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The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 established the requirement that the President submit a budget to Congress for the upcoming fiscal year. Among other things, the proposed federal budget affords the President an...more
“Déjà vu All Over Again”- The White House last week released the President’s Budget for the Fiscal Year 2023. The Budget is ambitious, but its “investments,” we are told, “are more than paid for with tax reforms focused on...more
Review of U.S. Tax Developments in 2021- Last year, we predicted that the biggest U.S. tax news in 2021 would be revenue-raising legislation that the Democrats would put forward after the election of Joe Biden as the 46th...more
It was quite a week, wasn’t it?- Manchin- Senator Manchin continued to attract a lot of attention. To the dismay of his fellow Democrats, the West Virginian – who also chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources...more
What was your month like? If you’re a transactional professional – a class in which I include those who advise clients on the purchase and sale of businesses and investment assets, as well as those who assist clients in...more
First Step- Last Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved that portion of the 2022 budget legislation with which it was tasked by the Congressional Budget resolution of August 24. The text of the bill...more
Not Good- As Mr. Biden settled into the White House, and as the Democrats began planning how to best utilize their slim Congressional majority to enact and pay for their sweeping legislative agenda, the principal concern...more
On Friday, May 28, 2021, the Biden Administration released its Green Book setting out the President’s revenue and policy proposals. Of particular interest to investors is the administration’s proposal to raise the tax on...more
The Biden tax reform proposals target many tax benefits associated with real estate investing. If adopted, the ability to do tax free like kind exchanges may be eliminated and the maximum long term capital gains rates on...more
Ask the owner of a closely held business to describe their most recently recurring nightmare and you are likely to get an earful regarding the prospect of an increased federal income tax on their profits, an increased federal...more
Go After Real Estate? During the 2020 presidential campaign, there was one segment of the “rich” for which then-candidate Biden seemed to have reserved some of his harshest criticism – wealthy real estate investors....more
A Night to Remember? Did you listen to the President’s speech last Wednesday? He addressed a joint session of Congress to pitch the Administration’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan. Due to COVID-related...more
In advance of the President’s address to Congress this evening, the White House this morning released a summary of Mr. Biden’s proposed changes to the Internal Revenue Code. These changes, together with his previously...more
“Yeah, I’m the Tax Man” Last week, several media outlets reported that Mr. Biden will soon propose that Congress increase the federal income tax rate applicable to long-term capital gains recognized by individual...more
According to Justice Learned Hand, “Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to...more
2020 has been a year to remember for so many reasons: a global pandemic, the race to a vaccine, and an election with record-breaking voter turnout. President-elect Joe Biden and his running mate Vice President-elect Kamala...more
With Biden as the projected President-Elect (subject to pending federal litigation and the Electoral College vote), tax planning for late 2020, 2021, and beyond is top of mind for many businesses and individuals....more
Wither The Senate? I was reviewing a reorganization plan Saturday morning – coffee and chocolate chip cookies within easy reach – when an email crossed my screen with the subject line that each of NBC, CNN, ABC and the...more
If the Democrats Win- Science has not established – at least to my knowledge – any correlation between the pre-election year-end activities of individual business owners, on the one hand, and election outcomes, on the...more
We’re roughly a month from Election Day, and I think it’s safe to say many Americans have strong opinions about who should be our President for the next four years. I also think it’s safe to say taxes are not the top...more
What a Week- There is no denying that last week’s political events were historic; one can only hope they were aberrational. The week began with the Sunday New York Times publishing a story in which it claimed to have...more
If former Vice President Joe Biden is elected president in November, his inauguration would take place just about three years after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) went into effect. The TCJA is widely regarded as containing...more
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has provided limited information about his plans to modify the tax treatment of decedents and their estates. However, he has signaled that he supports raising estate taxes and...more
Former Vice President Joseph Biden has proposed a number of fundamental changes to the tax code over the course of his campaign. If he is elected president and if the Democrats keep control of the House of Representatives and...more
We’re a little less than 50 days from the 2020 presidential election and many people are wondering what effect a potential change in leadership could have on their tax bill. If the Democrats take the White House many of the...more