Ways and Means - The S Corporation Association

Study Shows S Corps Pay Their Fair Share… And Then Some

Today, the National Federation of Independent Business and the S Corporation Association released a new study showing that S corporations pay the highest effective rates of any business type.

The study, authored by Quantria Strategies, LLC, compares the tax burden different business entities will shoulder in 2013 and finds that S corporations will pay the highest average effective tax rate (31.6 percent of their income), followed by partnerships (29.4 percent), C corporations (17.8 percent) and Sole Proprietorships (15.1 percent).

The results of this study come at a critical time for tax reform. Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp and Finance Committee …

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admin2019-02-01T20:08:24+00:00August 7, 2013|

S-CORP Testifies

S corporation tax policy took center stage on the Hill earlier this month.

Carrying the S-CORP flag before the House Ways and Means Select Revenue Subcommittee was Tom Nichols, the Chairman of S-CORP’s Board of Advisors. The hearing focused on pass through business taxation issues and, in particular, the merits and shortcomings of the “Pass Through Draft” that Chairman Camp released earlier this year.

From the beginning, Tom’s testimony hit the high notes of the advocacy we’ve been conducting for the past two years:

“Tax Reform needs to be …

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admin2019-02-01T20:08:24+00:00May 29, 2013|

More Support for S Corp Modernization!

More groups are coming out in support for the provisions contained in H.R. 892, the S Corporation Modernization Act of 2013, sponsored by S-Corp champions Representatives Reichert (R-WA) and Kind (D-WI).

As you recall, S Corporation Modernization made up a significant part of Option One of the Ways & Means Pass-Through Discussion Draft. Now, a group of 19 business groups, including the National Federation of Independent Business, the National Restaurant Association, the National Roofing Contractors, the Printing Industries of America, and the S Corporation Association sent a letter to Congress expressing their strong support for the modernization of outdated S …

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admin2019-02-01T20:08:24+00:00April 17, 2013|

Ways & Means Draft Strengthens S Corps

The Ways & Means Committee today released another in a series of “discussion drafts” outlining their plans for tax reform. This latest draft focuses on how to tax pass-through businesses — those businesses organized as S corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietorships — under a reformed code.In response to the draft, the S Corporation Association today released the following statement:

“The S Corporation Association strongly applauds Chairman Camp and the Committee for their efforts.

The Chairman is committed to a comprehensive reform of the tax code, and he’s made clear that the Committee intends to conduct this reform in a transparent and …

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admin2019-02-01T20:08:24+00:00March 12, 2013|

Built-In Gains Relief in Fiscal Cliff Deal

Happy New Year everyone!

As everyone knows, the President signed into law H.R. 8, the so-called mini deal addressing the fiscal cliff yesterday.

The agreement was the result of negotiations between Vice President Biden and Senate Republican Leader McConnell and effectively reduces tax revenues over the next ten years by just short of $4 trillion dollars.

It passed the Senate easily early New Year’s morning by an 89-8 vote and then, after a little drama with the House Republican conference, passed that body on a much closer 257-167 vote that evening.

For S corporations, the package is a mixed blessing. Under the agreement, top …

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admin2019-02-01T20:11:48+00:00January 3, 2013|