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Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund Investments
What if you could defer, or even exclude, your capital gains taxes just by helping struggling communities? That’s the promise of Qualified Opportunity Zones (“QOZs”), a federal program that rewards investors who support...more
The Washington State Legislature has recently introduced Senate Bill 6229 (and complementary House Bill 2292), which would impose the State’s capital gains tax to gains realized from the sale of Qualified Small Business Stock...more
La loi de financement de la sécurité sociale pour 2026 augmente le taux de la CSG sur certains revenus du capital de 1,4 % et pérennise le nouveau traitement social appliqué aux gains de « Management Package »....more
Entering 2026, Washington joins the growing list of states looking to implement new taxes on the "rich" – those earning more than $1 million per year. In December 2025, Gov. Bob Ferguson signaled his approval for a new 9.9...more
Corporation Tax – rates remain unchanged – 25% main rate (19% for profits up to GBP50,000 and a sliding scale between GBP50,000 and GBP250,000)....more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2025 on 26 November 2025. It is unusual for the UK’s Budget to be held so late in the year....more
Following months of speculation, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has delivered her second Autumn Budget. Read a breakdown from our tax experts below. Against a backdrop of elusive economic growth, increasing...more
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, announced her second Budget on November 26, 2025. We set out below a summary of the main tax measures announced. Key takeaways include increases in income tax rates for...more
The first Budget of the new Government's term, Ireland's Budget 2026 sets out a €9.4bn package focused on resilience, investment and fiscal discipline. It aims to protect jobs, support growth and strengthen public finances...more
This is the third and final installment in our multi-part series exploring the key implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). This follows parts 1 and 2 of this series which discussed the no tax on tips and...more
Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code provides a capital gains exclusion for certain qualified small business stock (QSBS) when a stockholder sells the same. This gain exclusion impacts venture-backed startups, angel...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was recently signed into law on July 4, 2025. One of the changes to the tax code in the OBBBA impacts qualified small business stock (“QSBS”) under Section 1202. The changes generally...more
On July 21, 2025, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published the long-awaited draft legislation (Draft Legislation) for the new UK carried interest tax regime (New Regime) that will apply from April 6, 2026. Under the New...more
Prior to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 (the “OBBBA”) , Section 1202 provided that non-corporate taxpayers that acquired qualified small business stock after August 10, 1993 (“QSBS”)...more
On July 10, 2025, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed House Bill 594 into law, amending RSMo. § 143.121 to exempt capital gains from its existing state income tax. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, income...more
As reported on May 13, 2025, several changes to the Washington state tax laws were passed by lawmakers and delivered to the desk of Governor Ferguson in late April, awaiting his signature to make them law. In the aggregate,...more
Many individuals, wanting to liberate their wallets from taxes, have moved to states like Washington, Nevada, Texas, Florida and other states that have friendly state and local tax regimes. This trend, especially for...more
The Wild Journey - I am taking time out from my multi-part series on Subchapter S to report on the Washington capital gains tax. As you know, I have reported in several prior blog posts on the numerous challenges...more
I have reported in several prior blog posts the significant events impacting the newly enacted Washington state capital gains tax. The turbulent ride of this legislation continues!...more
Effective January 1, 2022, Washington imposes an excise tax on an individual’s long-term capital gains from the sale of stock, bonds, and other assets exceeding $250,000 if the assets were located in Washington at the time of...more
As I previously reported, the Washington state capital gains tax has had a turbulent ride, commencing with a rough ride through the legislative process where it almost hit disastrous terrain on at least six (6) occasions....more
As previously reported on May 7, June 17 and November 4 of last year, two lawsuits were filed in Douglas County Superior Court in Washington, seeking a declaration that the state’s new capital gains tax is unconstitutional....more
As previously reported on May 7 and June 17 of this year, Washington state lawmakers enacted a new capital gains tax, set to go into effect on January 1, 2022, but two lawsuits were initiated to declare the tax...more
...The federal tax laws are certainly about to change. With the need to raise revenue as a top priority for the Biden Administration, everyone is expecting dramatic changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Tax legislation is...more
On September 13, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee released draft legislation advancing a series of tax proposals (the “Ways and Means Tax Proposals”). This episode of Kelley Drye's Legal Download discusses some of...more