House Republicans on the evening of March 6 unveiled their much anticipated Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replacement legislation. A markup of The American Health Care Act is scheduled in the Ways and Means Committee for Wednesday, March 8. “It is going to
Read more →Former Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs Robert Stack discussed IRS resources and tax regulations at the March 3 Federal Bar Association’s 41st Annual Tax Law Conference in Washington, D.C. Stack expressed criticism of the Trump administration’s recent proposals to cut IRS funding and inhibit
Read more →House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Tex., touted the House GOP “Better Way” tax reform Blueprint on February 3 at the International Tax Policy Forum (ITPF) and Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) Conference on tax competition in Washington, D.C. Brady delivered the
Read more →House Ways and Means Committee Democrats on February 8 sent a letter to colleagues urging against a GOP lawmaker’s effort to undo controversial Code Sec. 385 debt-equity regulations. The letter, authored by Ways and Means ranking member Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., and Tax Policy Subcommittee ranking member
Read more →National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina E. Olson on January 10 released the NTA 2016 Annual Report to Congress. In the report, Olson recommended that the IRS revamp its “Future State” plan in order to adopt a taxpayer-centric focus and urged Congress to emphasize simplification when it considers
Read more →House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said on January 10 that repeal and replacement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be concurrent. At the same time, some Democratic lawmakers questioned what will be included in any ACA replacement. “We will use every tool at
Read more →INTERNATIONAL Global trade continued to increase throughout 2016 and with it, increasing attempts to find loopholes and other advantages within applicable Internal Revenue Code Sections. All but a few IRS regulations released throughout 2016 carried the consistent goal of plugging loopholes. And in response to a major
Read more →Throughout the fourth quarter of 2016, the IRS announced a variety of inflation-adjusted tax amounts for use in 2017. Some amounts have increased from 2016 to 2017, others have remained the same due to rounding rules in calculating inflation. Here is a sampling of the over 100
Read more →Although Congress did not pass any large tax bills in 2016, lawmakers did agree on a number of specific tax measures. In March, President Obama signed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125), which included an increase in the penalty for failure to
Read more →The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2017 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2017, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups
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