On March 31, the Administration unveiled its long-awaited infrastructure proposal from the President’s Build Back Better Plan. The American Jobs Plan will impact a multitude of industries and the economy in seven key policy...more
4/2/2021
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Broadband ,
Budget Reconciliation ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Drinking Water ,
Home Healthcare Workers ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment ,
Life Sciences ,
Power Grid ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Research and Development ,
Rural Areas ,
Seismic Retrofitting ,
Tax Reform ,
Transportation Corridor
With an interim relief measure, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Health Care Enhancement Act, now signed into law, the jockeying over a CARES 2.0 stimulus package has begun. What follows is a thumbnail sketch of the...more
On April 23, the Federal Reserve Board vowed to report information every month regarding the participants of lending and liquidity facilities it has established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act...more
4/24/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Federal Loans ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Small Business
On 9 April 2020 the Federal Reserve announced that it has established the highly anticipated Main Street Lending Program (Program) under which it will purchase up to US$600 billion in loans.
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The CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act (Public Law No. 116-136) was signed into law on March 27, 2020 in an effort to provide financial help to beleaguered individuals, businesses, health care...more
The provisions of the new tax law – almost all of which go into effect on January 1, 2018 – represent the most significant revisions to the U.S. tax code that have occurred in 30 years. The Act makes sweeping and major...more
12/27/2017
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Base Erosion Tax ,
Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Estate Tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Like Kind Exchanges ,
Net Operating Losses ,
New Legislation ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
This past week, on 1 December, the Senate voted 51-49 to advance its version of U.S. tax reform legislation. This sets the stage for a conference committee process to occur over the next two weeks, in which the Senate and...more
12/7/2017
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Base Erosion Tax ,
Business Taxes ,
Carried Interest ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Estate Tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Payment-In-Kind ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
On September 27, 2017, Republican leaders of the tax reform effort in the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the Trump Administration released a "Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code," providing...more
10/2/2017
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Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Estate Tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
President Donald Trump and Republican Congressional leaders have promised a major reform to the U.S. tax code in 2017. This reform, if anything close to these promises, will have significant implications for the energy...more
On 24 June 2016, the Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, and House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady released a sweeping "Blueprint" proposal to reform the U.S. tax code. A critical component...more