The Biden Tax Plan
Impact of Tax Reform on Charitable Giving
As 2025 comes to an end, it is an appropriate time to revisit state and local tax deductions and charitable giving plans. The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA) introduced several updates that may influence year-end strategies,...more
Recent changes to the tax code—enacted through the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill—will significantly alter the way both individual and corporate donors approach charitable giving. These updates, effective for the 2026 tax...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the legislation commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill or OBBBA, which includes many tax law changes impacting individuals. The changes cover a broad range of...more
President Donald Trump signed a massive budget bill last month – the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) – and it significantly impacts non-profits and tax-exempt organizations. While some of the new changes may be...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, brings sweeping changes to the tax code. While the name may sound like a marketing pitch, the law itself includes significant updates...more
While most of us were enjoying the summer and the holiday weekend, Congress passed, and President Donald Trump signed, major tax legislation commonly called the One Big Beautiful Bill with the acronym, OBBBA. OBBBA covers a...more
The reconciliation bill, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (the “BBB”), was recently signed into law on July 4th. The BBB, among many other things, made significant changes in tax law, building on the foundations created...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, which had narrowly passed through the United States Congress. The OBBBA makes permanent certain tax provisions that were due to expire...more
On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) (OBBBA). While OBBBA contains various provisions that impact high-net-worth individuals, this alert focuses on OBBBA provisions...more
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1 into law, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). As discussed in our prior alert following the passage by the House of...more
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “BBB”) was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22, 2025 (such version, the “House Bill”) as part of the Republican Congress’s reconciliation package. The BBB generally...more
The Long-Term View- Among its core functions, federal tax policy seeks to encourage those behaviors among businesses that, in the long run, will have a lasting positive effect upon the nation’s economy as a whole. ...more
Many of you are familiar with what are commonly referred to as the “hobby loss” rules. Section 183 of the Internal Revenue Code limits a taxpayer’s ability to deduct expenses associated with activities “not engaged in for...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 9, 2023 – January 13, 2023...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of September 26th, 2022, through September 30th, 2022 Powell and Iakovenko v. Comm’r, T.C. Summary Opinion, 2022-19 | Sept. 26, 2022 | Copeland, J. | Docket No. 20268-19S Powell and Iakovenko v....more
Tax Litigation: The Week of August 29th, 2022, through September 2nd, 2022 Sparta Pink Property, LLC v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-88 | August 29, 2022 | Lauber, J. | Dkt. No. 12114-20 Pressman v. Comm’r, T.C. Summ. Op. 2022-15...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of July 11th, 2022, through July 15th, 2022 Knight v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-76| July 14, 2022 | Lauber, A. | Dkt. No. 11719-20L Kelly v. Comm’r, No. 13353-21L, T.C. Memo 2022-73 | July 13, 2022 |...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of June 13th, 2022, through June 17th, 2022 Phillips v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-58 | June 13, 2022 | Lauber, J. | Dkt. No. 18553-21L Chavis v. Comm’r, 158 T.C. No. 8 | June 15, 2022 | Lauber, J. |...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of June 6th, 2022, through June 10th, 2022 Pocock v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2022-55 | June 6, 2022 | Vasquez, J.| Dkt. No. 12558-17 Consolidated with Dkt. No. 23569-17L Musselwhite v. Commissioner,...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of May 9th, 2022, through May 13th, 2022 Lewis v. Commissioner, TC Memo. 2022-47| May 9, 2022 | Greaves, J. | Dkt. No. 10007-20W Rogerson v. Commissioner, TC Memo. 2022-49| May 12, 2022 | Toro, J. |...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of May 2nd, 2022, through May 6th, 2022 DelPonte v. Comm’r, 158 T.C. No. 7 | May 5, 2022 | Holmes, J. | Dkt. Nos. 1144-05, 1334-06, 20679-09, 20680-09, 20681-09 Mazzei v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo 2022-43 |...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of April 4th, 2022, through April 8th, 2022 Middleton v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-28 | April 4, 2022 |Kerrigan, J. | Dkt. No. 8158-19L Salter v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-9 |April 5, 2022 |Lauber, J. |...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of April 4th, 2022, through April 8th, 2022 Middleton v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-28 | April 4, 2022 |Kerrigan, J. | Dkt. No. 8158-19L Scholz v. Comm’r, T.C. Summary Opinion 2022-5 |April 4,...more
The $10,000 federal cap on the state and local tax itemized deduction for individuals (“SALT limitation”) continues to generate considerable debate, as well as efforts to narrow its scope. Several states have enacted...more