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In this eighth installment of my multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), I discuss provisions of the Act that impact the taxation of worker moving expenses....more
In this fourth installment of my multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), Steve Nofziger and I discuss a provision of the Act that impacts pass-through business entities and their owners, Code Section...more
In this third installment of my multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), I discuss a provision of the Act that may not impact a large segment of the population, but which is interesting and worthy of...more
On July 1, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R.1 – 199th Congress (2025-2026) (the “Act”) was passed in the U.S. Senate (“Senate”). On July 3, 2025, it was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives (“House”) and...more
How often should you review your trust and estate plan? Is there a regular cycle to these reviews, or should they be driven by significant events in your life or the lives of your beneficiaries and executor or trustee? How...more
The use of private placement life insurance (PPLI) by high-net-worth individuals has generated considerable controversy over the years, with proponents arguing that it is a proper use of existing laws that provide many of the...more
As the ball drops in Times Square on December 31, 2024, many of the tax breaks established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 will disappear. While the TCJA made some permanent tax cuts, a number of tax cuts and...more
The sunset of the TCJA – the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, is currently scheduled for the end of 2025. The TCJA contributed substantial changes to the US tax code that have benefited many US taxpayers. How should a US...more
In December 2023, the Supreme Court considered the fundamental question: “How is income defined?” Moore v. United States centered on the question of taxation of unrealized income. Unrealized income is defined as a gain that...more
Unless you have been living under a rock—as we tax lawyers are wont to do—you have probably been following Moore v. United States, which we last discussed. On December 5, the tax community stepped into the spotlight...more
The State of Arizona adopted several significant tax measures during the 2021 legislative session, including an individual income flat tax, a high-earner tax bypass, and a federal SALT cap workaround. Background - ...more
With the release of its FY 2022 revenue proposals, the Biden Administration explains and refines some of the tax priorities raised on the campaign trail. Our International Tax Group reads the tea leaves to find the...more
Yesterday afternoon the Kansas legislature overrode Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill (SB) 50, effectively enacting the provisions of the bill into law. Among those are provisions decoupling from certain Tax Cuts and...more
New York’s Governor Cuomo is having a bad 2021. Some may attribute this to his hubris or to karma; others may point to an emboldened, and now veto-proof, progressive State Legislature; many will claim that Mr. Cuomo is paying...more
More and more states across the country are legalizing the sale of marijuana products for medical and/or recreational purposes, but marijuana remains effectively prohibited under federal law as a Schedule I controlled...more
On August 10, 2020, we published a post outlining some of President Biden’s tax proposals set forth on the campaign trail. This post takes a deeper look at some of those proposals and some of the factors likely to influence...more
The Convention- The Democratic Party’s “virtual” convention last week seems to have gone pretty well. All the stars of the Party’s firmament were on hand and spoke in “virtually” one voice in their assessment of the...more
Opportunity zones provide a powerful tool for taxpayers to defer recognizing their capital gains if they roll over their investment into a qualified opportunity zone fund, and offer investors the potential of avoiding...more
This Alert summarizes the more significant tax provisions enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2019. The most important tax changes were originally included in House Bill 966, the 2019 Appropriations Act (the...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 14 – 18, 2019. January 15, 2019: The IRS issued final regulations implementing the...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) made substantial changes to the Tax Code of 1986 by reducing tax rates and “simplifying” tax compliance for many by significantly increasing the standard deduction and eliminating...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed on Dec. 22, 2017, amended the tax code to encourage economic growth and investment in designated distressed communities, called qualified opportunity zones, by providing federal income tax...more
• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Oct. 19, 2018, issued much anticipated proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) and other guidance on tax benefits arising from investments in "qualified opportunity zones" that...more
• Even though practitioners are awaiting proposed regulations on the new opportunity zone provision, interested parties are already starting to set up qualified opportunity funds to pool investor capital. • States, cities,...more
The application of §1248 and §338(g) in the context of the purchase or sale of a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) has long been one of the most complex areas of the tax code. The recently enacted tax reform act — herein,...more