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Rivkin Radler LLP

“C’mon Man! Tax the Rich!” Business Owners Face Tax Increases*

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Last week, Sen. Warren reintroduced her “Ultra-Millionaires” wealth tax proposal to the Senate. Query her timing. The measure has the proverbial snowball’s chance in Hell of being enacted by this Congress.Perhaps the Senator...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup November 22 – November 26, 2021

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 22, 2021 – November 26, 2021... November 22, 2021: The IRS released a memorandum...more

Roetzel & Andress

House Passes Build Back Better Act

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Early Friday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives approved President Biden’s sweeping social and climate spending proposal known as the Build Back Better Framework. Key provisions in the approximately $2 trillion bill...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Look at the Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposals

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I. Introduction - On May 28, 2021, the Treasury Department released the Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposals (the Greenbook). ...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New Tax Credits Support Paid Leave For COVID Vaccine

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For many employers, the costs related to the COVID-19 vaccine just went down. On April 21, 2021, President Biden announced that employers with fewer than 500 employees – including tax exempt organizations – can claim a...more

Conn Kavanaugh

Understanding Your W-2

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Employers must issue Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, to employees by January 31st, so you should have received yours by now. But have you ever actually stopped to look at your W-2? And do you know what it all means? Your...more

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How State Legislatures May Rock the World of Employee Compensation in Response to the Recent Federal Tax Law

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Prior to the effective date of the tax bill recently signed by the President, Section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code permitted individuals who itemized deductions to deduct state and local income and other designated taxes...more

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Estate Planning Newsletter - December 2016

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Hinshaw’s Estate Planning Newsletter includes reports on opportunities and challenges that may impact your estate plan. This publication is designed to keep our clients and friends aware of certain opportunities and...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Year-End Tax Planning 2015

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As the end of the year approaches, it is a good time to think of planning moves that will help lower your tax bill for this year and possibly the next. Factors that compound the challenge include turbulence in the stock...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2013 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory

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In this issue - - Federal Estate, GST and Gift Tax Rates - Annual Gift Tax Exclusion - Federal Income Tax Rates - President’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2014 - Important Planning...more

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Timely Year-End Tax Planning Can Reduce Taxes

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Year-end tax planning could be especially productive this year because timely action could nail down tax breaks that won’t be around next year unless Congress acts to extend them, which at the present time, looks doubtful....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Tax Talk -- Volume 5, No. 4 -- January 2013

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In This Issue: Fiscal Cliff Diving a.k.a. American Taxpayer Relief Act; CoCo Developments; Tax Effect of Money Market Fund Proposals; IRS Issues Final Regulations on Publicly Traded Property; Assessment of Income from...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

American Taxpayer Relief Act Affects Mass Transit Benefits and Other Employee Benefits

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On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ("ATRA") into law. ATRA, adopted as an alternative to stepping over the "fiscal cliff," preserves most of the Bush-era tax cuts and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Estate Planning & Federal Tax Update - Winter 2013

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With the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “ATRA ”) passed and the fiscal cliff safely averted, the time has come to turn your attention to your estate plan. What Did the ATRA Accomplish? The fiscal cliff...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Estate Planning After the Fiscal Cliff Deal

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Now that a deal averting the fiscal cliff has finally been reached, many of the tax and planning issues that have been mired in uncertainty for the past two years (and even longer in some cases) may be resolved. Numerous tax...more

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McNees Insights - Asset Planning and Federal Taxation - Winter 2013

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2012 Tax Act - The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”) was signed into law on January 1, 2013 to avert the tax law changes that were one part of the “fiscal cliff” facing our country’s economy (the other...more

King & Spalding

Washington Insight - Special Edition: Congress Steps Away From Fiscal Cliff

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For months in Washington, and beyond, attention has been focused on the "fiscal cliff" -- the combination of the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the looming budget cuts referred to as "sequestration." Negotiations led by...more

Dechert LLP

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 Approved by Congress and Signed by the President

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Summary - President Obama on January 2, 2013 signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”). The Act extends certain tax rates, tax credits, and other provisions previously enacted by other tax...more

K&L Gates LLP

Fiscal Cliff II: What’s Next For Tax Reform?

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On January 1, 2013, the Senate and House of Representatives passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (“ATRA”), signed into law by President Obama on January 2. ATRA averts the “fiscal cliff” by making permanent the...more

Troutman Pepper

Fiscal Cliff Tax Changes

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On New Year’s Day 2013, the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012” (the Act) was enacted to avoid the impact of automatic “fiscal cliff” tax increases. The Act, effective January 1, 2013, retains and makes permanent the...more

Troutman Pepper

The Permanent (For Now) Fiscal Cliff Compromise of 2012

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In dramatic fashion, Congress adopted its New Year’s tax resolutions just in time to save us from falling off the cliff. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) passed the Senate in the wee hours of New Year’s...more

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American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 - Full Copy

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Full text copy of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, bipartisan legislation enacted at the 11th hour to keep the country from falling off of the "Fiscal Cliff." From the New York Times: "Only the most affluent...more

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