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Latham & Watkins LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill Introduces Major Changes to Federal Tax Law

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBB) into law, making permanent the reduced individual tax rates and brackets established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and modifying a...more

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Implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on Tax Deductions for Businesses

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President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB Act) into law on Friday July 4, 2025. Among other changes to existing federal tax laws (many of which are discussed by other alerts from this firm), the OBBB Act...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Taxing A Foreigner’s Sale of a Partnership Interest – Déjà Vu All Over Again

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There is no denying that many parts of the Code are complex and, in some cases, too obscure for many “laypersons” to comprehend. Over time, this reality spawned the need for advisers who are both knowledgeable and experienced...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Is Your Lawsuit Tax Deductible? | How to know when it is, and isn’t, deductible

The costs associated with hiring attorneys, defending a lawsuit, and paying for damages or a settlement can be exorbitant, and will inevitably damage a company’s profitability. The good news is these payments are often tax...more

Miller Canfield

Does a Tax Cut Jobs Act Provision Decrease Income Taxes on Marijuana Businesses?

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Key Takeaways: ..A pending U.S. Tax Court case presents an interesting theory to preclude the federal income tax disallowance of all deductions of a marijuana business. ..The theory rests on a provision in the 2017 Tax...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Are Your Unreimbursed Partner’s Expenses Deductible?

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Since the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017 (TCJA) was passed, a little-known deduction for unreimbursed partner’s expenses (UPE) has taken on more significance. Partner’s in partnership and members of an LLC often incur...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[Webinar] All in the Family: Applying the Business Interest Expense Limitation Within Groups - September 30th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm...

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The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act generally limits the amount of business interest expense that a taxpayer may deduct. This webinar will cover newly issued final and proposed Treasury regulations under section 163(j), with a...more

Dickinson Wright

Internal Revenue Service Publishes Regulations Clarifying Business Meal and Entertainment Expenses

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Although the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) suspended the 2% of AGI miscellaneous deductions for individuals beginning in 2018, certain taxpayers may still claim deductions for unreimbursed business expenses, including...more

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IRS Issues Proposed Rule on Business Expense Deductions

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On February 26, 2020, the IRS published proposed regulations implementing changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) regarding the elimination of deductions for entertainment and the limitation on food and...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

New guidance: Calculation of non-deductible parking expenses and deemed unrelated business income

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The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Notice 2018-99 to address changes in the Internal Revenue Code included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). ...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Tax Changes Impacting Government Enforcement: Comments Due November 13, 2018

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As described in a blog post on March 13, 2018, Section 13306 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97 (Dec. 22, 2017) revises the longstanding rule on the deductibility as a business expense (or lack thereof) of "any fine or...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

IRS Says Business Meals Remain Deductible, But Cannot Be ‘Lavish’ Or Mixed With Entertainment Costs

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Resolving widespread confusion, the IRS this month issued important guidance that clarifies when a meal or drinks will be allowed as a deductible business expense following the changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Notice 2018-76: Taking A Bite Out Of The Business Expense Deductions For Meals, Entertainment

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On October 3, 2018, the IRS issued transitional guidance in Notice 2018-76 concerning the business expense deductions for meals and entertainment following the changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) — which...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Having your business meal and deducting it too - IRS issues guidance on the deductibility of business meals

On October 3, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2018-76 (the Notice) to address the deductibility of business meals under section 274(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA) made...more

Williams Mullen

Interim Guidance Issued on New Business Interest Expense Limitations

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The IRS and the Treasury Department recently announced interim guidance to help taxpayers comply with the new business interest expense limitations under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97) (the “Act”). Notice 2018-28,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

#MeToo Movement Creates Change in Tax Code

During the height of the #MeToo movement and in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Congress enacted a sweeping tax reform bill containing a provision intended to penalize businesses who settle claims involving sexual...more

McAfee & Taft

Confidential sexual harassment settlement payments no longer tax-deductible

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In a workplace era that may soon be referred to as “Pre-Weinstein,” employers not only could quietly settle sexual harassment claims by including a nondisclosure agreement that virtually assured the matter would be kept...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Section 163(j) Interest Expense Limitation

The newly enacted version of section 163(j) limits deductions for business interest expense. Although the prior version of section 163(j) applied almost exclusively to US corporations with non-US parents, the new version of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Recent Changes Expected to Impact Environmental Enforcement

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• Two recent developments have the potential to significantly impact governmental enforcement actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund), the Clean Water Act...more

Foster Garvey PC

Decoding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Part V: Changes to IRC §163(j) and the Business Interest Deduction Rules

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“Neither a borrower nor a lender be...” or at least, if you insist on borrowing (and we understand the appeal), we are here to help you stay abreast of the new rules on deducting interest. BACKGROUND/PRIOR LAW - Interest...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Tax Reform Impacts Confidentiality in Sexual Harassment Settlements

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The recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act) contains a largely unnoticed provision worth the attention of human resources professionals and legal counsel who draft and implement settlement agreements and releases of...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Tax Reform: What Does the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mean for the Real Estate and Construction Industry?

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more

Morgan Lewis

State Tax Implications of Federal Tax Reform

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Federal tax reform will have a significant and possibly unexpected impact on state taxes, including on individual deductions and, for corporations, reporting methods and limitations regarding net operating losses and interest...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Signs Tax Reform Bill into Law

On December 15, 2017, the House and Senate conference committee agreed on the terms of the final tax reform bill, previously referred to as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Act”), which was subsequently approved by both...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Summary of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more

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