On May 8, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 142 (P.L. 2023, Chapter 38), which amends and supplements the New Jersey Business Corporation Act (BCA) to provide procedures for conversions (the...more
Individuals, estates, and trusts that paid significant amounts of the 3.8% net investment income tax or the 0.9% additional Medicare tax in 2016 or later years should consider filing protective claims for refund of those...more
7/13/2020
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As expected, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has begun to address some of the details left open by the business tax provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). This Alert...more
On April 9, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2020-23, amplifying the coronavirus-related tax relief recently provided in Notices 2020-18 and 2020-20.
Notice 2020-23 automatically postpones...more
On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was signed into law. The CARES Act is a $2 trillion economic aid package, which makes numerous changes to the federal tax laws to...more
On March 25, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released the People First Initiative as part of its ongoing effort to provide relief to taxpayers impacted by COVID-19. The People First Initiative grants taxpayers...more
Significant tax incentives for investing in qualified opportunity funds (“QOFs”) that make qualifying investments in low-income census tracts designated as qualified opportunity zones (“QOZs”) were signed into law in December...more
Significant tax incentives for investments by “qualified opportunity funds” in low-income communities designated as “qualified opportunity zones” were signed into law as part of the December 2017 legislation commonly known as...more
11/5/2018
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New tax incentives for investments in low-income communities were created under the recent federal tax legislation, Public Law 115-97 (the "Act"), signed into law on December 22, 2017. Investors selling any property may elect...more
The environmental remediation costs of decommissioning a coal-fired power plant can be chillingly high—in one proposal we recently reviewed, the environmental costs of a 45-year-old plant with four ash ponds approached $30...more
What happened?
On December 18, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (the “PATH Act”), a measure that, among other things, retroactively renews, extends and...more
Pennsylvania’s new Entity Transactions Law is expected to streamline the process of effecting certain fundamental changes or change of control transactions. Effective July 1, 2015, companies doing, or wishing to conduct,...more
An employer’s liability to retirees for “improper” FICA tax withholding illustrates the importance of diligent administration of nonqualified deferred compensation plans.
In the recent case of Davidson v. Henkel Corp.,...more
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In the wee hours of December 16th, Congress passed H.R. 5771, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (“TIPA”), a stopgap measure that, among other things, retroactively extends certain tax incentives...more
The recent severe winter weather left behind legal and financial problems even deeper than the snow. But it may also have presented you with resources for help that you weren't previously aware of. Businesses may wish to act...more