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Seward & Kissel LLP

New Rules for Qualified Small Business Stock in 2025

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”), which was signed into law on July 4, 2025, contained a big, beautiful surprise for qualified small business stock (“QSBS”) investors. Individual investors, private equity funds...more

DarrowEverett LLP

The New QSBS Landscape: Estate Planning & Corporate Strategies

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On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA” or “the Act”) became law and ushered in the most significant changes to the Qualified Small Business Stock (“QSBS”) regime in more than a decade. These changes—codified...more

Dickinson Wright

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

Hone Maxwell

Stacking QSBS: Using Trusts to Maximize the §1202 Exclusion

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The Section 1202 exclusion is one of the most valuable tax planning tools available to U.S. business owners and investors. It allows a non-corporate taxpayer (e.g., an individual or trust) to eliminate federal capital gains...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill Significantly Expands QSBS Benefits and Availability

On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the "OBBBA") was signed into law. The OBBBA made a number of significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). We write to highlight a handful...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Independent Sponsor Update: Key Takeaways from Q2

The second quarter was another busy one for us: In addition to deal work and portfolio company matters, our team attended conferences and continued to meet with various capital providers, independent sponsors, placement...more

Frost Brown Todd

Section 1202 and QSBS: A Survey of States That Don’t Conform to the Federal Treatment

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Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code provides a capital gains exclusion for certain qualified small business stock (QSBS) when a stockholder sells the same. This gain exclusion impacts venture-backed startups, angel...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

New Tax Law Increases the Benefits for Qualified Small Business Stock

Benefits Offer Enhanced Tax Exclusions and Eligibility for Founders, Early Employees, and Investors- The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes several taxpayer-friendly revisions to the rules governing Qualified...more

BakerHostetler

Analysis of Certain Startup Investor and Business Owner-Related Changes Under the 2025 Tax Legislation

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There is a possibility for one or more additional reconciliation bills during late 2025 and 2026 and therefore opportunities for enactment of additional provisions, as well as changes and improvements to the Legislation....more

Cozen O'Connor

What Canadian High Net Worth Families Should Know About the U.S. One Big Beautiful Bill

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The United States recently passed tax legislation called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a follow-up to the 2017 Trump tax cuts. While the bill is American, many Canadian families with cross-border ties, including...more

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

Williams Mullen

[Webinar] M&A Series: Navigating Qualified Opportunity Zones and Qualified Small Business Stock After the OBBB Act - August 13th,...

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Please join Williams Mullen attorneys Jenny Connors and Anna Derewenda as they break down two of the most powerful tax strategies available today - Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZ) and Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) ...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill: Key Business and Investment Impacts

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). The Act changes key features of US tax law. Notably, the Act: ..Makes permanent the Section 199A2...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

QSBS Gets a Makeover: Key Changes Under the OBBBA

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) made the following changes to qualified small business stock (QSBS): The holding period is now graduated for stock acquired after July 4, 2025....more

Cooley LLP

Key Tax Law Changes for Fund Managers Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, brings important changes for investment funds. The OBBBA also omits several anticipated provisions that would have adversely impacted investment...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Expanded QSBS Benefits Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was recently signed into law on July 4, 2025. One of the changes to the tax code in the OBBBA impacts qualified small business stock (“QSBS”) under Section 1202. The changes generally...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Conversion of Partnership and LLC Interests into Qualified Small Business Stock

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Given the recent amendments to Internal Revenue Code Section 1202,1 which increase the benefits of holding qualified small business stock (QSBS), many companies currently operating as tax partnerships may want to convert into...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

QSBS Revamped: Important Changes to the Qualified Small Business Stock Exclusion for Founders and Investors

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), signed into law on July 4, 2025, introduced a number of significant amendments to the Internal Revenue Code. Among the OBBBA’s most notable changes are the revisions to Section 1202...more

Cozen O'Connor

The Big Beautiful Bill: What Every High Net Worth Family Needs to Know

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, brings sweeping changes to the tax code. While the name may sound like a marketing pitch, the law itself includes significant updates...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

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Expanded Qualified Small Business Stock Rules

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In a recent post, available here, we discussed the basic requirements and benefits of Internal Revenue Code Section 1202, which provides for the exclusion from income of certain gains realized with respect to the sale of...more

Paul Hastings LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill Act — A Private Equity Perspective

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On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). This alert summarizes the key changes under the OBBBA relevant to private equity sponsors and their investors, as well as some of the...more

Foley Hoag LLP

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

Paul Hastings LLP

Private Company Report: Q2 2025

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This edition of the Private Company Report highlights critical updates and regulatory changes affecting private companies, including the expansion of Qualified Small Business Stock tax benefits under the One Big Beautiful...more

Miller Canfield

OBBB Enhances Opportunity Zones, Qualified Small Business Stock and Other Business Perks

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The OBBB made several modifications to the Opportunity Zone program. Established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”) in 2017, the Opportunity Zone program was intended to encourage investment in businesses located in...more

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