The Washington Wire Archive - The S Corporation Association

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|

New Year – New Challenges

Happy New Year! As we’re preparing for the new Congress and the new challenges it brings, we would like to once again thank you for your continued support of the S Corporation Association and to emphasize the important work we do in defense of the S-Corp community.

Perhaps the best that can be said about 2010 is that it showed consistent improvement. The year started with a horrible economy and policy clouds on the horizon. And though some of those policies were enacted – the new 3.8 percent tax on S corporation income, for example – many were defeated and the …

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admin2019-02-04T15:46:13+00:00January 18, 2011|

2-Year Extension Set to Pass

Here’s an early Christmas present — the Senate voted this afternoon 81-19 to move forward on the tax deal cut between President Obama and congressional Republicans. We expect the package to pass intact early tomorrow.

For S corporations, the package means the top tax rate on S corporations remains at 35 percent and rates on capital gains and dividends remain at 15 percent for the next two years. On the estate tax front, the plan calls for a top rate of 35 percent and an exemption of $5 million per spouse.

Democratic opposition in the House is coalescing around the estate tax …

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admin2019-02-04T15:47:03+00:00December 15, 2010|

Rate Debate is All But Over

Another interesting week in our nation’s capital. The big news is the tax deal struck between Congressional Republicans and the White House. We expect this deal to pass, with few changes, either next week or when Congress returns the first couple weeks in January. Here are some useful summaries and the legislative text if you’re interested:

The Senate is going to take the package up on Monday and should pass it Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. It then goes to the House, where it faces an angry liberal caucus and …

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admin2019-02-04T15:47:03+00:00December 10, 2010|

Latest on Rate Debate

Congress and the Administration continue to move through the three-step dance necessary to come to closure on the debate over extending expiring tax provisions.

Step 1 took place two weeks ago when the Democratic and Republican leadership met with President Obama. The meeting didn’t result in any agreements, but it did move the ball forward when both sides agreed to appoint six negotiators to begin talks — Treasury Secretary Geithner, OMB Director Lew, House members Van Hollen (D-MD) and Camp (R-MI), and Senators Baucus (D-MT) and Kyl (R-AZ).

Those negotiators have been meeting regularly and any agreement they reach would act as …

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admin2019-02-04T15:47:03+00:00December 6, 2010|