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Senators Gordon Smith and Blanche Lincoln Introduce the BOOST Act!

Congress is back in session, and we’ve got good news! Senators Smith and Lincoln yesterday introduced S. 3857, the “Bringing Opportunities to Our Small-Business Taxpayers (BOOST)” Act. This legislation is designed to help all closely held businesses continue to grow and thrive. For our S-CORP members, the BOOST Act contains an entire section devoted to S-CORP priorities, including provisions to make it easier businesses to convert to S corporation status and provisions to increase S-CORP access to capital by reducing ownership restrictions on S corporations.

Combined with previous bills introduced by Congressman Clay Shaw (H.R. 4421), Congressman Jim Ramstad (H.R. 2239), …

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admin2019-02-06T18:47:19+00:00September 7, 2006|

Tax Bill Action Moves to the Senate

Following late Friday night and early Saturday morning votes in the House on the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and the Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006, attention now turns to the Senate and whether the Senate will be able to pass these measures. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) intends to bring up the package including the estate tax, extension of expiring tax provisions like the Research and Experiment tax credit, and the minimum wage increase first, with the pension bill to follow. He’ll need 60 votes for either package to clear the Senate. As …

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admin2019-02-06T18:47:19+00:00August 1, 2006|

So Little Time, So Many Tax Bills

Congress has about six weeks left of session before it leaves for the mid-term elections and a very full list of unfinished items on the agenda. Just on the tax front, there is possible action on:

changes to the estate tax rules
reform of our pension system
extension of expiring tax provisions like the R&E tax credit
a potential energy tax package
and a possible increase in the minimum wage bill combined with small business tax provisions.

While we would never close the door on full consideration of each of these items, the closer we get to the election and a very probable lame-duck session of …

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admin2019-02-06T18:47:19+00:00July 18, 2006|