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McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup November 4 – November 8, 2024

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Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 4, 2024 – November 8, 2024...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Seven Tips for Tribal Governments to Reduce Tribal Member Taxes in 2019

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• With Democrats taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives, tax provisions affecting tribal governments and their members are once again on the table for discussion. • This notice provides an overview of seven...more

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Tax Reform Surprises and Strategies with the New 162(m) Rules

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Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) previously limited the tax deduction to $1M annually for covered employee compensation paid by a company that is publicly traded, subject to some important exceptions. The...more

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Decoding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Part VI: Employment and Fringe Benefit Related Provisions

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BACKGROUND - The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) creates, modifies or eliminates a number of employment and employee fringe benefit related provisions of the Code. Both employers and employees need to be aware of these...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Impact on Tax-Exempt Organizations

On December 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act), which imposes a new excise tax on certain tax-exempt organizations for compensation paid to their covered employees in excess...more

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The New Tax Rules for Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits

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On Dec. 22, President Trump signed into law the 2017 Tax Act, the most comprehensive set of changes to the Internal Revenue Code since 1986. Some of the changes affect executive compensation and employee benefits. Because...more

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2017 Tax Law's Impact on Compensation and Benefits

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On December 20, 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act), which President Trump indicated he would sign. It is a sweeping tax bill with the potential to significantly alter executive compensation and employee...more

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GOP Tax Reform: Impact on Executive Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans

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The tax reform act, formerly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), was approved by House and Senate Republicans and is ready to be signed into law by President Donald Trump. President Trump is expected to sign the...more

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To Accelerate or Not? Potential Tax Planning in Light of Proposed Reforms to Code Section 162(m)

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Under both the House and Senate versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m) would be modified to expand the scope of companies and executive officers subject to the limitation on deductibility...more

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Tax-Exempts And Public Companies Beware – Major Changes To Executive Compensation Tax Rules Loom

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On December 2, 2017, the U.S. Senate passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Senate Bill”). Our Benefits Law Advisors blog previously discussed some of the major provisions of a draft House of Representatives...more

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Comparison of the Executive Compensation Provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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On November 20, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee released legislative text of its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which contains proposals modifying certain executive compensation provisions of the Internal Revenue...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Tax Reform: Employee Benefits

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This is the first issue in a planned series of alerts for employers on selected topics on tax reform. The series of Tax Reform Management Alerts is designed to provide an in-depth analysis of executive compensation and...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Proposed Tax Reform Bills of Senate and House Now Aligned on Key Compensation and Benefits-Related Tax Provisions

This WSGR Alert provides a high-level comparison of the latest tax reform proposals from the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate as they relate to compensation and benefits matters....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Tax Reform: The Senate Bill – Comparison to the House Bill, and Evaluating the Bigger Picture

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The Senate Finance Committee released a detailed description of the Senate's tax reform bill, titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, on November 9. The Committee has not released the text of the bill, and likely will not do so...more

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Could have Far-reaching Effects on Higher Education

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The House of Representatives and the Senate are on a fast track to pass sweeping tax reform legislation that would have widespread implications for colleges and universities, their employees, and their donors. As part...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Thanksgiving Tax Frenzy – New Tax Bill Proposes Executive Compensation Changes That Could Derail Deferred Compensation and Stock...

Congress has been in a frenzy to try and get new tax legislation passed by Thanksgiving, and members of the House and Senate would presumably rather be enjoying a feast rather than drafting and analyzing additional tax...more

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Proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Would Send Executive Compensation Back to the Stone Age

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as initially proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives on November 2, 2017, includes provisions that would dramatically impact many common incentive and deferred compensation programs, including...more

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Tax Planning Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Flow-Throughs Are the Answer to Everything

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The tax reform bills introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate dramatically reduce the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20% and create added incentives for taxpayers to invest capital into U.S. businesses with...more

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Beltway Buzz - November, 2017 #2

Now You See It, Now You Don’t—Revised House and Senate Tax Reform Proposals Differ in Treatment of Executive Compensation. As we reported in last week’s Beltway Buzz, the House introduced its tax reform proposal last...more

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Proposed Senate Bill Revives Concern of Adverse Impact on Equity and Performance-Based Compensation

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The Joint Committee on Taxation released a description of the Senate Chairman’s Mark to the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on November 9, 2017, reintroducing adverse equity and performance-based compensation tax provisions...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

On November 2, 2017, the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives released its tax reform bill titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “House Bill”). On November 6, 2017, Kevin Brady, Chairman of the...more

Dechert LLP

House Tax Reform Bill Released: Would Cause Major Changes to US Tax System

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The U.S. House of Representatives GOP conference released its long-awaited tax reform bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “House Bill”), on Thursday, November 2, 2017. ...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

House Bill Proposes Major Modifications To Employee Compensation And Benefits-Related Laws; Initial Amendments Provide Limited...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act proposed by the US House of Representatives on November 2 (House Bill) proposes major modifications to employee and partner compensation and benefits-related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code,...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Update: House's Proposed Tax Reform Bill Revised, Walking Back Taxation of Stock Options at Vesting

On November 9, 2017, in what many employers will view as a positive development, the House Ways and Means Committee voted to send to the full House of Representatives a version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Proposed...more

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House Ways and Means Committee Says, “Never Mind” to Repeal and Replace of Code Section 409A

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One week ago the Republicans’ Tax Bill H.R. 1, the “Tax Relief and Jobs Act,” was released. Section 3801 of that bill proposed to significantly curtail deferred compensation arrangements by replacing Internal Revenue Code...more

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