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Estate Tax & PAYGO

The House is scheduled to take up a Paygo bill — short for b”pay-as-you-go” — this week that makes room for an estate tax fix. Paygo was established back in 1990 as a means of controlling the Federal deficit. Under Paygo, any increase in the deficit, either by a reduction in revenues or an increase in mandatory spending, must either be fully offset or it will be added to the Paygo scorecard and possibly trigger an across-the-board spending cut (called sequestration) at the end of the fiscal year.

Of…

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admin2019-02-06T17:21:56+00:00July 21, 2009|

House Releases Health Care Legislation

As expected, House Leadership released its health care reform plan yesterday — America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (H.R. 3200). As you can imagine, there are any number of provisions to explore in a 1000-page health care bill, but for S corporations, the big four items appear to be:

The new health insurance exchange;
The surtax on high income individuals;
The health insurance tax credit for smaller firms; and
The payroll tax penalty for non-participating firms.

Supporters of the plan argue that the combination of the health care exchange and …

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admin2019-02-06T17:21:56+00:00July 15, 2009|

S-Corp Priorities Included in Small Business Tax Relief Bill

Just prior to the July 4^th break, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced a package of small-business friendly tax provisions, including one of our S-CORP priorities – built-in gains relief! Specifically, the legislation (S. 1381) includes:

Reducing the BIG holding period from 10 to 5 years;
Providing a 20 percent deduction for flow-through business income for businesses with less than $50 million in annual gross receipts; and
Increasing Section 179 expensing, lowering corporate rates, exempting …

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admin2019-02-06T17:21:56+00:00July 9, 2009|

S-Corp Modernization Bill Introduced in the House

Good news! Last week, S-CORP Champion Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the “S Corporation Modernization Act of 2009.” Joining Congressman Kind in sponsoring the legislation were fellow Ways & Means Committee Members Wally Herger (R-CA), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Dave Reichert (R-WA).

The legislation is the companion bill to legislation (S.996) introduced in the Senate earlier this year, and represents the priorities of the S Corporation Association for the 111^th Congress, including a provision to make permanent the built-in …

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admin2019-02-06T17:21:56+00:00June 25, 2009|

Obama’s Tax Plans Take Shape

President Obama released a 140-page outline of his budget today that reflects his revenue and spending priorities for the next couple of years.

Chief among these is a major change in federal health care policies. As made clear in his speech to Congress the other day, health care reform is first among the several big reforms on the table and his budget sets aside $634 billion of the estimated $1 trillion he plans to spend on the plan.

To raise the $634 billion, Obama calls for: 1) limiting itemized deductions for …

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admin2019-02-06T17:22:35+00:00February 26, 2009|