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Part 1: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act – Tax Breaks for Tips and Overtime, Bigger SALT deduction, and a Boost to PTET Credits

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On July 4, 2025 the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law.[1] The OBBBA made several provisions permanent from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). It also made significant changes aimed to expand deductions,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Wyden’s Partnership Tax Bills: A Mouthful and Then Some

On June 17, 2025, Senator Ron Wyden introduced two extensive partnership tax reform bills in the Senate (collectively, the “Bills,” and available here and here).  The Bills expanded upon and incorporated many of Wyden’s 2021...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Carried interest in the UK: The new average holding period (AHP) condition for credit funds

The UK tax regime for carried interest is being substantially revised from April 2026. This Alert focuses on one particular aspect: the changes to how credit funds should calculate the average holding period (AHP) of their...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

#Start-up M&A: ESOPs and VSOPs in Case of an Exit

What's this all about? Employee participation programs – whether equity-based (ESOPs) or virtual (VSOPs) – are a standard feature for German start-ups. They’re designed to incentivize and retain talent, and they play a...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

Clark Hill PLC

EIN retention in healthcare M&A: How F-Reorganizations can preserve regulatory and tax continuity

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Often in healthcare transactions, retaining a federal Employer Identification Number (“EIN”) after an acquisition or restructuring is essential to the continuity of operations, regulatory compliance, and preservation of key...more

ASKramer Law

Tax-Loss Harvesting Part III: Investment Strategies

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Taxpayers invest to make money and hope to earn a decent return on their investments. Tax-loss harvesting can be used as part of a taxpayer’s overall investment strategy without affecting investment  returns, while offsetting...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

Jackson Walker

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Increases Deduction for State and Local Tax but Fails to Address Nexus Concerns

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In welcome news for individual taxpayers, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act temporarily increases the “SALT cap” – the limit on the amount of the income tax deduction for state and local income, sales, and property taxes – from...more

Dickinson Wright

Tax Planning Misstep? Ontario Court of Appeal Says No to Rectification

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A recent decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal is a good reminder that courts won’t bail you out just because a tax plan didn’t go as expected. In Pyxis Real Estate Equities Inc. v. Canada, 2025 ONCA 65, the Court made it...more

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New Electronic Filing Option for Section 83(b) Elections

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On November 7, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Form 15620, Section 83(b) Election (“Form 15620”), standardizing the requirements to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) (“Section 83(b) Election”), with...more

Carey Olsen

Guernsey funds – special considerations for US managers

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Guernsey, located in the English Channel, is one of the world’s largest offshore finance centres, with a thriving funds industry. The value of funds under management and administration in Guernsey is US$532bn. Guernsey is an...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

IRS issues interim guidance to streamline LB&I audit procedures and promote alternative settlement programs

On July 25, 2025, the IRS Large Business & International (LB&I) Division published an Interim Guidance Memorandum (Control Number: LB&I-04-0725-0008) implementing changes for LB&I audit procedures, which take effect August 1,...more

Hone Maxwell

Understanding the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: GILTI Becomes Net CFC Tested Income (NCTI)

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Overview: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) renamed Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) to Net CFC Tested Income (NCTI), focusing on income earned by Controlled Foreign Corporations (CFCs). While the name change is...more

Hogan Lovells

UK carried interest regime: draft legislation confirms scope and conditions

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On 21 July 2025, the UK Government published draft legislation for the new UK carried interest regime, which is expected to come into effect from 6 April 2026. As previously announced, the draft legislation provides for...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

French Tax Administration Issues Draft Comments on Management Package Tax Reform

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On July 23, 2025, the French Tax Administration released its initial draft guidance in the BOFiP (Bulletin Officiel des Finances Publiques) (the “Tax Comments”) on the new tax regime for Management Packages introduced by 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

ASKramer Law

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Say Goodbye to Paper Cuts: Section 83(b) Elections May Now Be Filed Online

In late 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) introduced Form 15620 to provide a standardized mechanism for taxpayers to make elections under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). More recently in 2025,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The UK’s New Regime for Carried Interest Taxation - How the Draft Legislation Stacks Up

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On 21 July 2025, the UK government published draft legislation relating to its new carried interest regime. This Client Alert considers key aspects of the new regime and how it may apply to UK-based asset managers and non-UK...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Drop & Swap Like-Kind Exchange Passes Muster in New York

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New York’s personal income tax law, like that of other states, conforms with the federal system of income taxation. The reason typically given for such conformity is to simplify tax return preparation, improve compliance and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Beard v HMRC: Capital Dividends. A Triumph of Form Over Substance?

Introduction The recent UK Court of Appeal decision in Beard considered the treatment of dividends from a non-UK company, particularly the interpretation of ‘dividends of a capital nature’. In her leading judgment, Falk LJ...more

Blank Rome LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Key Business, International, and Employment Tax Provisions

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The federal government enacted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) on July 4, 2025. The Act extends and makes permanent certain tax provisions introduced in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”) that were scheduled to...more

Allen Matkins

Bonus Depreciation Is Back! And Other Big Beautiful Taxes

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On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Reconciliation Bill commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Broadly speaking, the OBBBA extends and makes permanent many provisions enacted by the...more

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Qualified Small Business Stock Benefits Expanded Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) into law. Among the many changes, the Act expands the favorable tax treatment for Qualified Small Business Stock (“QSBS”) under Section 1202...more

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