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President Trump is meeting with Republican lawmakers to discuss potential tax code changes, including a proposal to eliminate the carried interest tax break. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the...more
As part of its “America First Trade Policy,” the White House is exploring an arcane IRS provision that allows the United States to double the tax rates of foreign companies and individuals....more
Recently (January 15th) I celebrated my sixty fifth birthday. Where did the time go? If my East German father Willy Wolfgang Nowotny were still with us, I could hear him say, “Too soon old, too late smart.” While I was never...more
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
On August 8, 2020, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster.” The order directed the Secretary of the Treasury to use...more
On August 8, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order, directing the U.S. Treasury to grant employers the ability to defer the withholding, deposit and payment of certain payroll taxes as further COVID-19 tax relief....more
Under the CARES Act passed on March 27, 2020, Congress allowed employers and self-employed workers to defer payment of their portion of Social Security taxes that will accrue between March 27 and December 31, 2020. Fifty...more
A Succinct Summary of the Key Tax Provisions - On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (colloquially, the “CARES Act” or the “Act”). The CARES Act is a...more
On March 13, 2020, President Trump issued an emergency declaration that, in part, instructed the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) to provide taxpayers with “relief from tax deadlines” due to the impact of the...more
Last week, in a pair of notices released under President Trump’s March 13, 2020 Emergency Declaration relating to the coronavirus pandemic, the IRS and the Treasury Department offered relief for tax return filing and tax...more
On March 13, 2020, President Trump issued an emergency declaration, which in part instructed the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) to provide taxpayers with “relief from tax deadlines” due to the impact of the...more
Late on Friday, December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law government funding legislation for the 2020 fiscal year that includes a provision repealing Section 512(a)(7), commonly referred to as the “parking tax.”...more
Congress returns to Washington this week after the Thanksgiving recess to find a feast of leftover legislative items still on the table. Congress has a limited number of days remaining on the 2019 legislative calendar to...more
Recognizing the devastating effects of Hurricane Florence, President Trump on September 10, 2018 declared that an emergency exists in the State of South Carolina and ordered federal assistance to be available beginning...more
In Notice 2018-54, the IRS has notified taxpayers that proposed regulations are forthcoming which will deny state attempts to convert a taxpayer’s state and local tax obligations to a charitable deduction in order to avoid...more
On March 23, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (the “Appropriations Act”) was signed into law by President Trump. Included in the Appropriations Act were certain tax law provisions, including technical corrections to the...more
Technical corrections to the partnership audit rules were included in the 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act signed by President Trump on March 23rd (the “Appropriations Act”). ...more
On Wednesday, the Illinois Department of Revenue (Department) issued additional guidance concerning its treatment of the new deemed repatriated foreign earnings provisions found in Internal Revenue Code Section 965, enacted...more
More than 25 years after the IRS announced its position that foreign partners were subject to tax on the gain from the sale of the partnership interests, the Tax Court decided in favor of taxpayers. ...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”) modifies Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) by expanding the definition of “subpart F income” of United States shareholders (“U.S. shareholder”) for the last tax...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) creates the need for tax planning with respect to several major life-changing activities individuals may encounter, including marriage, divorce, home ownership, casualty losses, medical...more
La "Ley de reducción de impuestos y empleos" (la "Ley") tiene una provisión que requiere que los Contribuyentes Estadounidenses que poseen el 10% o más de una Corporación Controlada Extranjera (Controlled Foreign...more
The “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Act") has a provision requiring U.S. Shareholder Taxpayers that own 10% or more of a Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) and other “Specified Foreign Corporations” to pay a “transition tax”....more
On January 10th, 11th and 18th our tax attorneys ?hosted a "CPA Shoptalk" seminar in ?Portland, Vancouver and Bend. Below are ?some key takeaways to consider... 1. Partnership Audit Rules Post-TEFRA - The Balanced...more
As it did last year, the IRS has extended the deadline for furnishing Forms 1095-B and 1095-C to individuals by 30 days. This reprieve will allow employers, health insurers, and other plan sponsors to distribute the forms on...more