Ways and Means Committee

If You're Not At the Table, You're On the Menu: Ways and Means Working Groups Solicit Input on Tax Reform

by Mary Burke Baker, Michael W. Evans, Andrés Gil, Karishma Shah Page, Ryan J. Severson | K&L Gates LLP on 3/8/2013

Comprehensive tax reform is the top priority of the congressional tax-writing committees this year. In continuation of several years of work on this issue, the House Ways and Means Committee recently unveiled the next stage...more

Capital Thinking Update - February 25, 2013

by Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Eugenia Edwards, Matthew Kulkin, Erin McGrain, John Sharp, Amy Budner Smith, Stacy Swanson, Scott Thompson, Dana Weeks | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/27/2013

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Sequestration - Agriculture & Food - Budget and Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Financial Services - Health Care - International,...more

Tax Law Update: House Ways & Means Proposals for Financial Products Tax Reform

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 2/26/2013

On January 24, the House Committee on Ways & Means released a discussion draft of legislative provisions (the “Draft”) that would make fundamental changes in the taxation of certain financial products, including the treatment...more

House Ways and Means Proposals for Financial Products Tax Reform

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/26/2013

On January 24, 2013, the House Committee on Ways & Means released a discussion draft of legislative provisions (the “Draft” or the “Proposal”) that would make fundamental changes in the taxation of certain financial products....more

U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Holds Marathon Session on Charitable Contribution Tax Deduction

by Kristalyn Loson, Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum | Venable LLP on 2/21/2013

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee (the “Committee”) held an extensive hearing to address the itemized deduction for charitable contributions under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”)....more

Financial Services And Tax Alert: Tax Reform

by Patton Boggs LLP on 2/18/2013

Although many thought the momentum for tax reform had stalled, two developments this week have reinvigorated the efforts to reach a deal. Working Groups - On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, Ways and Means Committee...more

Tax Reform – The Next Installment: Reforming the Taxation of Financial Instruments

by Mary Burke Baker, Daniel F. C. Crowley, Michael W. Evans, Andrés Gil, Bruce J. Heiman, Karishma Shah Page, Ryan J. Severson, Roger Wise | K&L Gates LLP on 1/31/2013

After the fiscal cliff deal failed to include a framework for comprehensive tax reform, many in Washington predicted that the momentum for tax reform would wither away. Although Congress has many important issues on its...more

"House Ways and Means Committee’s Tax Reform Proposals for Financial Products"

by Pamela Lawrence Endreny, Stuart Finkelstein, Edward Gonzalez, Cary Pugh, W. Kirk Wallace, Thomas Wood | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/29/2013

On January 24, 2013, Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich), the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, released a “discussion draft” of a bill relating to the taxation of derivatives and other financial products (the Discussion...more

U.S. Lifts Ban on Imports from Burma: Continued Efforts to Ease Burma Back into the Global Economy

by Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL on 12/6/2012

Just one day before President Barack Obama embarked on the first-ever trip to Burma by a sitting U.S. president, on November 16, 2012, the U.S. government removed most import restrictions on goods from Burma. This joint...more

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