Guidance on Section 199A May Halt Benefitting Firms
The Treasury Department may issue guidance on section 199A in response to workarounds taken by law and accounting firms. The new section 199A provides a 20% deduction for qualifying pass-through businesses. Since its enactment, offices have been broken down into separate businesses to take advantage of the deduction; future guidance may halt this technique. According to an official at...Legal Alert: Tax Reform Bill – Changes to Section 529 Qualified Tuition Programs and Section 529A Qualified ABLE Programs
View the Eversheds Sutherland Legal Alert summarizing the principal provisions of the Final Tax Reform Bill affecting Section 529 Qualified Tuition Programs and Section 529A Qualified ABLE Programs here.Congress to Begin Voting on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Today
Posted on Dec 19, 2017 in Uncategorized
With the Conference Agreement finalized, the Agreement must be approved by both the House and Senate, and once approved, it will head to President Trump for his signature. The House is expected to vote later today, and the Senate will vote soon afterwards, either today or tomorrow. Read more: Tax Voting Starts Tuesday
House-Senate Conference Committee Meeting on Republican Tax Reform Bill Held Today
Posted on Dec 13, 2017 in Uncategorized
The House-Senate Conference Committee met today to discuss the previously passed Senate and House versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. During this meeting the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, Thomas Barthold, provided a brief overview of the key differences in the tax bills and answered questions regarding the two bills in question. This is the only such meeting of...
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...
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....
Senate Tax Plan Will Include Repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s Individual Mandate
Posted on Nov 15, 2017 in News, Uncategorized
Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch recently revised the Senate tax proposal to include a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. Recent revisions also made many of the tax cuts for individuals temporary. Corporate tax cuts remain permanent. These changes were made so that the tax proposal would comply with the Senate’s Bryd Rule, which prevents legislation that...
Senate Releases Modification to the Chairman’s Mark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Posted on Nov 15, 2017 in News, Uncategorized
The Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Orrin Hatch, has released a modified version of the chairman’s mark for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Read the full text here: Description of the Chairman’s Modification to the Chairman’s Mark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Legal Alert: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Take Two: A Methods-Based Comparison of the Senate and House’s Tax Reform Plans
View the Eversheds Sutherland Legal Alert comparing accounting method issues in the House and Senate versions of H.R. 1 here.Legal Alert: Sometimes Smaller is Better – How H.R. 1 Offers Small Business Welcome Flexibility
View the Eversheds Sutherland Legal Alert discussing the small business provisions of H.R. 1 here.“Trick or Treat?: Top House Republicans Discuss Timing for Release of Tax Reform Bill”
Posted on Oct 24, 2017 in Uncategorized
Yesterday, Rep. Mark Meadows, Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, revealed that he has been promised that the text of the tax reform bill will be published by November 3rd; he expects a vote on the legislation prior to Thanksgiving. Rep. Kevin Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee that is currently drafting the legislation, offered a less-specific timeline, saying...
Joint Statement on Tax Reform Issued; BAT Abandoned
Posted on Jul 27, 2017 in Uncategorized
Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued a joint statement on tax reform that sets out a broad framework for moving forward on tax reform. Most notably,...
Ways and Means Committee Hears Testimony on Simplifying the Broken Tax Code
Posted on Jul 21, 2017 in Pass-through Taxation, Uncategorized
On Wednesday July 19th, the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, led by Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam, held a hearing on tax reform, titled “How Tax Reform Will Simplify Our Broken Tax Code and Help Individual Families.” The hearing focused on individual tax reform. Subcommittee Chairman Roskam, in his opening statement, touted the introduction of a postcard-sized ...
Rep. Brady Proposes 5-Year Phase-in for Border Adjustment Tax
Posted on Jun 13, 2017 in Uncategorized
Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, Rep. Kevin Brady, proposed a five-year transition to switch to a border-adjusted regime. Companies would be able to deduct most of their imported costs initially with a slow phase out of the deductions. The phase-in would be applied equally to the treatment of exports, which would gradually become fully exempt. Read more here: Brady...