Tax Policy - The S Corporation Association

Rangel to Propose Corporate Rate Cut

The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel will likely introduce his “Mother of All Tax Bills” this week, a proposal marrying the repeal of the individual AMT with a cut in the top corporate rate to 30 or 31 percent.

How is he going to offset the revenue loss of all this tax relief? Here’s what we’re hearing:

Rate Increase on Upper Income Taxpayers;
Eliminate the Manufacturing Deduction;
Change the Rules Allocating Expenses on International Income;
Repeal LIFO (!);
Raise Tax Rates on Publicly Traded Partnerships and Hedge Funds.

Chairman …

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admin2019-02-06T18:44:36+00:00October 23, 2007|

AMT Dominates Tax Outlook

For the past few months, we’ve been tracking the progress, or lack thereof, of legislation to protect taxpayers from the growth of the Alternative Minimum Tax. The two principle points of tension were:

Conflicting approaches between the House and the Senate. The House, under the leadership of Chairman Charlie Rangel, was pressing to do something permanent. The Senate, on the other hand, made it clear that they were only interested in a one or two year “patch” to temporarily stem the growth of AMT taxpayers.
Conflicting approaches on how to offset the revenue impact of addressing the AMT, or whether to offset …

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admin2019-02-06T18:44:36+00:00October 18, 2007|

Death Tax Compromise Talks in Senate

At the Finance Committee markup last week on the Agriculture bill, Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) offered an amendment to make permanent changes to the estate tax.

The Kyl amendment would have created a new framework for future estate tax levies with a $5 million unified exemption (per spouse) and a two-tiered rate system: capital gains rates for estates up to $25 million and 30 percent rates for estates above $25 million.

In exchange for Senator Kyl withdrawing his amendment, Finance Committee Chairman Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) promised to hold hearings on the estate tax later this year followed by a markup of …

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admin2019-02-06T18:44:37+00:00October 11, 2007|

IRS Announces Simplified Process for Late S Corporation Elections

The IRS yesterday announced a new procedure designed to simplify the process for taxpayers wanting to request relief for late S corporation elections. According to the new procedure, companies will now be able to file their S corporation election form at the same time they file their taxes as an S corporation, provided they have a good reason for the late submission.

This is the latest of several simplifications the IRS and Treasury Departments have announced for the S corporation community in recent months.

The full text of the announcement can be found …

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admin2019-02-06T18:44:37+00:00October 10, 2007|

IRS Issues Guidance on S Corporation Rules and Definitions

Yesterday, the IRS released a set of proposed regulations to clarify S corporation family shareholder rules as well as definitions of “powers of appointment” and “potential current beneficiaries” of ESBTs. Changes were also made to Treasury regulations in accordance with the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996.

The IRS is encouraging public comments on these changes, which must be submitted to the IRS for review by Dec. 27, 2007. A hearing to discuss the proposed regulations is currently scheduled for Jan. 16, 2008 at 10:00am. Comments, …

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admin2019-02-06T18:44:37+00:00September 28, 2007|