or after July...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted July 4, 2025, made a number of changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), including certain notable changes to the provisions of Code Section 1202 for...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), signed into law on July 4, 2025, introduced major changes impacting individual, estate, state, local, real estate, and business tax rules. Understanding these updates is key for tax...more
In this fifth installment of my multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Steve Nofziger and I discuss a provision of the Act that impacts certain business owners who are contemplating a sale of their shares, Code...more
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1) (OBBBA). This alert focuses on OBBBA changes regarding qualified small business stock (QSBS) and qualified opportunity zone (QOZ)...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) into law. Among the many changes, the Act expands the favorable tax treatment for Qualified Small Business Stock (“QSBS”) under Section 1202...more
The qualified small business stock (QSBS) rules can be a powerful tax planning tool, and, following the recent enactment of a signature tax law, they have become even more potent....more
Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code provides that noncorporate taxpayers may exclude certain gains on the disposition of Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) held longer than the minimum required holding period. One...more
Entrepreneurs and investors should consider significant changes to the rules governing qualified small business stock (QSBS) included in H.R. 1, often referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB). The OBBB was passed...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act expands the qualified small business stock benefits available to founders and investors....more
On July 4, 2025, the federal government enacted H.R. 1, “An Act to provide for reconciliation” which is popularly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”). OBBBA’s 870 pages included significant tax changes, making...more
With a name like the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), you know two things right away: (1) it’s a mouthful, and (2) you’re going to have to wade through a lot to find the useful parts. Fortunately, two tax lawyers already...more
The recently signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) implements significant changes under Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code), applicable to qualified small business stock (QSBS) issued on or after July...more
President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) on July 4, 2025 (the “Signing Date”). Among the Act’s significant tax extensions and changes to tax law are several taxpayer-favorable revisions to...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) became law on July 4, 2025. This legislation introduces changes that will impact estate, tax, and business planning strategies for many business owners and high-net-worth individuals and...more
Equity incentive plans are a powerful tool for encouraging and rewarding a company’s employees and leadership, who may include prospective investors, through different kinds of equity interests and structures. Different...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 119th Cong § 70431 (2025)) (“Act”) was signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025, after narrowly passing the House on July 3, 2025....more
On June 30, 2025, New Jersey enacted legislation that now incorporates the US federal qualified small business stock (QSBS) rules under Section 1202, effective for dispositions of QSBS for tax years beginning on or after...more
The long-anticipated “sunset” of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was slated for the end of 2025. Upon this “sunset,” the federal estate and gift tax exemptions—which reached $13.99 million per individual in...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA) into law, enacting extensions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, as well as a broad set of tax reforms. ...more
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”) was signed into law last week, on July 4. As promised by the White House, the Act extends – i.e., purports to make “permanent” – many of the otherwise expiring provisions that were...more
President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, signed into law H.R. 1, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB). (For a detailed analysis of the bill, see Holland & Knight's previous alert, "Trump Signs the One...more