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S Corp Provisions on House Floor

Last Friday, longtime S-CORP allies Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced two pieces of legislation – H.R. 629 and H.R. 630 – to extend tax provisions critical to America’s 4.6 million S corporations.

The bills would make permanent the five-year built-in gains holding period as well as a basis adjustment fix for S corporations making charitable contributions. They build off the momentum from last Congress when identical bills successfully passed the House with broad bipartisan support. These provisions are ones that we’ve championed for years, and go a long way towards making the tax …

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admin2019-02-01T20:00:11+00:00February 3, 2015|

Highway Bill, Extenders, and the Tax Outlook for the Rest of the Year

The pending debate over highway spending has tax implications and the pass-through business community should pay attention.

The Highway Trust Fund will run out of money in the next couple weeks and both the Senate and the House are planning a two-step response — a short-term patch that will keep highway projects funded into next year and then longer bills that would establish highway policy for the next couple years.

How to allocate all those dollars for roads and bridges is always a complicated and politically charged affair. So is how to pay for it. Finance and Ways and Means both are …

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admin2019-02-01T20:05:23+00:00July 9, 2014|

Thune Files S-CORP Amendment

More good news on the tax front. Senator John Thune (R-SD) has filed an amendment making permanent two key S corporation reforms. Joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Pat Roberts (R-KS), the Thune amendment would make permanent the shorter, five-year recognition period for built-in gains as well as an improved basis adjustment for charitable contributions by S corporations.

The text of the amendment is identical to the text of H.R. 4453 and H.R. 4454, legislation sponsored by Representatives Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Ron Kind (D-WI) that passed the Ways & Means Committee earlier this month and are due to be …

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admin2019-02-01T20:05:23+00:00May 15, 2014|

Ways & Means Votes for Permanent BIG Relief!

Earlier today, the House Ways and Means Committee voted out a number of business-friendly tax provisions, including two S corporation reforms introduced by Reps. Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Ron Kind (D-WI). You can click here to watch the video of the markup in its entirety.

The first bill (H.R. 4453) makes permanent a five-year built-in gains recognition period while the latter (H.R. 4454) does the same with a basis adjustment for charitable giving by S corporations. Both provisions were included in Chairman Camp’s tax reform draft and were voted out of Committee with comfortable majorities.

In a related effort, two dozen …

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admin2019-02-01T20:05:23+00:00April 29, 2014|

Extenders in Play

Tax extenders have gone from the back bench to a starring role in recent weeks. The latest news is that the Ways and Means Committee will hold a markup next Tuesday where they will consider seven separate bills to make permanent certain extender items – including the built in gains tax relief provision and the basis adjustment for S corporation donations that were originally included in Chairman Camp’s tax reform discussion draft. According to our friends at Politico:

EXTENDERS BUZZ. Congress is back next week and the House Ways and Means Committee is kicking up its review of the …

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admin2019-02-01T20:05:24+00:00April 25, 2014|