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Key Tax Changes in Public Law 119-21: What Individuals and Businesses Need to Know

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On July 4, 2025, the President signed into law Public Law 119-21 (the “Act”). For individuals, the Act makes the tax rate cuts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“2017 TCJA”) permanent, and modifies and introduces additional...more

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The One Big Beautiful Bill: Impact on Individuals

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While most of us were enjoying the summer and the holiday weekend, Congress passed, and President Donald Trump signed, major tax legislation commonly called the One Big Beautiful Bill with the acronym, OBBBA. OBBBA covers a...more

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President Trump’s Budget Extends His 2017 Individual Tax Provisions

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President Trump signed into law what is commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), extending provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 otherwise set to expire at the end of this year. The new...more

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2025 Tax Update: What You Should Know

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This client alert provides a summary of the major provisions of the new tax bill. To make this extraordinarily complex bill somewhat understandable, we have left off several details and simplified the discussion, so it is...more

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The “Big, Beautiful Bill” Starts to Come into Focus: U.S. Ways & Means Committee Releases Proposed 2025 Federal Income Tax...

On May 9, 2025, the House Ways & Means Committee released its initial draft of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” The bill will set the stage for extending the tax cuts enacted in 2017 as part of President Trump’s first...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Representative Neal Proposes IRA Changes

In mid-September, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Richard Neal (D-Mass.) introduced an amendment to the budget reconciliation legislation that would make a number of changes to IRAs....more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

2020 Tax Planning: Techniques that May Not Exist in 2021

Major tax reform discussions are ongoing in Washington and Sacramento while everyone at home is busy navigating the pandemic. Many commentators are predicting that budgetary pressures resulting from the COVID-19 stimulus...more

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The SECURE Act Brings Significant Changes for Retirement Plans and IRAs

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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act), signed into law on Dec. 20, 2019, will have a wide-ranging impact on tax-qualified retirement plans and individual retirement accounts,...more

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SECURE Act In; Cadillac Tax Out: The Spending Act Makes Serious Changes to Benefits Rules

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Below is a summary of those key provisions. I. SECURE Act The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act, H.R. 1994) is arguably the most significant and comprehensive retirement saving...more

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2018 Year-End Estate Planning Update

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Federal Transfer Taxes - The Internal Revenue Service has announced the annual inflation adjustments for the 2019 tax year... Federal unified gift and estate tax exclusion increasing to $11,400,000: As of January 1,...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Tax Reform: What Does the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mean for the Transportation, Ports and Maritime Industry?

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more

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Summary of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more

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How Tax Reform Will Affect Employee Benefit Plans

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On December 22, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1 (the Act), which makes widespread changes to the Internal Revenue Code. The Act makes several changes to the rules governing retirement plans, welfare plans and...more

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New Tax Law Provisions Affect Employee Benefit Programs

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) recently enacted by Congress will soon become effective. The primary focus of the new law is the reduction of corporate and individual income taxes. Nevertheless, a number of provisions...more

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The Impact of the 2017 Tax Reforms on Employment-Based Benefits and Tax-Favored Compensation

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Whenever the United States Congress takes up “tax reform,” there always is a danger that the Congress will pay for such tax reform, in part, by eliminating many of the tax incentives that enable employers to provide...more

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New Tax Plan Changes Rules on Health Coverage, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

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While primarily focused on individual and business tax cuts and reform, the final Republican tax cut bill includes several provisions expected to impact health care coverage and expenses. First, the bill effectively repeals...more

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Top Five Takeaways from Hogan Lovells Sovereign Investment Conference and a Tax List

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On 26 October, Hogan Lovells hosted its inaugural Sovereign Investor Conference where investment professionals as well as deal and regulatory lawyers discussed the key issues facing government-sponsored investors. Topics they...more

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GOP Tax Bill Outlines Significant Changes for Benefits and Compensation

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The Committee on Ways and Means yesterday released the proposed Republican tax reform bill, titled the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act." Although the proposed bill makes major changes to individual and corporate tax provisions in many...more

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2016 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

In 2016, we continued to experience a period of relative stability in our federal transfer tax system and have been able to plan without expecting imminent significant changes to the system. Under the American Taxpayer Relief...more

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Wyden’s Previous Proposals Could Signal Tax Reform Priorities

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Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has been a strong advocate for comprehensive tax reform since he joined the Senate Finance Committee in 2005. During his tenure on the Committee, he has introduced a series of comprehensive tax reform...more

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