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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Expands QSBS Tax Incentives for Small Business Investment

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “OBBB”), which makes a number of highly beneficial changes to the tax treatment of Qualified Small Business Stock (“QSBS”) acquired by...more

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Expansion of Qualified Small Business Stock Tax Benefits

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed a budget reconciliation bill entitled the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (the Act). The Act extends the tax cuts that were enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, adds a...more

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Tax-Loss Harvesting Part II: The Wash Sales Rule

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At the beginning of this series, I mentioned briefly that taxpayers can use tax-loss harvesting approaches in tandem with a number of investment strategies, which we will go into in more detail in Part III. Many of these...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OBBBA Extends, Modifies Opportunity Zone Program

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One of the highly anticipated provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is the extension and expansion of the Opportunity Zone (OZ) program, which was originally enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017...more

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Tax-Loss Harvesting Part I: Overview

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What is tax-loss harvesting? “Tax-loss harvesting,” in its simplest form, is the sale of a capital asset at a loss to “mop up” tax that would otherwise be due on capital gain from the sale of another capital asset. Capital...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Qualified Small Business Stock Tax Benefits Expanded for Early-Stage Companies and Investors

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The recently signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) implements significant changes under Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code), applicable to qualified small business stock (QSBS) issued on or after July...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Analysis of Key Provisions for Investment Funds and Sponsors

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1 into law, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). As discussed in our prior alert following the passage by the House of...more

Williams Mullen

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Expands Section 1202: Enhanced Capital Gain Exclusion for Qualified Small Business Stock

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA) into law, enacting extensions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, as well as a broad set of tax reforms. ...more

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Timing is Everything for QSBS After the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, establishes new phased-in benefits for Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) held for at least three years. ...more

Cozen O'Connor

Expansion of QSBS Benefits Under the One Big Beautiful Bill

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, which had narrowly passed through the United States Congress. The OBBBA makes permanent certain tax provisions that were due to expire...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill Updates to Qualified Small Business Stock Rules under Section 1202

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As part of the newly enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA),[1] Congress adopted the first substantive amendments to Section 1202[2]–which prescribes the qualified small business stock (QSBS) rules–in over a decade...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

OBBB Act Brings Significant Changes to Section 1202 QSBS Gain Exclusion

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On July 4, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBB”) into law. Among many changes, the OBBB included an expansion of the qualified small business stock (“QSBS”) gain exclusion under Section 1202 of...more

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Section 1202 “Qualified Small Business Stock” Tax Benefits May Be Significantly Expanded as Part of Tax Package

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On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its draft legislative text (the Senate Proposal) following the prior passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by the House of Representatives (the House Bill). ...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Navigating Interest Income in 1031 Exchanges: Strategic Considerations for Tax Deferral

As investors increasingly leverage Section 1031 exchanges to defer capital gains taxes, nuanced scenarios involving interest income on exchange proceeds require careful analysis. A critical but often overlooked aspect arises...more

Mayer Brown

L'erreur comptable délibérée et l'inscription en comptabilité de titres de participation

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Dans une décision du 12 mars 2025, le Conseil d'Etat confirme que si l'inscription initiale de titres en titres de participation constitue une erreur délibérée, la société ne peut bénéficier des effets d'une rectification de...more

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To Be or Not to Be Contemplating the Meaning of Life Through Private Placement Life Insurance

The focus of this article illustrates why private placement life insurance (“PPLI”) is the best asset to utilize in the “Buy, Borrow and Die” strategy for high net worth investors including billionaires. After this article,...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Unlocking Tax-Free Gains: The Power of QSBS in Mergers & Acquisitions

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Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 1202 offers a significant tax incentive for investors in qualified small business stock (QSBS). This provision allows eligible shareholders to exclude up to 100% of capital gains realized...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israel Tax Authority updates its guidelines on investments through SAFEs

The Israel Tax Authority (ITA) recently published updated guidelines, regarding tax aspects applying to investments in companies through SAFEs. Such guidelines were published following the previous guidelines published by the...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Carried Interest in the Crosshairs…Again

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On February 6, 2025, Democratic Senators and Representatives proposed the Carried Interest Fairness Act, which would treat carried interest as ordinary income. Additionally, on the same day President Trump met with...more

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La prise en compte des reprises et dotations des provisions pour dépréciation de titres de participation pour le calcul de la...

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Dans une décision mentionnée aux tables du Recueil Lebon, le Conseil d'Etat affirme la légalité de la doctrine administrative du 3 avril 2024, selon laquelle doivent être prises en compte, pour le calcul de la plus-value...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Receiving Debt-Financed Distributions From a QOF: IRS Allows Significant Flexibility (And Some Traps)

Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) offer generous tax incentives but are bound by a complicated set of rules, not to mention the complexity of Subchapter K of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), as QOFs are typically organized...more

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Top 5 Common Income Sources in Complex Child Support Cases

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Income from all sources is considered when calculating a monthly child support amount under the Pennsylvania Support Guidelines. Some child support cases are complex because a party has different sources of income beyond W-2...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

First Stand-Alone Crypto Tax Fraud Case Leads to Guilty Plea

On September 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Frank Richard Ahlgren III pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return underreporting gains from selling $3.7 million in Bitcoin. As we discussed...more

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Taxation of Foreign Currency Transactions Part I: Definitions and Rules for Taxing Foreign Currencies

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Navigating the federal taxation of foreign currency can be compared to trying to cross a perilous sea. Both involve unexpected rough patches, serious difficulties, and frustrating complexity....more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

New Crypto Reporting Requirements Aim to Address Tax Gap

As cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin rise in popularity, government regulators repeatedly try, and often fail, to control its use as a tax shelter. Agencies such as the IRS struggle with determining the best way to tax...more

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