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White House FY2025 Budget Request: Key Tax Takeaways

On Monday, March 11, President Joe Biden released his budget request to Congress (“Budget”) and various accompanying documents. Separately, the Treasury Department released its General Explanations of the Administration’s...more

The White House Releases FY 2025 Budget Tax Priorities

Earlier today, the White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request to Congress. Overall, it proposes $7.3 trillion in total spending, including a proposed $895 billion for defense and approximately $621 billion...more

Tax Takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union Address

President Joe Biden delivered his third State of the Union address on March 7, emphasizing the tax-policy priorities that will continue to take center stage in his ongoing presidential campaign. Similar to last year’s...more

A Look Ahead into Tax Policy in 2024

As Congress heads into 2024 and President Biden starts the last year of his term, a host of tax issues remain unaddressed, including a much-anticipated expiring tax provisions package, pending regulatory guidance, the outcome...more

House Republicans Introduce Expansive Tax-Reform Package: The American Families and Jobs Act

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) unveiled committee Republicans’ economic-growth package on June 9, introducing three individual bills that encompass tax provisions relevant to a broad cross-section...more

Debt-Ceiling Deal Proposes Adjustment to IRS Funding, Protects Green-Energy Tax Incentives

On Saturday, May 27, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden reached an agreement to suspend the debt ceiling until January 2025 in conjunction with new spending reforms intended to reduce the federal...more

Ways and Means Committee Republicans Release Pillar Two Remedies Proposal

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and committee Republicans released legislation on May 25, 2023, in response to the Pillar Two global minimum tax negotiated by the Organisation for Economic...more

Interim Guidance on IRA Domestic-Content Bonus Credit

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released IRS Notice 2023-38 (Notice) on May 12, 2023, providing interim guidance on domestic-content requirements under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The...more

House Passes Amended GOP Debt-Ceiling Proposal, Targets IRA Energy Tax Incentives

On Wednesday, April 26, the House of Representatives voted to pass the GOP proposal to avert the impending government default—the Limit, Save, Grow (LSG) Act. The measure was advanced by a margin of 217-215, with four...more

IRS Releases Long-Awaited Spending Plan for $80 Billion in New Inflation Reduction Act Funding

On Thursday, April 6, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued their long-term Strategic Operating Plan (SOP), outlining how the IRS intends to spend $79.4 billion in funding provided by the Inflation...more

Treasury Department and IRS Solicit Industry Feedback on Proposed EV Tax Credit Regulations

On March 31, 2023, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations implementing the section 30D clean-vehicle tax credit enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The...more

Taxation and Representation, March 28, 2023

Treasury Department and IRS Release Preliminary Guidance on Semiconductor Tax Credit. On March 23, the Treasury Department and IRS published proposed regulations for implementing the new section 48D advanced manufacturing...more

Taxation & Representation, March 21, 2023

Senators Renew Efforts to Reverse R&D Tax Modification. Last Friday, a bipartisan coalition of 12 senators introduced the American Innovation and Jobs Act to increase incentives for businesses that invest in domestic research...more

Summary and Analysis: White House FY2024 Budget Request Tax Proposals

On Thursday, March 9, President Joe Biden released his $6.9 trillion Budget and various accompanying documents. Separately, the Treasury Department released its Green Book, which provides more detailed descriptions of the tax...more

Taxation & Representation, March 7, 2023

Biden to Release 2024 Budget Proposal Later this Week. On March 9, President Joe Biden will send his updated budget proposal to Congress, outlining the administration’s policy priorities for fiscal year 2024. Biden is...more

White House Releases FY 2024 Budget Request

Earlier today, the White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request to Congress. Overall, it proposes $6.9 trillion in total spending, including a proposed $880 billion for defense and approximately $992 billion...more

Taxation & Representation. Feb. 15, 2023

TAX TIDBIT - Progress on Werfel and Blatchford Appointments, Other Nominations Delayed. Following the retirement of former IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig in early November 2022, the tax-administration agency has been...more

Taxation & Representation, Feb. 7, 2023

Debt Limit Negotiations Stall as Treasury Department Begins Extraordinary Measures. On Jan. 19, the U.S. government reached its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden late last year....more

Introduction to the New Members of the Ways and Means Committee

On Jan. 27, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) announced the GOP rosters of the six subcommittees for the 118th Congress. Notably, the two other former contenders for committee chair, Reps. Vern Buchanan...more

Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith’s Potential Legislative Agenda

Following two rounds of votes, the House Republican Steering Committee elected Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) to serve as the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee for the 118th Congress. Smith has served on the committee...more

Tax Credit and Grant Opportunities in the Inflation Reduction Act

On Aug. 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the $750 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. Originally introduced as the Build Back Better Act in September of 2021, this cornerstone of the Biden legislative agenda...more

Interim Guidance on Book-Minimum Tax and Stock Buyback Excise Tax

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released initial guidance on Dec. 27, 2022, concerning two corporate tax increases included in the climate and energy reconciliation bill commonly known as the...more

Taxation & Representation, Dec. 6, 2022

Legislative Lowdown - Last-Minute Attempt to Revive Permitting Legislation. According to sources familiar with the matter, several moderate lawmakers from both parties are pushing to include energy-permitting reform...more

Implications of the Election on the Tax Agenda for End-Of-Year Lame-Duck Session and 118th Congress

Election Results - Results are accurate as of 2 p.m. ET. - Following record-breaking turnout in yesterday’s midterm elections, control of the 118th Congress remains unknown. Even as polling in the two weeks leading up...more

Taxation & Representation, September 13, 2022

LEGISLATIVE LOWDOWN - Recess Recap: What happened over the last month in the world of tax?   Congress Considers Options to Delay Impending Shutdown. With Congress unable to reach a consensus on appropriations bills for...more

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