On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, hereafter the “Revised House Bill”). The Revised House Draft Bill contains certain changes to the original bill that was released...more
On Thursday May 22, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, hereafter the “Bill”). The Bill will now be considered by the U.S. Senate....more
5/27/2025
/ Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Employee Benefits ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
New Legislation ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SALT ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
On May 18, 2025, the House Budget Committee approved the legislation entitled, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” (the “House Bill”). The bill is expected to be revised by the House Rules Committee before being sent to the House...more
On May 12, 2025, the House Ways and Committee released an updated text of draft tax legislation (the “House Draft Bill”)...more
On May 12, 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee released an updated text of draft tax legislation (the “House Draft Bill”)...more
On May 12, 2025, House Republicans unveiled a comprehensive 389-page package of tax provisions, setting the stage for a significant tax bill to be debated in the coming weeks. Dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” this...more
On January 30, 2025, Mike Crapo (R-ID), the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee released a discussion draft of the “Taxpayer Assistance...more
On January 17, 2025, news sources reported that Republican members of Congress circulated a detailed list of legislative policy options, including tax proposals. This blog post summarizes some of the tax proposals and...more
On January 17, 2025, multiple news outlets and other sources reported the existence of a memorandum circulated by the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee to the House Republican Caucus (the “Memorandum”) containing...more
1/28/2025
/ Corporate Taxes ,
Employee Retention ,
Estate Tax ,
Foreign Earned Income ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Municipal Bonds ,
SALT ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
On January 20, 2025, the White House issued a memorandum (the “Memorandum”), announcing that the “Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal” (the “Global Tax Deal”) has “no force or effect...more
1/23/2025
/ BEPS ,
Corporate Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
OECD ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
The IRS has announced a new audit campaign targeted at the use of private aircraft, a/k/a “corporate jets”. This has been an intensifying area of focus by the IRS over the last few years as a result of recently-increased tax...more
On March 11, 2024, the Biden Administration released the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, and the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2025 Revenue Proposals,” which is commonly referred to as the “Green Book.”...more
3/28/2024
/ Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Digital Assets ,
Excise Tax ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Green Book ,
Liquidation ,
NIIT ,
Property Tax ,
Tax Policy ,
Tax Reform
On March 9, 2023, the Biden Administration released the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget, and the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue Proposals,” which is commonly referred to as the “Green Book.”...more
On August 7, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”). The tax provisions in the bill that was passed vary from the bill that was originally released on July 27, 2022 by Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)...more
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed certain limited changes to the taxation of partnerships. In short, the Administration’s proposals would (i) prevent related partners in a partnership that has made a...more
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed to tax “profits” or “carried” interests as ordinary income and impose self-employment tax on income and gains from these interests for certain partners in investment...more
After a more than 26 year hiatus, on July 22, 2022, the Superfund chemical excise tax (the “Superfund Chemical Tax”) will again become effective. This excise tax, reinstated by the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and...more
5/13/2022
/ CERCLA ,
Chemicals ,
Contaminated Properties ,
Environmental Policies ,
Excise Tax ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Manufacturers ,
Superfund ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed changes to the taxation of real property.
Restrict Deferral of Gain for Like-Kind Exchanges under Section 1031 -
The Biden Administration has proposed to limit the...more
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed certain very limited changes to the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions. The proposals do not change the current treatment of cryptocurrency as property for federal...more
5/5/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Bitcoin ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform
Introduction and Summary -
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed changes to the U.S. international tax rules.
In short, the Biden Administration proposed to:
Enact a 15% minimum “undertaxed profits...more
Summary and Background. On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed a 20% minimum tax on individuals who have more than $100 million in assets. The minimum tax would be based on all economic income (which the...more
On January 25, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) released regulations (the “Final Regulations”) finalizing provisions in prior proposed regulations which generally...more
1/26/2022
/ Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Domestic Partnership ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
PFIC ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
Yesterday, on December 19, 2021, Senator Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) said that he opposes the Build Back Better Act, which effectively prevents its passage. While there are no immediate prospects for the Build Back Better Act to...more
12/20/2021
/ Alternative Minimum Tax ,
Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Biden Administration ,
Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SALT ,
Share Buybacks ,
Spinoffs ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
Proskauer’s 26th Annual Trick or Treat Seminar was held virtually on Friday, October 29th and discussed timely topics and best practices specifically tailored to the not-for-profit community. ...more
11/3/2021
/ Best Practices ,
CARES Act ,
Charitable Donations ,
Charitable Organizations ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Mandates ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Hardship Distributions ,
Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Legislative Agendas ,
OSHA ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
SECURE Act ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Reform ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
On May 28, 2021, the Biden Administration released the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget, and the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposals,” which is commonly referred to as the “Green Book.” ...more
6/16/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Green Book ,
International Tax Issues ,
Like Kind Exchanges ,
NIIT ,
REIT ,
Section 1031 Exchange ,
Self-Employment Tax ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Reform ,
U.S. Treasury