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Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill Act: An Overview of Impacts on the Tax Code for Business Owners

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law on July 4, 2025. The legislation permanently extends some of the changes to the tax code first introduced in 2018 while adding additional provisions designed to...more

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The Return of Bonus Depreciation and Other Big Deductions

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Businesses looking to purchase certain property (e.g., equipment, machinery, vehicles, furniture) to use in their business now have a few extra incentives for doing so. Under recently enacted provisions in the “One Big...more

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Tax Benefits of QSBS Expanded under the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”

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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

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: The One Big Beautiful Bill: Major Tax Reforms That Could Reshape Your Planning

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

Holland & Knight LLP

A Look at Transfers of Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock

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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

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Key Tax Implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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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

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Top 10 Biggest Business Tax Breaks (and Hits) in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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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

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Understanding the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Key Tax Changes for Business Owners and Estate Planning Clients

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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

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Comparative Summary of Equity Incentive Plans for Private Companies

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

Rivkin Radler LLP

Closely Held Businesses and Their Owners Ask: What’s Big and Beautiful in the Recent Tax Law?

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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

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QSBS Benefits Expanded Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which included revisions to Section[1] 1202 for “qualified small business stock” (QSBS) unchanged from those initially introduced in the...more

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NJ Tax Break for Small Businesses

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On March 20, 2025, New Jersey lawmakers advanced a measure that would bring the New Jersey Gross Income Tax into closer conformity with federal law regarding the income tax treatment of “qualified small business stock,” or...more

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Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith’s Potential Legislative Agenda

Following two rounds of votes, the House Republican Steering Committee elected Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) to serve as the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee for the 118th Congress. Smith has served on the committee...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Impact of House Ways and Means Tax Proposal on Domestic Businesses

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On September 13, 2021, the Congressional House Ways and Means Committee introduced 880 plus pages of legislative tax proposals to help fund the House’s proposed $3.5 trillion stimulus package. Below are tax proposals relevant...more

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Eleven of the IRS's Enforcement Priorities During the 2021 Tax Season

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It is tax season once again. While the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has extended this year’s filing deadline to May 17, 2021 for individuals, businesses must still file by April 15, and all U.S. taxpayers must ensure that...more

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Home Office, Sweet Home Office, Could I Deduct Thee?

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a home office deduction ("HOD") remains one of the main triggers for a tax audit… And yet, with so many of us working from home in 2020, the home office deduction is most likely to...more

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Paycheck Protection Program Phase 2: What Businesses Need to Know

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Much of the publicity and scrutiny surrounding the recently enacted coronavirus relief bill attached to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 has been focused on the economic impact payments and supplemental...more

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Paycheck Protection Program Loan Borrowers Will Find Deductions Under the Tree This Holiday Season

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On the evening of December 21, 2020 the House and Senate passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”), a 5,593 page bill that funds the federal government for the next fiscal year and provides long anticipated...more

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Congress Confirms Tax Deductions for Expenses Paid with PPP Loans, Extends Other Tax Provisions

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Congress gave recipients of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) a holiday present when it confirmed the deductibility of expenses paid with proceeds of a PPP loan that is forgiven. This confirmation is part of...more

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Are Eligible PPP Expenses Deductible? IRS vs. Congress?

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The CARES Act was enacted in March 2020 for purposes including providing financial assistance to eligible borrowers under the Paycheck Protection Program, well known as PPP, and more than $500 billion of forgivable loans have...more

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On-Demand Webinar | PPP Loan Forgiveness: Employment and Tax Issues for Borrowers

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Introducing Nossaman's Employment BUZZ webinar series! Each month, our attorneys will cover a different topic of interest to employers, including tax, insurance, intellectual property and employment issues. These "quick hit"...more

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A Trap for the Unwary – IRS Denies Deductions for Expenses Paid with Forgiven PPP Loans

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A central feature of the CARES Act, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), provided a lifeline to a multitude of small businesses during the early days of the Coronavirus pandemic. PPP loans were used to cover payroll...more

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COVID-19: Expenses Paid with PPP Loans Are Not Tax-Deductible

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Late on April 30, 2020 the IRS provided rather unwelcome guidance to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan borrowers and potential borrowers. IRS Notice 2020-32 provides that no deduction will be allowed for otherwise...more

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The IRS Has Determined That Taxpayers Who Obtain PPP Loan Forgiveness Cannot Have Their Cake and Eat It Too

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In Notice 2020-32, issued Thursday, April 30th, the IRS emphatically pronounced that taxpayers receiving Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans do not get to have their cake and eat it too! As we discussed in a recent...more

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IRS Announces Taxpayers May Not Claim Deduction for Expenses Paid by Forgiven PPP Loans

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Additional Paycheck Protection Program Guidance Announced - The Internal Revenue Service recently issued guidance stating taxpayers may not deduct otherwise deductible expenses that are paid with the proceeds of a Paycheck...more

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