2021 House Ways And Means Tax Proposals
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Inside DC: Highlights and Implications of the FY 2022 Budget
Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization in NYS – What You Need to Know
Maryland's Controversial Tax on Digital Advertising Explained
The Biden Tax Plan
Tax Planning Under a Biden Presidency
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The Family Loan Shark
Videocast: 2020 – The year of digital taxation
Podcast: Credit Funds: The Benefits, Challenges and Applications of Treaty Fund Structures When Investing in Credit
Impact of Tax Reform on Charitable Giving
Lawyers on Tap: Tap Tips for Entity Formation and Taxation
Private equity investments
Episode 26: Talking Tax Reform and Executive Comp
Preserving Deferred Tax Assets in a Capital Raise
The 2010 Tax Relief Act and your estate plan
A Better 2012 for BigLaw (With Big Asterisks)
So, you’re a real estate investor accustomed to tax mitigation strategies and you are starting to think about your next big project. With that comes so many streams of thought — location, timing, interest rates, partnerships,...more
This past November, we outlined selected tax law changes that President-elect Joe Biden has proposed, both in speaking engagements and on his campaign website, some or all of which could be enacted in 2021 or future years. ...more
With Biden as the projected President-Elect (subject to pending federal litigation and the Electoral College vote), tax planning for late 2020, 2021, and beyond is top of mind for many businesses and individuals....more
For every upside, there’s a downside, even for bonus depreciation. Our Federal Tax Group considers unexpected avenues to explore under proposed regulations....more
The affiliated group of which a taxpayer-utility was a wholly owned subsidiary filed tax returns on which it did not claim bonus depreciation since the availability of bonus depreciation had temporarily expired. Following the...more
New tax legislation was signed into law on December 22, 2017 (the Act). The Act lowers the corporate rate from a top graduated rate of 35 percent to a flat rate of 21 percent. Under the Act individuals and certain...more
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed Act 72 of 2018 into law last week. Act 72 will allow Pennsylvania corporate net income tax (CNIT) taxpayers to use the federal Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), but not...more
Since 2002, bonus depreciation under the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act has been allowed in some form. Bonus depreciation allows for more current expensing for eligible property than allowed under the current...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the 2017 Tax Act) and the recent taxpayer victory in the U.S. Tax Court’s Lender Management, LLC decision have created important planning opportunities for both our closely held and...more
We are pleased to release the latest issue of our client newsletter, “Energy Update,” designed to inform clients and friends of the firm about important developments affecting U.S. and international energy markets. ...more
Congress has passed the tax reform bill, known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Act”), and President Trump signed it into law on December 22, 2017. The Act contains wide-ranging changes to the tax law, many of which will...more
Agreeing with Benjamin Franklin that there is nothing certain except death and taxes, Sketch Wood and his partner Minnie Brix, owners of Wood & Brix, and their 200 employees are certain that the new tax law will affect them,...more
Last month, President Trump signed into law the much publicized Tax Cut and Jobs Act. In part of our ongoing series discussing the changes made by the Act, the following discusses key changes made to the expensing and...more
A Word About Wind has published our article What Is the Impact of Tax Reform on US Wind Tax Equity Deals? in its blog (subscription required) and newsletter. ...more
Congress has passed the tax reform bill, known as the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act", and President Trump signed it into law on December 22, 2017. The Act contains wide-ranging changes to the tax law that affect many industries. ...more
The tax reform bill, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the Act), was signed into law on December 22, 2017. The Act contains a number of provisions that create significant year-end planning...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has been passed by both houses of Congress and is now set to be signed into law by President Trump. The vote was 224-201 in the House with all the Democrats joined by twelve Republicans voting...more
The IRS issued guidance on Tuesday dealing with first-year bonus depreciation. The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 amended Section 168(k)(2) by extending the one year placed-in-service date for property that...more
The top estate tax rate under Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ proposal to tax the wealthiest Americans and narrow income inequality in the U.S. The proposal splits the estate tax into four brackets...more
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued a report analyzing the economic effects of bonus depreciation. CRS has very little to say that is positive about bonus depreciation. CRS views it as neither an effective...more
The Congressional Research Service published a report on July 15, 2013 on bonus depreciation and expensing allowances. The report is lukewarm at best as to the economic benefits of these tax incentives....more
In the early morning hours of January 1, 2013, the Senate approved the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”) by a vote of 89-8. Less than 24 hours later, the House of Representatives also approved the Act by a vote...more