On Thursday May 22, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, hereafter the “Bill”). The Bill will now be considered by the U.S. Senate....more
5/27/2025
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Corporate Taxes ,
Employee Benefits ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
New Legislation ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SALT ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed the draft tax legislation (the “Revised House Draft Bill”). The Revised House Draft Bill contains certain changes to the original bill that was released on May 12, 2025 by...more
On May 18, 2025, the House Budget Committee approved the legislation entitled, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” (the “House Bill”). The bill is expected to be revised by the House Rules Committee before being sent to the House...more
On May 12, 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee released an updated text of draft tax legislation (the “House Draft Bill”)...more
On January 17, 2025, news sources reported that Republican members of Congress circulated a detailed list of legislative policy options, including tax proposals. This blog post summarizes some of the tax proposals and...more
On January 20, 2025, the White House issued a memorandum (the “Memorandum”), announcing that the “Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal” (the “Global Tax Deal”) has “no force or effect...more
1/23/2025
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Corporate Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
OECD ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
On March 11, 2024, the Biden Administration released the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, and the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2025 Revenue Proposals,” which is commonly referred to as the “Green Book.”...more
3/28/2024
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Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Digital Assets ,
Excise Tax ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Green Book ,
Liquidation ,
NIIT ,
Property Tax ,
Tax Policy ,
Tax Reform
On March 9, 2023, the Biden Administration released the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget, and the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue Proposals,” which is commonly referred to as the “Green Book.”...more
On August 16, 2022 President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) into law.
The IRA includes a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax, a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks and a two-year extension of...more
On August 7, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”). The tax provisions in the bill that was passed vary from the bill that was originally released on July 27, 2022 by Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)...more
On July 27, 2022, Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”). The IRA contains only two non-climate and non-energy tax proposals –...more
Introduction and Summary -
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed changes to the U.S. international tax rules.
In short, the Biden Administration proposed to:
Enact a 15% minimum “undertaxed profits...more
Yesterday, on December 19, 2021, Senator Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) said that he opposes the Build Back Better Act, which effectively prevents its passage. While there are no immediate prospects for the Build Back Better Act to...more
12/20/2021
/ Alternative Minimum Tax ,
Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Biden Administration ,
Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SALT ,
Share Buybacks ,
Spinoffs ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
On May 28, 2021, the Biden Administration released the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget, and the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposals,” which is commonly referred to as the “Green Book.” ...more
6/16/2021
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Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Green Book ,
International Tax Issues ,
Like Kind Exchanges ,
NIIT ,
REIT ,
Section 1031 Exchange ,
Self-Employment Tax ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Reform ,
U.S. Treasury
On March 31, 2021, the Biden administration released a factsheet for the “Made in America Tax Plan”. On April 5, 2021, Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)...more
On March 31, 2021, the White House released a factsheet describing the “American Jobs Plan”, a $2.3 trillion proposal for infrastructure spending that also contains certain significant tax credits, and the “Made in America...more
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
1/14/2021
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Business Taxes ,
Capital Gains ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Estate Tax ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
This blog post summarizes some of the tax considerations for REITs that have arisen in light of COVID-19, the resulting economic downturn, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Securities (“CARES”) Act, and the Families...more
5/8/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
REIT ,
Shareholders
Recently, several of the presidential candidates and other prominent Democrats have suggested a number of different tax policy proposals, including wealth taxes, mark-to-market taxation, a VAT, additional taxes, increased...more
2/28/2020
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Corporate Taxes ,
Estate Tax ,
Executive Compensation ,
Financial Transaction Tax ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicare ,
Political Candidates ,
Political Parties ,
Presidential Elections ,
Tax Policy ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT) ,
Wealth Tax
On October 2, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued Revenue Produce 2019-40 (the “Revenue Procedure”) and proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”)...more
11/13/2019
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Corporate Taxes ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Revenue Procedures ,
Safe Harbors ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Reform
Implements 2018 Proposed Regulations, ending most limitations on investments in U.S. property, as well as pledges and guarantees by CFCs wholly-owned by U.S. corporations – also provides PTI guidance for CFC...more
5/31/2019
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Corporate Taxes ,
Distribution Rules ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Guarantee Requirements ,
IRS ,
Multinationals ,
New Regulations ,
Section 956 ,
Stocks ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Voting Shares
On March 4, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) regarding the deduction for “foreign-derived intangible...more
4/23/2019
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Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform
On December 20, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released proposed “anti-hybrid” regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under sections 267A, 245A(e), and...more
1/28/2019
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BEPS ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Dividends ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Parent Corporation ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Reform
On December 13, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) with respect to the “base erosion and anti-abuse...more
1/2/2019
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Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Base Erosion Tax ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Reserve ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Taxpayers ,
Insurance Industry ,
IRS ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Preamble ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
REIT ,
S-Corporation ,
Securities Dealers ,
TLAC ,
U.S. Treasury
n October 31, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) proposed new regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) that are likely to allow many controlled foreign corporations...more
11/15/2018
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Borrowers ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Dividends ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Section 956 ,
U.S. Treasury