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GOP Leadership Fight Will Continue, Implications for Tax Reform

Well that didn’t go as planned.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s surprising withdrawal from the Speaker’s race Thursday put an end to John Boehner’s carefully orchestrated plan to pass a raft of difficult bills this month, turn over the Speakers’ gavel to McCarthy on the 29^th, and ride off into the sunset.

We still expect Boehner to successfully negotiate deals on spending, debt limit and highways, but where does all the turmoil leave tax policy? Our friends at Tax Notes asked around and got this response:

Tax observers said McCarthy’s withdrawal makes it more difficult to achieve any kind of complicated tax legislation …

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admin2019-02-01T19:59:04+00:00October 9, 2015|

Recap of a Busy Week in Tax Policy

Patent/Innovation Box

Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) and Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) unveiled their proposed “innovation box” legislation aimed at keeping intellectual property registered in the United States. The bill would lower the rate on qualified income from patents and intellectual property to 10 percent, but only for firms with domestic R&E expenses. Similar laws already exist in Europe, and there are signals that this could become part of a Ways and Means international tax package later this year. Here’s Chairman Ryan on the proposal:

The proposal from Reps. Boustany and Neal can help us stem the tide and protect good American jobs. It …

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admin2019-02-01T19:59:04+00:00July 31, 2015|

Highway Funding and Tax Extenders Update

Highway Debate Continues

Last week, we reported on the House’s adoption of a highway trust fund (HTF) extension through December. This extension is the first step of Chairman Paul Ryan’s plan to combine a longer term HTF extension with key international tax reforms.

Meanwhile, Senate leaders want to act now, not in December, on a longer-term extension. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) support a six-year highway deal which has offsets for the first three years, but does not include international tax reform. The Senate voted 62-36 Thursday morning to begin debate on the measure.

So …

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admin2019-02-01T19:59:05+00:00July 24, 2015|

Senate Finance Working Groups Release Reports

The Senate Finance Working Groups reports are done and publicly available! Many congrats to the Committee members and their staff for continuing the progress on tax reform. You can check out the reports here. The Business Income Tax report drafted by Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) is the one of most interest to us. We have to admit, the first few pages were bit a disappointing, as the introduction could lend the impression that pass through taxation (multiple business entities) is somehow a bad thing.

Our tax system also promotes inefficiency by incentivizing businesses to make decisions …

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admin2019-02-01T19:59:05+00:00July 10, 2015|

S Corp News Clips

More on Tax Reform

We’ve previously commented on Chairman Paul Ryan’s desire to do as much as he can this Congress to lay the groundwork for comprehensive tax reform in 2017. Now, in the Wall Street Journal, he gives us a better sense of what that groundwork looks like.

“There’s a big difference between our view and the president’s view. He believes we should have higher tax rates on individuals. We think they should be lower. And when eight out of 10 businesses in America are what we call pass-throughs, LLCs, sole proprietors, sub S corporations, their top effective tax right …

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admin2019-02-01T19:59:05+00:00June 26, 2015|