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President Trump’s sweeping package of domestic legislation, H.R. 1 (originally titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBB”)), became law on July 4, 2025. In addition to dramatically reshaping the landscape for...more
Internal Revenue Code section 4968, enacted as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, imposes a 1.4 percent excise tax on the net investment income of certain private colleges and universities. The U.S. Treasury Department...more
Based on changes implemented by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this is an update on a previous post written by Eileen Y. Lee Breger in May 2017, “Families Can Use a Tax-Advantaged ABLE Account to Save for Disability Expenses.” ...more
The new federal tax law, known as The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that was approved by Congress and signed into law at the end of 2017, creates a benefit for individuals paying tuition for children in private or religious schools...more
On December 22, President Trump signed “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018” (“Bill”) into law. The Bill was previously named the...more
On December 22, 2017, the President signed into law the bill formerly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Final Bill). This alert summarizes the principal provisions affecting Section 529 Qualified Tuition Programs and...more