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Baker Donelson

SALT Select Developments - May 2024

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State and local taxes impact almost every taxpayer, and developments in any one jurisdiction can be frequent and sometimes confusing. ln this newsletter edition, we will briefly summarize selected state and local tax (SALT)...more

Gray Reed

Phantom Income: The Spooky Side of Taxation

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There’s a hidden tax horror behind pass-through entities, cancellation of debt, and even prizes, winning, and awards: “phantom income.” It even sounds scary, right? And when it comes to one’s tax liability, it can be...more

Polsinelli

Beware, the IRS is Coming: More IRS Audits to Focus on High-Net Worth Individuals and Passthrough Entities

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After much anticipation, the IRS has finally announced a strategic operating plan to spend the nearly $80 billion in funds that it was allocated through the Inflation Reduction Act. Since this bill was signed, the new IRS...more

Sands Anderson PC

Update on Potential Tax Savings Opportunity: Virginia’s Pass-through Entity Tax and SALT Cap Deduction Workaround

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For individual owners of pass-through entities, such as partnerships, limited liability companies (“LLCs”), business trusts, and S Corporations, Virginia’s elective Pass-through Entity Tax (“PTET”) offers potential federal...more

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Choosing the Right Entity for Your Business

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What is the right entity for your new business? The default answer is often considered to be a corporation, as it provides the owner with protection from business debts and has a lower 21 percent federal tax rate. The...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

California Provides Path to Deduct State Income Tax for Calculating Federal Tax [UPDATED]

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In IRS Notice 2020-75, the IRS invited the states to circumvent the $10,000 limit on the deduction of state taxes by individuals, trusts, and estates for purposes of calculating federal income tax by permitting the states to...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

M&A Structuring Opportunities Utilizing State Level Pass-Through Entity Tax Regimes

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State-level pass-through entity tax (PTET) regimes offer structuring opportunities in M&A transactions involving S corporation targets. PTET regimes have been adopted by a growing number of states as a workaround to the...more

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Proposed Regulations Regarding the Aggregate Treatment for Pass-Through Owners of PFIC Stock

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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

Foster Garvey PC

The Oregon SALT Cap Workaround for Pass-Through Entities Is Finally Here – Governor Kate Brown Has Signed Senate Bill 727 Into Law

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Last fall, the IRS announced, with respect to pass-through entities (LLCs or other entities taxed as partnerships or S corporations), that, if state law allows or requires the entity itself to pay state and local taxes (which...more

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Wyden’s Billionaires Tax

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On October 27, 2021, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released draft legislation that would, if enacted, tax the roughly 700 wealthiest Americans on a modified mark-to-market basis by requiring them to pay...more

BakerHostetler

[Podcast] Bears & California's SALT Cap Workaround

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Matt Hunsaker gives an overview of the recently enacted passthrough workaround to the $10,000 state and local tax deduction cap....more

Kilpatrick

4 Key Takeaways | Mid-Year Tax Update

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On June 22, 2021, Kilpatrick Townsend Tax attorneys Lynn Fowler, Heather Preston, Rob Daily, and Jeff Reed participated in a mid-year tax update webinar hosted by the firm. The webinar discussed recent tax issues in the...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Legislation Enacting Work Around to Federal $10,000 SALT Deduction Limitation, but Governor Baker...

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On July 16, 2021, Governor Baker approved a $47.6 billion fiscal 2022 budget, but sent back a provision the Massachusetts Legislature passed creating a workaround for the federal cap on the state and local tax deduction. ...more

Sullivan & Worcester

SALT Cap Workaround and Other Tax Provisions in the Pending Massachusetts FY22 Budget

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On Friday, July 9, the Massachusetts Legislature voted in favor of the Conference Committee’s revised fiscal year 2022 (FY22) budget bill, House No. 4002[1] (budget bill). The Governor has until Monday, July 19 to either...more

Smith Anderson

Gain Without Pain: Qualified Small Business Stock and Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code

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With the prospect of an increase in capital gain income tax rates looming on the horizon, what could be more welcome than an exclusion of 100% of gain from income? That is exactly what Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Pending Changes to Illinois Tax Laws Include SALT Workaround

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Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation that is both good news and bad news for Illinois taxpayers. The good news is that, if approved by Gov. Pritzker, Illinois taxpayers will be able to take advantage of a workaround...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New York State Enacts Elective Pass-through Entity Tax as a SALT Deduction Limitation Workaround

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In April 2021, New York State enacted legislation providing for a new elective pass-through entity (PTE) tax on partnerships and Subchapter S corporations. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act generally limits an individual’s...more

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Increased Funding Would Support IRS Drive To Audit More Partnerships and Wealthy Individuals

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More — and more rigorous — IRS examinations are coming. The Biden administration is committed to closing the “tax gap” (the difference between taxes owed and taxes actually paid on time). Increased enforcement efforts are...more

Blank Rome LLP

New York State Enacts Pass-Through Entity Tax as SALT Limitation Workaround

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On April 19, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation that creates a New York Pass-Through Entity Tax, effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. This consequential tax legislation,...more

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New York State Budget Agreement Includes a Pass-Through Entity Tax as a SALT Workaround

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On Wednesday, April 7, 2021, the New York Legislature reached an agreement with Governor Andrew Cuomo for the fiscal year 2021-2022 state budget. The agreed-upon budget package includes a number of revenue raisers ...more

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South Carolina May Join Other States to Provide State and Local Tax Cap Workaround

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) imposed a $10,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes for tax years 2018-2025.  While corporations are not subject to the cap, business owners who pay state and...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Good News for Owners of Connecticut Pass-Through Entities

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2020-75 on November 9, 2020, which validates the federal income tax deductibility of the payment of the Connecticut Pass-Through Entity Tax (the “PET”)....more

Lowndes

New Treasury and IRS Regulations Bless SALT Deductions for Pass-through Entities

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Monday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a press release and related notice regarding proposed regulations which clarify that the $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT)...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Nine Biden Tax Proposals to Know as We Near Election Day

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We’re roughly a month from Election Day, and I think it’s safe to say many Americans have strong opinions about who should be our President for the next four years.  I also think it’s safe to say taxes are not the top...more

Morgan Lewis

NJ Enacts Elective Pass-Through Business Tax to Limit Federal Cap Impact on SALT Deduction

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New Jersey recently enacted the “Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Act,” which allows pass-through businesses with at least one member liable for the New Jersey gross income tax to make an election to pay income...more

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