News & Analysis as of

Corporate Counsel Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Cooley LLP

Startups, Other R&D-Heavy Companies May Face Significantly Higher Tax Costs in 2022

Cooley LLP on

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was enacted more than five years ago, but certain changes under the legislation are only now coming into focus as taxpayers prepare their 2022 tax returns. In particular, there are significant...more

Miller Canfield

Does a Tax Cut Jobs Act Provision Decrease Income Taxes on Marijuana Businesses?

Miller Canfield on

Key Takeaways: ..A pending U.S. Tax Court case presents an interesting theory to preclude the federal income tax disallowance of all deductions of a marijuana business. ..The theory rests on a provision in the 2017 Tax...more

Fisher Phillips

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

SCOTUS Doesn’t Want to Tell Us How They Really Feel About The ACA

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Dismissal of ACA Lawsuit Based Only on Standing Grounds - Seyfarth Synopsis: In Texas v. California, the Supreme Court rejected another challenge to the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare” or “ACA”). The Court never reached...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Bonuses Prompted By Federal Tax Reform And Pay For Charitable Volunteer Time Were Properly Excluded From Employees’ Overtime...

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

Affirming the dismissal of wage and hour claims against “big box” retailer Lowe’s, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that company bonuses, provided to employees following 2018 revisions to federal tax law, were...more

Fisher Phillips

Supreme Court Dismisses Another Challenge To The Affordable Care Act

Fisher Phillips on

Thanks to a ruling yesterday by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Affordable Care Act remains fully intact and will remain the law of the land for the foreseeable future. In a 7-to-2 vote, the Court dismissed a case that challenged...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Does Your Nonqualified Plan Need To Be Amended By December 31, 2020?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), which disallows the deduction by any publicly held corporation with respect to certain compensation paid to a covered employee over $1,000,000, was amended by the 2017 Tax...more

White and Williams LLP

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Additional Challenge to the Affordable Care Act

White and Williams LLP on

On Wednesday, August 19, the United States Supreme Court (the Court) agreed to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of the portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires individuals to obtain qualifying health...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Corporate provisions in Final Regulations under Section 163(j)

On July 28, 2020, Treasury and the IRS released highly anticipated final regulations under section 163(j) and related amended regulations under sections 382 and 383 (Final Regulations). This legal alert focuses on provisions...more

Dickinson Wright

June 30, 2020 Deadline Looms Large for Businesses with 2018 Net Operating Losses

Dickinson Wright on

As if business owners did not have enough to worry about in light of various deadlines of all types including when and whether to submit Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan applications, how to account for the use of the...more

Littler

IRS Issues Proposed Rule on Business Expense Deductions

Littler on

On February 26, 2020, the IRS published proposed regulations implementing changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) regarding the elimination of deductions for entertainment and the limitation on food and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SECURE Act In; Cadillac Tax Out: The Spending Act Makes Serious Changes to Benefits Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Below is a summary of those key provisions. I. SECURE Act The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act, H.R. 1994) is arguably the most significant and comprehensive retirement saving...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Treasury and the IRS Release Final Foreign Tax Credit Regulations

McDermott Will & Emery on

Final regulations relating to the determination of the foreign tax credit following the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act were released earlier this month. Though largely similar to the proposed regulations, taxpayers may be interested...more

A&O Shearman

Final and Proposed TCJA Foreign Tax Credit Regulations Create Traps and Opportunities

A&O Shearman on

On December 2, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued a pre-published version of final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) providing guidance with respect to...more

Morgan Lewis

Recommended Practices for Employer-Provided Meals and Snacks in Light of Recent IRS Guidance

Morgan Lewis on

The IRS continues to aggressively audit how free meals and snacks offered to employees in many workplaces are treated for federal tax purposes. Recent IRS guidance in this respect is Technical Advice Memorandum 201903017 (the...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

A Quick Form W-4 Reminder For Employers: May 10, 2019 Deadline For Updates

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) significantly changed the federal income tax rules. Several of these changes impact income tax withholding, including changes to the tax rates and brackets, increasing the standard...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

International Tax Policy Top 10 Timeline: The Events in Europe in the First Half of 2019 That Will Impact the Taxation of US...

Womble Bond Dickinson on

A number of tax and political milestones in 2019 will directly and indirectly impact the ongoing global initiative to develop new rules for taxing the activities of cross-border business. The headline international tax...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Is the Affordable Care Act a House of Cards? If Yes, What Does the Recent Texas Court Decision Mean for the US Health Insurance...

Epstein Becker & Green on

In an unexpectedly broad ruling issued December 14, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas declared the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) as unconstitutional in its entirety. This decision, if ultimately...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Union Not Entitled to Information About How Employer Spends Money From Tax Cut, NLRB General Counsel Rules

In prior posts, we have discussed how information requests made in the context of a bargaining relationship can be vexing. The standard of the employer’s obligation to provide information can be a moving target, depending on...more

BakerHostetler

IRS Issues Regulations That May Affect Borrowing Costs and Financing Terms of US Multinationals

BakerHostetler on

Recently proposed IRS regulations materially change the way stock and assets of foreign corporations that are “controlled foreign corporations” (CFCs) can be used to support debt of U.S. affiliates. ...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

IRS Says Business Meals Remain Deductible, But Cannot Be ‘Lavish’ Or Mixed With Entertainment Costs

Fox Rothschild LLP on

Resolving widespread confusion, the IRS this month issued important guidance that clarifies when a meal or drinks will be allowed as a deductible business expense following the changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The...more

Dentons

Calculating The Qualified Business Income Deduction Under Section 199a - Limitations To Avoid And Opportunities To Pursue

Dentons on

Section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code was enacted on December 22, 2017, as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and provides for a deduction of up to 20% of income from certain domestic businesses operated as sole...more

K&L Gates LLP

Another Kind of Tax Cut: Tax Reform Slashes Deductions for Settlements Paid to Government Agencies for Violations and...

K&L Gates LLP on

Tax Reform Slashes Deductions for Settlements Paid to Government Agencies for Violations and Investigations - IRS Requests Comments by May 18 - Businesses making payments to governments and governmental entities on or after...more

FordHarrison

Is the New Employer Tax Credit for You?

FordHarrison on

Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), businesses are entitled to a general business credit which is made up of several component credits, including the Work Opportunity Credit, the Indian...more

Stoel Rives LLP

In Case You Missed It - Interesting Items for Corporate Counsel - January 2018

Stoel Rives LLP on

The little bird who suggested to us (see last month's ICYMI) that the Oregon Secretary of State would clarify new requirements for Oregon company articles of incorporation and articles of organization (effective January 1,...more

29 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide