2021 House Ways And Means Tax Proposals
Inside DC Podcast: FY2022 Budget Recap and the DC Council’s Fall Agenda
4 Key Takeaways | Mid-Year Tax Update
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
SO VERY HARD TO GO (NOT)! In Pursuit of Puerto Rican Tax Incentives
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)
Key Takeaways: • Threatened 25% tariffs on French luxury goods are suspended. • USTR is still looking at tariffs in retaliation for taxes on U.S. global tech companies. • Biden’s new USTR will face immense pressure to...more
2020 has been an uncertain year on many fronts. As we head towards year-end, we’ve seen an uptick of questions and concerns from our clients on navigating potential rate changes that could occur pending the outcome of the...more
What a Week- There is no denying that last week’s political events were historic; one can only hope they were aberrational. The week began with the Sunday New York Times publishing a story in which it claimed to have...more
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
As the calendar turns to another presidential election year, it’s never too early to start thinking about tax preparation as the next occupant of the oval office will likely have a major impact on the nation’s tax laws and...more
On November 26, 2019, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued final regulations under IR-2019-189 confirming that there will be no “clawback” for gifts made under the increased estate and gift tax exclusion put in place by...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) made significant changes to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Section 162(m)), expanding the scope of individuals and entities subject to Section 162(m), in addition to...more
For the past several decades the “alimony deduction” has been available to all divorcing couples. This deduction provided that the spouse making alimony payments could deduct alimony payments from his or her income and the...more
We surveyed 200 executives on their views about the future of M&A and found that most remain optimistic about 2019 - On the one hand, the US economy has grown steadily, unemployment is down, interest rates remain low and...more
On Tuesday, Feb. 5, President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address. The theme was “choosing greatness,” with President Trump discussing a range of topics from immigration and trade to foreign policy and space...more
The US M&A market delivered another year of strong performance in 2018. Though deal volume dipped 2 percent year-on-year to 5,682 deals, deal value was up by 15 percent over the period, to US$1.5 trillion - A number of...more
The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) recently issued Notice 2018-68 (the “Notice”) that provides guidance regarding the application of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 162(m)”)...more
On August 21, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2018-68 containing much-awaited interpretive guidance on Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended by last year's tax reform act (Tax Act), including...more
On August 21, the IRS issued Notice 2018-68 to provide guidance on changes to Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m), enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). Section 162(m) generally limits the tax deduction...more
As mentioned in a previous blog, the IRS has issued its initial guidance on Code Section 162(m), as modified by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. One important aspect of the guidance is its discussion of preserving deductibility...more
House Republicans are preparing to hit the campaign trails with another tax-cut package in tow. Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) is hoping to provide a public preview of Tax Cuts 2.0 in August; this should give...more
June 5, 2018 The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was passed by Congress last year, imposed a $10,000 limit on state and local tax (“SALT”) deductions. ...more
Here are the changes from the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) that will impact “most” Individuals when they prepare their 2018 Tax Returns in 2019...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017 Tax Act) significantly modified the treatment of certain deductions for many business taxpayers, including partners and partnerships....more
As we previously reported, following the tax reform package passed in December, private equity limited partner investors based outside the United States are now subject to tax on gains from the sale of partnership interests. ...more
The recent tax law changes have focused primarily on corporate income tax, and in the international context, mostly on outbound tax matters. However, certain less publicized changes to the Code’s controlled foreign...more
President Trump signed into law tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) on December 22, 2017. The Tax Act implemented the most far-reaching changes to the Internal Revenue Code (the...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by the President on December 22, 2017, and represents one of the most significant rewritings of the federal tax code since 1986. ...more
The recently enacted tax reform act (the Act) significantly altered the U.S. taxation of foreign income. Perhaps most prominently, the Act allows U.S. corporations to fully deduct (and thus not pay tax on) dividends received...more
On March 23, 2018, TTB published additional Tax Act guidance on its website. Three new clarifications address the interaction of the new Tax Act rates/credits with the wine and flavor credits available under 26 U.S.C. § 5010....more