The Washington Wire - The S Corporation Association

The Ryan Budget & Taxes

The budget introduced in the House today calls for a couple broad items on the tax front. First, it calls for extending all the tax provisions set to expire January 1^st. That’s the rate cliff we’ve been warning S corporations about for the past couple months. Marty Feldstein made the case clearly this week in the Financial Times as to why Congress needs to act:

But the most important cloud on the horizon is the large tax increase that will occur next year unless legislation is passed to block it. The Congressional Budget Office predicts that, under current law, the …

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Tiberi Introduces Bonus Depreciation Bill

This week Ways and Means Member Pat Tiberi (R-OH), one of our more vocal S-Corp champions, introduced legislation (H.R. 4196) to extend 100 percent bonus depreciation through the rest of this year. Bonus depreciation allows businesses of all sizes to immediately expense the cost of property purchased and placed into service. S-Corp Advisor Tom Nichols spoke of the advantages of expensing in his testimony before the Ways and Means hearing last week.

“Probably the most important of these proposals for most closely-held businesses would be the possibility of extending and/or expanding the option of expensing investments in capital equipment under, …

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admin2019-02-01T20:21:28+00:00March 16, 2012|

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|

Taxing Business Investment

Our position on tax reform is simple and outlined in the letter 45 business groups sent to Congress last fall:

Pursue comprehensive reform that includes both the corporate and individual tax codes;
Keep the top rates on corporate and individual income low and at the same level; and
Continue to reduce the incidence of the double tax on business income.

This last principle is premised on the idea that the pass-through structure is the correct way to tax business income, as Eric Toder told the Senate Finance Committee last year:

Senator Snowe: I appreciate that. Does either one of you want to comment, Dr. …

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Administration Offers Corporate Tax Reform

The Administration released its outline for “business” tax reform today. Described by its authors as more than a set of principles but less than a fully-realized plan, the 22-page joint Treasury-White House release raises more questions for us than it answers.

Core to the plan is a reduction in the top corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 percent. Pass-through businesses would not benefit from the rate reduction. Manufacturing businesses would see a further reduction down to 25 percent through the use of a manufacturing deduction. Advanced manufacturing would receive a yet more generous deduction.

To offset the cost of the lower …

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admin2019-02-01T20:21:28+00:00February 22, 2012|