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A Tale of Two Speeches

The president gave his State of the Union speech last Tuesday, while his Secretary of Treasury spoke to the Brookings Institution the following morning. The president didn’t mention tax reform, whereas Lew devoted nearly his entire speech to building the case for action this year. It was a head-scratching juxtaposition that still has us wondering if Treasury and the White House are on speaking terms these days.

You can read the president’s speech here
You can watch the Lew speech here

Lew’s speech in particular is worth watching. His focus was on the tax reform “framework” Treasury put forward three …

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admin2019-02-01T20:00:11+00:00January 26, 2015|

S-CORP Testifies

S corporation tax policy took center stage on the Hill earlier this month.

Carrying the S-CORP flag before the House Ways and Means Select Revenue Subcommittee was Tom Nichols, the Chairman of S-CORP’s Board of Advisors. The hearing focused on pass through business taxation issues and, in particular, the merits and shortcomings of the “Pass Through Draft” that Chairman Camp released earlier this year.

From the beginning, Tom’s testimony hit the high notes of the advocacy we’ve been conducting for the past two years:

“Tax Reform needs to be …

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admin2019-02-01T20:08:24+00:00May 29, 2013|

Ways and Means Hearing

S-corporation taxation took center stage on the Hill last week.

Carrying the S-Corp flag before the House Ways and Means Committee was Association Advisor Tom Nichols of Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C. Tom had been invited to represent the S Corporation Association and testify at a hearing entitled “Tax Treatment of Closely-Held Businesses in the Context of Tax Reform” along with five other witnesses representing other trade groups and academia. Tom’s testimony made clear to the tax writers what we’d like to see when they pursue tax reform:

“As much as possible, …

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admin2019-02-01T20:21:28+00:00March 13, 2012|