Welcome to this week’s edition of Tax Bytes. Our team of tax lawyers is actively monitoring for federal and international tax developments and issues of note. Each week we pull together the items we deem most important to...more
5/21/2025
/ Business Taxes ,
EBITDA ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retention ,
Excise Tax ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Senate Committees ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Reform ,
U.S. House ,
Ways and Means Committee
On May 12, 2025, the Republicans on the House Committee on Ways and Means released a draft bill showing their tax plan for the budget reconciliation legislation. The legislation will likely undergo significant changes as it...more
5/15/2025
/ Amortization ,
Bonus Depreciation ,
Budget Reconciliation ,
Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EBITDA ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Research and Development ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Reform ,
Ways and Means Committee
Tax developments -
DeFi regulations repealed -
On April 10, President Trump signed into law a bill repealing the regulations promulgated under section 6045 that would have required decentralized finance platforms...more
On April 30, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Rev. Proc. 2024-23, List of Automatic Changes, which provides the list of tax accounting method changes a taxpayer may file under the IRS’s automatic procedures,...more
On September 12, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released a third substantive piece of guidance, Notice 2023-64 (Notice) clarifying the application of the new corporate...more
On July 27, 2022, the Senate announced agreement on a reconciliation package entitled the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the IRA), the artist formerly known as the Build Back Better Act (the BBBA). Although months ago the...more
Democratic leadership announced today that an agreement has been reached to fund the pending infrastructure and budget reconciliation measures. There does not appear to be any agreement regarding which specific tax measures...more
9/24/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Congressional Committees ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Budget ,
Green Book ,
Infrastructure ,
IRS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reconciliation ,
Research and Development ,
Research and Experiment Tax Credit ,
Revenue Procedures ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Reform
At last week’s ABA May Tax Meeting, government attorneys from both the Internal Revenue Service National Office Income Tax & Accounting division (IT&A) and the Department of the Treasury provided updates to taxpayers and...more
5/18/2021
/ American Bar Association (ABA) ,
Biden Administration ,
Business Losses ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Financial Reporting ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Priority Guidance Plan ,
Section 162(f) ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Reform ,
U.S. Treasury
On November 29, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Rev. Proc. 2018-60, which provides automatic accounting method change procedures for taxpayers seeking to comply with section 451(b), relating to the timing of...more
12/11/2018
/ Accrual Method ,
Audited Financial Statements ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Financial Accounting ,
Financial Statements ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Revenue Procedures ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform
On December 22, 2017, the President signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA), the most substantial overhaul of the Internal Revenue Code since 1986. The TCJA significantly changes how the US taxes individuals,...more