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Senate Finance Committee Provides Congressional Intent Behind TCJA Concepts

The Senate Finance Committee Republicans sent a letter to Treasury asking that its guidance on provisions of the Tax Cuts and Job Act reflect congressional intent. The letter specifically identified three errors to be corrected by technical correction legislation: the effective date of the net operating loss carryforwards and carrybacks should begin after December 31, 2017; qualified...

Brady Anticipates Legislative Outline of Tax Reform 2.0 in Early August

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, at a Washington Post event held on June 26th, stated that Committee Republicans would begin circulating a draft of the next tax package after the July 4th holiday, followed by the release of an outline of the tax cut package in early August and a vote in the fall.  Brady sees the next round of tax cuts as a package of multiple bills...

House Provides a Fix for the “Grain Glitch” with Passage of the Omnibus Spending Bill

Today, Congress approved an omnibus spending bill, a step toward averting a government shutdown that would otherwise occur this evening. The bill includes a fix to the so-called “grain glitch,” which addresses a technical error in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that allows farmers who sell grain to cooperatives to have a lower tax liability than those who sell to other purchasers. In...