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S-CORP Briefs Tax Team on 199A Study

Earlier today S-CORP President Brian Reardon was on Capitol Hill to brief members of the Main Street Tax Team on our new study that quantifies the economic footprint of the Section 199A deduction.

Congressman Lloyd Smucker, Chair of the Main Street Tax Team and lead sponsor of our 199A permanence bill in the House, led the meeting and was joined by Representatives Ron Estes of Kansas, Greg Murphy of North Carolina, and Kevin Hern of Oklahoma. Representative Murphy recently hosted us for a roundtable event in his home state of

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2024-09-10T18:05:02+00:00September 10, 2024|

Millions of Jobs at Risk without Section 199A

Today, S-Corp released its latest study in support of the Section 199A deduction for small and family-owned businesses.  Authored by Robert Carroll at EY, the study focuses on the economic footprint of the 199A deduction and answers the question: “Just how much economic activity is supported by Section 199A?”

You can access the full report here:  As it states:

This report estimates the US economic activity – jobs, employee compensation, and gross domestic product (GDP) – supported by the Section 199A deduction in 2024. Specifically, this analysis provides a snapshot of the economic activity supported at businesses directly benefitting from the

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2024-10-10T15:42:09+00:00September 9, 2024|

Smucker Leads 199A Roundtable in Pennsylvania

Yesterday, S-Corp and its Main Street allies headed to southern Pennsylvania for a Tax Team event hosted by Representative Lloyd Smucker. Smucker represents the state’s eleventh congressional district and also serves as the Chair of the Main Street Tax Team. Yesterday’s event was part of the process initiated by Ways & Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) to create various Tax Teams tasked with identifying legislative solutions to avert the 2025 fiscal cliff.

Attended by several dozen local business owners, congressional staff, press, and national trade association representatives, the event kicked off

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2024-08-02T12:32:46+00:00August 2, 2024|

Tax Teams and Section 199A

A couple of quick updates on the Ways & Means “Tax Team” front. First, the Main Street Employers Coalition today submitted comments making the case for a permanent Section 199A pass-through deduction.

The letter is addressed to the Main Street Tax Team, one of ten teams organized by Ways & Means Chairman Jason Smith to identify solutions to the 2025 fiscal cliff, and it covers the various key aspects of the 199A debate – why the provision is important, how Congress should define parity, why can’t family businesses just convert, etc.  As the letter notes:

The Main Street Employers Coalition (MSEC)

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2024-07-11T13:35:44+00:00July 11, 2024|

Elusive Tax Cheats

More evidence the campaign to target high-income taxpayers with more audits isn’t going too well. A new report by the Inspector General for Tax Administration at the Treasury Department (TIGTA) suggests the expanded audits are failing to raise the promised revenue.  Here’s the WSJ’s take:

Unlike bank robbers, IRS auditors tend to look where the money isn’t. That’s what happened after the agency started scrutinizing more tax returns from the wealthiest Americans. A new report says increased targeting of these taxpayers was hugely ineffective.

The policy, launched in 2020 by former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, required the IRS to audit

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2024-07-09T12:27:32+00:00July 9, 2024|