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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “2025 Act”). The Act makes permanent some provisions originally enacted in 2017 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “2017 Act”),...more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 May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “BBB”) as part of the Republican Congress’s reconciliation package. The BBB generally extends certain tax provisions of the 2017...more
The New York state budget deal announced yesterday includes a workaround of the temporary federal limit on state and local tax deductions (the SALT cap). The provision was part of Gov. Cuomo’s initial budget proposal in...more
On April 10, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2020-22 (the “Revenue Procedure”), which (1) permits an “electing real property trade or business” that elected not to be subject to the...more
Congress enacted the Opportunity Zone (“OZ”) investment incentives in late 2017 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Since then many investors, fund managers, and community development professionals have devoted significant...more
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On January 18, 2019, Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations for the new Section 199A 20% profit deduction for pass-thru businesses adopted under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts. The new regulations are eagerly...more
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The Internal Revenue Service yesterday issued its much-anticipated Proposed Regulations on the new Section 199A 20% deduction for owners of pass-through business entities. This important deduction was created under the 2017...more
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