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Overcomplicating Overtime: How Employers Need to Assess the One Big Beautiful Bill’s Overtime Tax Changes

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One of the fastest trending topics in the employment and taxation blogosphere in recent weeks has been the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which, among other provisions, allows for a tax deduction of up to...more

Cole Schotz

Salt Provisions In The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: A Mirage Rather Than A Panacea Of Relief For High-Income Earners

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law ushering in sweeping federal tax changes. The legislation notably expands the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction for professionals...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1 – 119th Congress (2025-2026): Part I – The SALT Deduction

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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

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SALT Alert: Senate Unveils Updated OBBBA SALT Cap Proposal

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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

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Proposed Federal Tax Legislation Would Effect Three Key Changes to State and Local Tax Deductibility Limits

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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

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Tax Consequences of a Natural Disaster

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Between wildfires such as the ones in Southern California earlier this year and hurricanes and other major storms experienced by other parts of the country annually, there is no shortage of natural disasters affecting people...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

IRS Provides Tax Guidance Related to State-Run Paid Family and Medical Leave Programs

On January 16, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Revenue Ruling 2025-4 (the “Rev. Rul.”). The Rev. Rul. provides guidance on the federal tax treatment of contributions to and benefits paid under a state paid...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Federal and California Taxpayer Relief: Reprieve From Wet Winter Weather

2023 started California off with weather that escapes recent memory. Rain, snow, and surf seemed unrelenting for the first two weeks of January. While this spell of winter storms has brought snow to our slopes and refilled...more

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Massachusetts Enacts Pass-Through Entity Tax

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One of the most controversial individual income tax changes enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 is the $10,000 cap on the deduction for state and local income and property taxes (“SALT”) for federal income tax...more

Kilpatrick

4 Key Takeaways | Mid-Year Tax Update

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On June 22, 2021, Kilpatrick Townsend Tax attorneys Lynn Fowler, Heather Preston, Rob Daily, and Jeff Reed participated in a mid-year tax update webinar hosted by the firm. The webinar discussed recent tax issues in the...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Legislation Enacting Work Around to Federal $10,000 SALT Deduction Limitation, but Governor Baker...

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On July 16, 2021, Governor Baker approved a $47.6 billion fiscal 2022 budget, but sent back a provision the Massachusetts Legislature passed creating a workaround for the federal cap on the state and local tax deduction. ...more

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Massachusetts Enacts Work Around to Federal $10,000 SALT Deduction Limitation

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On July 16, 2021, Governor Baker enacted legislation that allows (a) individual, trust and estate taxpayers who are partners in partnerships (or limited liability companies taxed as partnerships) and (b) individual, trust and...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Pending Changes to Illinois Tax Laws Include SALT Workaround

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Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation that is both good news and bad news for Illinois taxpayers. The good news is that, if approved by Gov. Pritzker, Illinois taxpayers will be able to take advantage of a workaround...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

BREAKING NEWS: Nebraska Bill Clarifies GILTI and Repatriation Are Deductible

Most states have historically not subjected foreign-source income to state income tax. Consequently, since the passage of TCJA, the vast majority of states have opted not to tax GILTI (with most states explicitly decoupling...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Is It December Already? Year-End Contribution Strategies for Alabama Taxpayers - SALT Alert: Alabama Edition

As 2019 comes to a close, while most people are busy making holiday plans, dutiful tax advisors and financial planners are burning the midnight oil to minimize their clients’ tax bills that will be due in a few short months....more

McAfee & Taft

Every action has a reaction, even in the tax world - Gavel to Gavel

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 limited the state and local taxes paid deduction available to individual taxpayers to $10,000. The deduction is most notably taken by Oklahomans on their federal tax return to deduct state...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Can Cannabusinesses Qualify for the New Tax Incentives in Opportunity Zones?

One of the key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was the creation of additional tax incentives for investment in opportunity zones. For those with significant unrealized gains, the potential deferral or...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Recent Report from Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission on Compassionate Use Fund Highlights Disparate Tax Treatment of...

In a December 2018 letter to Governor Hogan, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (“MMCC”) discussed plans to fund the Compassionate Use Fund. As medical...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Massachusetts Tax Deduction for Gambling Losses

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Since the MGM casino opened in August, gamblers have reportedly wagered more than $428 million on MGM Springfield’s slot machines that generated about $40 million in revenue for MGM and reportedly another $18.5 million in...more

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Surging Economy Boosts Alabama 2018 General Fund and ETF Revenues - SALT Alert: Alabama Edition

On October 29, the well-respected Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA), headquartered at Samford University, issued a useful report finding Alabama’s “booming economy” had generated substantially increased tax...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Three Things You Need to Know: How Trump’s “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” Will Impact State Incentives and Project Recruitment - Economic...

As you may know, President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacting broad reforms to the Internal Revenue Code. How your state implements these reforms may have an impact on project recruitment and...more

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New York AG Declares That Her State ‘Will Not Be Bullied’ – New York and Three Other States File Lawsuit Attacking TCJA Provision...

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New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that the state of New York, joined by the states of Connecticut, New Jersey and Maryland, have instituted a lawsuit against the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New York State Responds to Federal Tax Reform

On March 30, 2018, the New York Legislature passed the 2018–2019 Budget Bill (SB. 7509-C/A 9509-C) (Budget Bill), which addresses several provisions of the newly enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97) (TCJA) and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Connecticut Responds to the Federal Repatriation Tax

Earlier this month, Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy released his Governor’s Bill addressing the various state tax implications of the federal tax reform bill enacted by Congress in December 2017, commonly referred to as the...more

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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

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