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Tax Reform Blueprint Expected to Include 25% Tax Rate for Pass-Through Entities

The GOP tax reform framework is expected to include a new 25% tax rate for “pass-through” businesses, so named because profits and losses transfer directly to the entity’s owners.  Income earned through pass-through businesses is currently taxed at individual income rates as high as 39.6%.  President Trump is scheduled to announce his tax reform plan, which will also...

GOP to Release Tax Reform Framework

The top Republican tax negotiators are expected to unveil a broad set of agreed tax reform principles prior to the Congressional recess.  The anticipated framework is the result of ongoing deliberations between the “big six”:  Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, House Ways and Means Committee chairman Kevin Brady, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Finance Committee chairman...