Senate Bill Anticipated Later This Week; House Begins Markup of Their Tax Reform Legislation
Posted on Nov 6, 2017 in News, State and Local Tax
The House Ways and Means Committee began marking up the GOP tax bill this afternoon, and the process is expected to continue until Thursday. The markup will start with opening statements and then amendments are expected to be introduced throughout the week by Chairman Kevin Brady. With the floor open to Democrats, discussions and amendments are anticipated to focus on the...
Joint Committee on Taxation Releases Description of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Posted on Nov 6, 2017 in News
The Joint Committee on Taxation has published the description of the House’s recently released tax legislation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which contains an explanation of the various bill provisions. The House Committee on Ways and Means has scheduled a markup on November 6, 2017. 2017 Read the full report. Read the description of the amendment.
House Ways and Means Committee Releases Amendment in the Form of a Substitute to Tax Reform Bill
Posted on Nov 3, 2017 in News
The House Ways and Means Committee released an amended version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Among other changes, the amended bill no longer contains a limitations on treaty benefits provision for deductible related party payments. Read the revised bill here.
House Releases Tax Bill Titled “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”
Posted on Nov 2, 2017 in News
The House Ways and Means Committee released the first draft of their tax reform legislation, titled “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” The Senate is expected to release their draft legislation before Thanksgiving. Read the section-by-section summary and the text of the bill
Corporate Tax Reforms Proposed by House’s Tax Bill
Posted on Nov 2, 2017 in News
The tax bill released by the House Ways and Means Committee offers three major changes to corporate tax legislation. First, businesses will be able to immediately deduct qualified property for five years. The deduction is no longer limited to taxpayers that had “original use” of the property. The bill excludes from the definition of qualified property any property used by a regulated...
Rates Proposed by House’s Tax Bill
Posted on Nov 2, 2017 in News, Pass-through Taxation
The tax bill released by the House Ways and Means Committee proposes significant changes to both individual and corporate rates. The corporate tax rate will be lowered from 35% to 20% while the rate on “pass-through” businesses will be lowered to 25%. On the individual side, tax rates will be consolidated into four brackets: 12%, 25%, 35% and 39.6%. Read more: Policy Highlights –...
Delayed Tax Reform Bill Is Expected To Be Released Thursday
Posted on Nov 1, 2017 in News
Kevin Brady, the Republican chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, stated that the tax reform bill will be released on Thursday. The bill was originally slated to be released today but there are still several unsettled matters related to the plan, such as the in threshold for the top marginal individual tax rate. The Ways and Means Committee remains set to mark up the bill on...
Set Phasers to Stun: Corporate Tax Cuts May Be Delayed Under Phase-in Plan
Posted on Oct 31, 2017 in News
An unnamed member of the House Ways and Means Committee stated Monday that the Committee is discussing a phase-in plan for the corporate tax-rate cut. In response, Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said only that the Committee preferred an option with no phase-in. Both President Trump and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin also expressed their preference for an...
Even with Concession on Property Tax Deductions, Tax Bill Aimed for Wednesday Release Faces Early Opposition
Posted on Oct 30, 2017 in News, State and Local Tax
Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced that the House’s tax plan will allow individuals to deduct their state and local property taxes from their federal returns, “to help taxpayers with local tax burdens,” although not their state and local income or sales taxes. However, the National Association of Home Builders has already voiced its opposition to the...
State and Local Tax Deduction Presents a Potential Roadblock to Tax Reform
Posted on Oct 25, 2017 in News, State and Local Tax
Republican leaders are counting on a swift vote on the budget in order to meet their end-of-year deadline for passing tax reform. However, House Republicans from high-tax states like New York, California, Illinois, and New Jersey indicated that they might not vote to pass the budget on Thursday unless they receive a guarantee that tax reform will not eliminate the State and Local Tax...
“Trick or Treat?: Top House Republicans Discuss Timing for Release of Tax Reform Bill”
Posted on Oct 24, 2017 in Uncategorized
Yesterday, Rep. Mark Meadows, Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, revealed that he has been promised that the text of the tax reform bill will be published by November 3rd; he expects a vote on the legislation prior to Thanksgiving. Rep. Kevin Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee that is currently drafting the legislation, offered a less-specific timeline, saying...
Republican Tax Reform Framework, but No Legislation, Reportedly Coming in September
Posted on Aug 14, 2017 in News
Sources indicate that the Trump administration expects the “Big Six” will release a short three- to five-page document in September outlining a plan for reforming the US tax code. The document will likely not be accompanied by legislation, previously targeted for September, but instead could serve to outline areas of agreement between the White House, Senate, and Congress. Neither the...
House Ways and Means Committee Democrats Critical of Republicans’ Joint Statement on Tax Reform
Posted on Jul 28, 2017 in News
In response to Congressional Republicans’ and the Trump Administration’s unveiling of their joint statement on taxes, several Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee issued condemnatory press releases: Ranking Member Richard Neal expressed his disappointment over the Republicans’ decision to exclude Democrats from the tax reform process, stating that partisan tax...
Joint Statement on Tax Reform Issued; BAT Abandoned
Posted on Jul 27, 2017 in Uncategorized
Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued a joint statement on tax reform that sets out a broad framework for moving forward on tax reform. Most notably,...
Roskam Announces Fourth House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Tax Reform
Posted on Jul 13, 2017 in News
Peter Roskam, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, has announced that the Committee will hold its fourth hearing on tax reform, titled “How Tax Reform will Simplify our Broken Tax Code and Help Individual Families,” on July 19th at 2:00 pm. The hearing will focus on simplifying the tax code, reducing the burden on American families and individuals, and...