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S-Corp Mod Bills Introduced!

Good news on a hot day in July! The 2016 version of the “S Corporation Modernization Act” has been introduced the House and the Senate. Led by Senators Thune (R-SD) and Cardin (D-MD) and Representatives Reichert (R-WA) and Kind (D-WI), the bill includes a half-dozen provisions designed to improve the rules that govern S corporations.

You can see the entire bill here
You can see the section-by-section analysis here
You can see the S-Corp press release here

Yesterday’s introduction of companion bills is the first time in a while that the S corporation community has had this important …

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admin2019-02-01T19:56:24+00:00July 14, 2016|

Thune Files S-CORP Amendment

More good news on the tax front. Senator John Thune (R-SD) has filed an amendment making permanent two key S corporation reforms. Joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Pat Roberts (R-KS), the Thune amendment would make permanent the shorter, five-year recognition period for built-in gains as well as an improved basis adjustment for charitable contributions by S corporations.

The text of the amendment is identical to the text of H.R. 4453 and H.R. 4454, legislation sponsored by Representatives Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Ron Kind (D-WI) that passed the Ways & Means Committee earlier this month and are due to be …

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admin2019-02-01T20:05:23+00:00May 15, 2014|

New Tax Writers

The Senate last week announced the new members of the tax-writing Finance Committee. The announcement followed several weeks of negotiations over committee ratios of Democrats to Republicans, in addition to a related fight over amending Senate rules. The fact that committee assignments were announced on the same day that the Senate voted on some of those reforms is no coincidence.

As to the Finance assignments themselves, the Committee is getting one new Democrat and two new Republicans, bringing the Committee’s overall membership up to 24– an increase of one from last Congress, with 13 Democrats and 11 Republicans. The new members …

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admin2019-02-01T20:48:06+00:00February 1, 2011|