In mid-January, the House introduced the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (Act). The Joint Committee of Taxation has released its explanation of the Act, and the House Ways and means Committee has released a...more
After a week of uncertainty, on Sunday night, President Trump signed the $900 billion stimulus deal and $1.4 trillion government funding bill that was passed by Congress early last week. The legislation includes many...more
On December 21, 2020, Congress passed a series of energy tax credit extenders and additions as part of the omnibus spending and coronavirus relief bill. The bill has not yet been signed by President Trump....more
Congress is moving rapidly towards passing the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 (Extenders Bill) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. If enacted, the Extenders Bill would extend certain...more
As part of its ongoing response to COVID-19, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2020-49, which extends certain time criteria related to the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program. Under the notice, any due...more
On December 20, President Trump signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (the “Act”), a year-end spending bill that includes key provisions that will affect employer-sponsored benefit plans. This legal alert...more
In a rare display of bipartisanship, after intense last minute negotiations between congressional leadership and the Executive Branch, President Donald Trump signed into law legislation passed last week by Congress to...more
Congress is moving towards passing The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Relief Act of 2019 (Extenders Bill). If enacted, the Extenders Bill would extend certain tax credits for the renewable energy and alternative fuels...more
On Dec. 17, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives reached an agreement on a year-end tax package, which would extend or renew certain expired or expiring tax credits and other tax incentives. Some tax credits that had...more
Just past midnight on Dec. 17, lawmakers released an amendment to one of two spending bills released on Dec. 16—H.R. 1865—the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020. Most notably, the amendment included an extension...more
Congress returns to D.C. this week for a short three-week sprint to a series of important deadlines on September 30. Chief among them is funding the federal government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 which begins on October 1,...more
The Tribal Treasury Advisory Committee (TTAC) held its inaugural meeting on June 20, 2019, at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The TTAC was established by the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion (GWE) Act of 2014 (Pub. L....more
The Senate Finance Committee has launched a new effort to consider the fate of dozens of temporary tax provisions (or “extenders”) that have expired in recent years, as well as other provisions slated to expire in 2019 and...more
On November 26, the House of Representatives released a tax bill (Extenders Bill) that, if enacted, would extend certain tax credits for the renewable energy and alternative fuels industries and would make other changes...more
Washington saw a flurry of bipartisan activity over the last few weeks. Most notably, Republican and Democratic negotiators reached a long-awaited deal on sequestration budget caps. The compromise, announced on February 7 as...more
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (2018 BBA) passed by Congress and signed into law on February 9, 2018, extends and changes tax credits for the renewable energy, alternative fuels and nuclear energy industries, and also...more
As posted in CEQA Chronicles, on July 17, 2017 the California legislature approved an extension of the state’s greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program from 2020 to 2030. Cap-and-trade is a key program in the state’s efforts to...more
Last week, the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released the results of a study exploring the potential impact of recently extended federal tax credits on the deployment of renewable generation...more
Expiring tax provisions and “extenders” legislation have become fairly common in recent years. The typical pattern involves institution of one- or two-year provisions (short-lived due to revenue issues) that have expired with...more
The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, also known as the PATH Act, was enacted by Congress at the end of 2015. Below are the highlights from that legislation. TAX EXTENDERS - Tax extenders are...more
On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (the “PATH Act”) after both houses of Congress voted to approve the budget measure and comprehensive spending bill. The PATH Act...more
Congress recently passed two significant pieces of tax legislation: (1) the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act, which extended or made permanent various expired or expiring tax provisions, and (2) the...more
It looks like Congress will be delivering an early Christmas present. in the form of permanent extenders package. The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (“PATH Act”) is expected to be approved by Congress this...more
Energy and Climate Debate - With Congress avoiding a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution last week, both the House and Senate are in session this week with full schedules, including several energy and...more
NUMBER OF THE WEEK: 52 percent. The likelihood that tax reform will happen in 2017 or earlier, according to the tax experts that participated in the Tax Council (TTC) and Ernst & Young (EY) Tax Reform Business Barometer in...more