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President Donald Trump signed a massive budget bill last month – the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) – and it significantly impacts non-profits and tax-exempt organizations. While some of the new changes may be...more
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 BBB). This legislation includes significant amendments to the excise tax imposed on...more
On July 4, 2025, the President signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”). Among other things, the Act makes permanent many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”) that otherwise would...more
On July 3, the House of Representatives approved “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” as approved two days earlier by the Senate. The final version of the bill contains several provisions relevant to tax-exempt organizations. The...more
On July 1, the Senate approved its version of “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” containing several provisions relevant to tax-exempt organizations. Importantly, certain proposed amendments contained in draft legislation...more
The House of Representatives previously passed H.R. 1-119th Congress (2025-2026), titled the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”), a budget bill that, among other things, addresses sunsetting provisions of the Tax Cuts...more
On June 16, the Senate Finance Committee released its draft portions of “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” following passage by the House of its version of the bill on May 22. Like the House bill, the Senate proposal includes...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), as passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025, contains a provision that would modify the excise tax paid by certain private colleges and universities on net investment...more
President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBBA) was narrowly passed in the House in May, and while there are many important aspects of the bill, there are provisions that may affect secondary and post-secondary...more
President Trump’s proposed One Big Beautiful Bill, which the House of Representatives passed last week, contains several provisions applicable to nonprofit organizations and their donors. While the Senate could still revise...more
On May 12, 2025, the Republicans from the House Committee on Ways and Means released an updated draft tax bill. Several of the provisions in the draft would affect tax-exempt organizations. The bill will almost certainly...more
On May 12, 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee released a draft version of the Republican-led tax bill, "The One, Big, Beautiful Bill" (the "Bill"), which is designed to advance President Trump's tax reform agenda. The...more
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued an August 20th report titled: Average State Tax Rates for Retail Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Flat Since January 2024 (“Report”)....more
New York may lead the charge on implementation of data excise taxes (i.e., “data mining taxes”) which will impose taxes on businesses that collect personal data. These data excise taxes primarily target large tech companies...more
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s (TTB) Office of Field Operations is responsible for ensuring industry members comply with the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, the Internal Revenue Code and all related...more
Since its first recreational marijuana dispensary opened in 2014, Colorado has been at the forefront of the burgeoning adult-use cannabis industry, setting a precedent for other states considering the legalization of...more
A new bill, the “Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2023” (S.2929 and H.R.5715) has been introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The bill would...more
If a large beverage company is considering purchasing or selling a craft beverage producer, it’s essential to understand how the craft producer may lose its earlier eligibility for reduced tax rates under the Craft Beverage...more
State and local taxes impact almost every taxpayer, and developments in any one jurisdiction can be frequent and sometimes confusing. In this newsletter edition, we will briefly summarize certain state and local tax (SALT)...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”), which passed both chambers of Congress on Aug. 12, 2022, includes the following tax provisions meant to raise government revenues and subsidize green energy initiatives....more
On April 7, 2022, the Government of Canada unveiled its 2022 federal budget (“Budget 2022”) and announced certain important commodity tax measures. Budget 2022 includes proposed amendments to past proposals, as well as some...more
In 2021, Washington State Legislature passed ESSB 5096, which created a 7% tax on the sale or exchange of long-term capital assets (stocks, bonds, business interests, or other investments, and many tangible assets) if the...more
The U.S. House Committee on Rules recently released an updated version of the Build Back Better Act (Act) to reflect the White House’s Build Back Better framework (Framework) announced on the same day (October 28, 2021). ...more
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
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