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S-CORP Clips | Week of December 12

A compilation of the business tax related stories that caught our eye

Hatch Tax Reform Report

For weeks, there had been K Street rumors of a “secret” tax reform plan being put together by in-coming Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT). Apparently, the “Comprehensive Tax Reform for 2015 and Beyond” report released yesterday is it, although it’s not so much a plan as an analysis of the current code and the challenges policymakers will face in reforming it. After a quick review, it’s obvious the Finance Republican staff spent an enormous amount of time and effort putting this together and it …

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admin2014-12-12T16:22:29+00:00December 12, 2014|

Highway Bill, Extenders, and the Tax Outlook for the Rest of the Year

The pending debate over highway spending has tax implications and the pass-through business community should pay attention.

The Highway Trust Fund will run out of money in the next couple weeks and both the Senate and the House are planning a two-step response — a short-term patch that will keep highway projects funded into next year and then longer bills that would establish highway policy for the next couple years.

How to allocate all those dollars for roads and bridges is always a complicated and politically charged affair. So is how to pay for it. Finance and Ways and Means both are …

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admin2019-02-01T20:05:23+00:00July 9, 2014|

BIG Tax Relief on House Floor

It’s a big week for S corporations! The House is scheduled to vote on several small business tax items, including permanently higher section 179 expensing limits and S corporation modernization legislation too!

The S corporation bill, newly-named the S Corporation Permanent Tax Relief Act of 2014, will bundle together HR 4453 (permanent 5-year BIG period) and HR 4454 (basis adjustment for charitable contributions). We expect the bill to be considered by the Rules Committee later today with debate and a vote on the bill to take place Thursday.

Making the five-year recognition period for built in gains permanent has been an S-CORP …

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admin2019-02-01T20:05:23+00:00June 10, 2014|

Moving on Extenders

Extenders are back in play in the House and Senate. Finance Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) plans to release his package Monday, with amendments due on Tuesday and markup to begin on Wednesday.

Details of the Wyden plan are not available, but early indications are that his package will include most of the tax provisions that expired at the end of 2013 and that they will be extended for both 2014 and 2015. It doesn’t appear that the Chairman plans to offset the revenue loss of the package unless there are more modifications to the language than a simple date change.

Meanwhile, on …

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admin2019-02-01T20:05:24+00:00March 28, 2014|