Christine Walizer, Author at The S Corporation Association

Administration Budget

The President’s budget is out and, as usual, it includes a number of retread proposals to hike taxes on pass-through businesses, including the Buffett Tax and a big hike in the capital gains tax. We’ve dealt with these in the past.

There is, however, a new tax hike directly targeted at the Main Street Employer next door – an expansion of the Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) to include all S corporation shareholders and other pass-through business owners.

The NIIT was enacted to help pay for the Affordable Care Act and is designed to tax the investment income of taxpayers …

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admin2019-02-01T19:56:25+00:00February 9, 2016|

Our Chairman’s New Year Message

2015 was a terrific year for the S Corporation Association. We saw the shorter, five-year built-in gains recognition period made permanent, we organized the Main Street business community into a coherent advocacy force, and we successfully blocked misguided efforts to enact President Obama’s corporate-only tax reform plan.

For 2016, our goal is to build on these successes to ensure more legislative wins this year and beyond.

That means educating policymakers on how taxes on S corps already went up sharply in 2013 and working to enact legislation to repeal that tax hike.
It means building out our pass-through business coalition to ensure that …

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admin2016-01-22T17:43:11+00:00January 22, 2016|

Permanent Built-In Gains Relief Passes Congress!

After fifteen years of advocacy, one stimulus bill and three extenders, permanent built-in gains relief is just one short ride down Pennsylvania Avenue away from becoming law!

That’s because the Senate just voted 65-33 on passage of a tax extender bill that included numerous provisions important to the Main Street business community, clearing the way for it to go to the President’s desk, where he plans to sign it.

Getting these provisions made permanent is, to paraphrase Donald Trump, a HUGE deal, and should be the cause of celebration for businesses and tax professionals alike at holiday time. As Politico noted …

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admin2019-02-01T19:59:03+00:00December 18, 2015|

Permanent Built-In Gains in Extender Package

Negotiators agreed to a package of tax and a package of spending provisions last night, and the big news (pun intended) is that the 5-year recognition period for built-in gains (BIG) – something S-Corp has been championing for more than a decade – is made permanent in the tax package! We’re also happy to see that another priority, a basis adjustment to ensure S corporation owners can receive full charitable deductions on contributions, is also made permanent in this package!

The process from here is that the packages introduced last night will be held over for a couple days so members …

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admin2019-02-01T19:59:03+00:00December 16, 2015|

S-CORP Testifies

Ahead of the extender deadline, S-Corp was on the Hill testifying yesterday that Congress needs to act to end the extender roller coaster and make permanent these provisions, including the built-in gains relief that affects so many of our S corporations. At a hearing hosted by the House Small Business Committee entitled “Tax Extenders and Small Businesses as Employers of Choice” S-Corp was represented by Tom Nichols, Chairman of our Board of Advisors.

Tom opened his remarks by highlighting the important role pass-through businesses play …

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admin2019-02-01T19:59:03+00:00December 4, 2015|