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Poyner Spruill LLP

Planning to Exclude Gain on Sale of Corporate Stock

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When incorporating a business, you may form a C corporation or S corporation.  If you choose a C corporation, consideration should be given to qualifying the stock as “qualified small business stock” (“QSBS”)....more

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Impact of UK Autumn Budget on real estate sector

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It was a relatively light Budget for the real estate sector. Highlights included the long-awaited announcement of the rate of the residential property developer tax and some reform of business rates....more

Foster Garvey PC

House of Representatives 5376: Current Tax Legislation Pending in the U.S. House of Representatives

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...The federal tax laws are certainly about to change. With the need to raise revenue as a top priority for the Biden Administration, everyone is expecting dramatic changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Tax legislation is...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Gifts, Sales and Effective Dates: The Race Against the Clock the Taxpayer Cannot See

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It was quite a week, wasn’t it?- Manchin- Senator Manchin continued to attract a lot of attention. To the dismay of his fellow Democrats, the West Virginian – who also chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Better Act Before The Build Back Better Act

It is said that two things are certain in life: death and taxes. True, but incomplete. What is missing from this short list is a third inevitable occurrence – tax law changes. We now have a new and pressing series of proposed...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

“Opaque Income Sources” + “Tax Gap” = More Enforcement + Tax Hikes = Anyone’s Guess

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Tax Gap- In a report released last week, the U.S. Treasury Department explained that the so-called “tax gap” – i.e., the difference between the amount of federal income taxes owed by taxpayers for a taxable year and the...more

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Tax Proposals of President-Elect Biden and Other Prominent Democrats

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This blog summarizes some of the tax proposals of President-elect Joe Biden and other prominent Democrats. Biden’s Proposals - Increased Individual Tax Rate - Biden would increase the top marginal income tax rate...more

Jackson Walker

Tax Planning for a Biden Presidency

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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

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Tax Planning for a Biden Presidency

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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

Perkins Coie

IRS Announces Delay of Certain Periods for 1031 Transactions

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In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) has taken additional actions intended to provide immediate relief to taxpayers. Delay of Identification and Acquisition...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Is Timing Everything? Only Time Will Tell: Small Business Stock And The Reduced Corporate Tax Rate

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The Tax Law- In theory, the primary purpose of the income tax, as a body of law, is to raise from the governed the resources that the government requires in order to perform its most basic functions. However, as society...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup May 6 – 10, 2019

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of May 6 – 10, 2019. May 7, 2019: The IRS released Revenue Procedure 2019-22 updating Revenue...more

White and Williams LLP

2017 Tax Act: Choice of Entity

We recently prepared an alert on the new 20% qualified business income deduction that was added by the 2017 Tax Act. We have received many questions from our clients and friends about whether, notwithstanding the QBI...more

K&L Gates LLP

Regulatory Monitor: Private Funds Update

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Material Impact on Private Funds - On December 22, 2017, the president signed the tax reform bill formerly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA). While the TCJA will impact many types of...more

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Capital Gain Or Ordinary Income? Establishing Intent

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Last week’s post considered the risk assumed by a taxpayer that ignores the plain meaning of a Code provision (the definition of “capital asset”) in favor of a more “rational” – favorable? – interpretation of that provision. ...more

Dickinson Wright

U.S. Tax Reform – What It Means For The Gaming And Hospitality Industry

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Against all odds, Congress, on a straight party-line vote, enacted the most significant tax reform the U.S. has witnessed in more than 30 years. The tax reform legislation, known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” significantly...more

Blank Rome LLP

2017 New Tax Law: Pass Through Provisions

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On December 20, 2017, Congress passed its comprehensive tax reform bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“the Act” or “the Bill”), which was signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017. The Bill represents one of the...more

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The New Section 199A 20% “Profit Deduction” for Pass-Through Businesses: The Undecided Issue of Owner Compensation

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Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Congress is now offering a new 20% deduction for “pass-through” businesses – i.e. businesses that are not corporations. With the corporate tax rate being reduced under the new law to a flat...more

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Business Tax Reform: Impacts on Corporations and Portfolio Companies

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This client alert is part of a special series on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and related changes to the tax code, where Blank Rome’s lawyers share their analysis of different provisions in the Act and how they may affect you...more

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Nate Smithson Provides an Update on Tax Reform

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Jackson Walker partner Nate Smithson has prepared an updated guide to tax reform which reflects the senate’s newly-proposed tax bill. The guide covers tax brackets, deductions, capital gains, and other relevant topics in tax...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Real Property Business And The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017[1] went into effect only two weeks ago. Many of its provisions represent significant changes to the Code, and it will take most of us several months to fully digest them,[2] to appreciate...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Tax Reform: What Does the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mean for the Transportation, Ports and Maritime Industry?

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Tax Reform: What Does the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mean for the Manufacturing, Distribution and Retail Industry?

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Tax Reform: What Does the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Mean for the Technology Industry?

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Summary of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more

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