House Sends Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to Conference Committee
Posted on Dec 5, 2017 in News
The House voted Monday to send the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to conference committee to resolve the differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. The committee has 14 House total members, 9 Republican and 5 Democratic. The Republican members are: Keven Brady (the Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee), Ron Bishop, Diane Black, Kristi Noem, Devin Nunes, Peter Roskam,...
All in a Late Night’s Work: Senate Passes Tax Bill
Posted on Dec 4, 2017 in News, Uncategorized
At approximately 2:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, the Senate passed its tax reform bill with a vote of 51-49. Changes to the bill, including some handwritten into the document, were made leading up to the final vote. The only Republican to vote against the bill was Senator Bob Corker who has continued concerns regarding the estimated $1+ trillion deficit over the next 10 years. Corker...
Increased Support Among Senate Republicans For Tax Bill But Some Opposition Remains
Posted on Nov 29, 2017 in News
The Senate voted today on party lines to proceed with floor debate on the tax bill. Recently, there has been increased support for the tax legislation among Senate Republicans. Senators James Lankford and Jerry Moran, both former holdouts, indicated that they would support the legislation. Senators Ron Johnson and Bob Corker, vocal critics of the bill, both voted in favor of the bill...
Senate Budget Committee Passes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Posted on Nov 28, 2017 in News
The Senate Budget Committee has passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on a 12-11 vote. This procedural hurdle was necessary for the bill to be considered on the floor of the Senate. Read more: Senate Budget Committee Advances GOP Tax Bill
Legal Alert: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Take Three: A Methods-Based Review of the Senate’s Initial Draft of Tax Reform Legislation
View the Eversheds Sutherland Legal Alert comparing the tax accounting and accounting method provisions of the initial Senate proposal that differ from the final legislative language passed by the Senate Finance Committee here.Legal Alert: Tax Reform Executive Summary – A 2-Pager on the 7 Things You Need to Know
Posted on Nov 28, 2017 in Legal Alerts, News
View the Eversheds Sutherland Legal Alert providing a high-level overview of the top 7 tax reform issues that all executives need to know here.
Senate May Vote on Its Tax Reform Bill as Early as Thursday, but There Are Hurdles to Overcome
At least a half dozen Republican senators have shown concern about the Senate version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, threatening the passage of the bill by the end of this year. The bill, passed out of the Senate Finance Committee on November 17, faces its next major hurdle from the Senate Budget Committee who will meet Tuesday, November 28, to add a revenue-raising measure allowing...Senate Tax Bill Differs from House Bill in Treatment of Multinationals
Posted on Nov 22, 2017 in News, Uncategorized
The Senate recently released the legislative text of their version of the tax bill. The bill defers in several key respects from the House bill in its treatment of the income of multinational companies, particularly in the way that it addresses global intangible low-taxed income, foreign derived intangible income, and base erosion. The Senate vote could occur as early as November 30th....
Legal Alert: Worldwide Territoriality: International Tax Proposals Broaden the Base
View the Eversheds Sutherland Legal Alert focusing on international tax reform proposals in the House Plan and the Senate Plan here.Senate Releases the Legislative Text of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Posted on Nov 21, 2017 in News
The Senate has released the its version of the legislative text for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Read the full text here. Read the section by section summary of the act here.
White House Officials State Willingness to Sacrifice Health Care Provision for the Tax Reform Greater Good
Posted on Nov 20, 2017 in Insurance Tax, News
The White House Budget Director, Mick Mulvaney, indicated that the Trump Administration is willing to strike the health care provision in the Senate’s proposed tax legislation repealing the requirement that everyone in the U.S. have health insurance or pay a fine. Striking this provision would leave the Senate $338 billion short of their revenue goal and would require Republican...
Senate Finance Committee Approves Republican Tax Reform Proposal
Posted on Nov 17, 2017 in News
On November 16, 2017, by a partisan 14-12 vote, the Senate Finance Committee approved the Senate GOP’s version of the tax reform plan, which differs from the proposed House bill, after adoption of Chairman Orrin Hatch’s manager’s amendment. Legislative language will now be drafted and taken up for vote by the full Senate following Thanksgiving. Senate Finance Committee Approves GOP...
House Passes the Tax Cut and Jobs Act
Posted on Nov 16, 2017 in News
The House voted to pass H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that passed through committee last week without further amendment. Read the bill as passed here.
Legal Alert: A Comparison of the Energy Tax Changes in the Proposed House and Senate Tax Reform Bills
View the Eversheds Sutherland Legal Alert summarizing the principal proposals in the Senate Plan that impact the energy sector, and the meaningful differences from the House Plan, here.Legal Alert: Reconciling the Differences, the Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Posted on Nov 16, 2017 in Legal Alerts, News
View the Eversheds Sutherland Legal Alert summarizing the principal proposals in the Senate Plan and discussing the most significant differences from the House Plan here.