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On April 23, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") issued helpful proposed regulations under section 512(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "proposed regulations"). Section 512(a)(6) was...more
Tax-exempt organizations that have unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) may need to calculate their UBTI differently as a result of a change in the tax law made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). ...more
Charities and other exempt organizations face higher taxes, more complex returns and tough investment decisions under new unrelated business income tax rules effective for 2018. Despite recent guidance from the Internal...more
The Bracewell Tax Report is a periodic publication focused on developments in federal income tax law, including the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, with emphasis on how such developments impact the energy, technology...more
On July 31, the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR) released its long-awaited “Analysis of Federal Tax Law Revisions on the State of Alabama,” a comprehensive review of the changes brought about by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more
Since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) on December 22, 2017, interest in the use of qualified retirement plans has increased. However, qualified retirement plans are not without their limitations and...more
In the spirit of accentuating the positive, there are a few bits of good news for colleges and universities in the Tax Act…as Mary Poppins might say, a spoonful (or three) of sugar to help the medicine go down. Unfortunately,...more
The Tax Act contains a number of provisions that significantly affect tax-exempt organizations, in some cases to degrees not seen in decades. In addition, several provisions may indirectly affect tax-exempts, for example, by...more
On December 22, the President signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) into law. TCJA changes the taxation of individuals and businesses in many ways. While there are still many open questions to be addressed by technical...more
On Friday, December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1, the $1.5 trillion tax reform law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Reform Act”). This alert describes provisions of the Tax Reform Act that we...more
On December 22, 2017, the President signed into law H.R. 1, informally known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Act”), implementing sweeping changes to United States tax regimes for exempt organizations, businesses in which...more
The 2017 “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” impacts tax-exempt organizations in a variety of ways, including by reducing incentives for charitable giving, applying an excise tax on executive compensation in excess of $1 million per...more
On December 20, 2017, Congress sent a major tax reform bill (the Act) to President Trump for signature. Once signed, the Act will result in significant changes for many institutions of higher education. Notably, new excise...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which has been renamed the Amendment of 1986 Code, was signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017. Many are calling it the most sweeping overhaul to the United States tax system in...more
On Friday, December 15, 2017, the Congressional conference committee released a revised version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Bill"). The Senate and the House are expected to vote on the Tax Bill this week. The Tax...more
On November 16, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 1, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” by a vote of 227-205 (the “House Bill”). On November 20, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee released the Senate’s...more
The U.S. Senate passed its version of the GOP tax reform bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Senate Bill”), on Saturday, December 2, 2017. Shortly before approving the Senate Bill, the U.S. Senate adopted a Manager’s...more
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have proposed their own versions of tax reform (the “House Proposal” and “Senate Proposal”, respectively, and together, the “Proposals”) which will drastically change the...more
UPDATE: The Senate Finance Committee last night released a revised version of the Chairman’s Mark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. We are reviewing these changes and will release an update soon... On Thursday, November 9, the...more
Over the last several days, there have been significant developments relating to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the pending tax reform legislation in Congress. On Thursday, a detailed summary of the Senate Finance Committee’s...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, currently under consideration in the US House of Representatives and Senate, proposes fundamental changes to the US tax law affecting all sectors of the economy, including nonprofit organizations....more
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
On November 2, 2017, Republicans in the House of Representatives released their long-anticipated tax reform bill (the “Bill”). The Bill, which is entitled the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” includes significant changes to the...more
• Significant corporate and potential individual tax rate reductions and a 25% individual tax rate on certain “qualified business income” would be introduced (although many fund investors and sponsors would not be eligible...more