On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its own version of the tax provisions of H.R. 1, entitled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which the U.S. House of Representatives passed on May 22, 2025. The full U.S. Senate is expected to debate the Senate Proposal in the days ahead, where additional changes may be made.
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This year has been full of surprises in the global markets with Brexit, the Republicans’ win of the executive branch and continuing control of the legislative branch in the U.S. and the impact of the privatization of energy markets in Mexico. In this GT Alert, we are simply going to address two critical proposals
The Internal Revenue Service (the Service) issued guidance last month that will, practically speaking, make it slightly more difficult for entities to qualify as regulated investment companies (RICs) for federal income tax purposes.
Under current law, an SEC registered investment company may qualify as a RIC only if, inter alia, (i) 90 percent of
It has been over two years since the IRS came out with its initial position on the tax treatment of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies, but there has yet to be any follow-up on questions that this initial position has raised. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has written a letter to the IRS
As shown in a recent Texas case involving a financial technology (FinTech) business, the rapid advance of online professional services is colliding with states that impose sales tax on cloud computing or data processing. With limited exceptions, states generally do not impose sales tax on most professional services; however, some states are casting their nets
In recent years, states have become more and more aggressive in pursuing unclaimed property as a means of increasing revenue without increasing taxes. States have enacted and modified unclaimed property legislation expanding the scope of what constitutes escheatable property, shortening applicable holding periods and intensifying audit efforts. Heightened attention on unclaimed property has resulted in