House to Immediately Consider Senate-Passed Version of Small Business Bill

House Speaker Nancy previous hitPelosinext hit (D-Calif.) said Sept. 16 the House would immediately consider a Senate-passed small business lending and tax incentives bill (H.R. 5297) despite its…

BNA INSIGHTS: Covered Asset Acquisition Proposal: Sanctioning International Double Taxation?

Proposed legislation in the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 (H.R. 4213; hereinafter the “Bill”) would deny…

Carried Interest Tax Increase, S Corporation Curbs Softened in New Tax Extenders Proposal by Senate Finance Panel Chair Baucus

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) June 16 introduced a new substitute amendment (S. Amdt. 4369) to the tax extenders bill (H.R. 4213) that would…

House Passes Small Business Tax Cut, Defeats Attempt to Modify Health Law

The House voted 247-170 on a largely partisan basis June 15 to pass a small business tax relief bill (H.R. 5486), whose offsets also will be used to pay for…

Senate Majority Leader Reid Seeks to Limit Debate, Pass Tax Extenders Legislation by Week’s End

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) filed a motion June 14 to invoke cloture on the tax extenders bill (H.R. 4213) in an effort to complete the…

BNA INSIGHTS: President Obama’s 2011 Budget Would Change the Landscape of U.S. Savings Policy

Increasing savings and promoting retirement security are two long-standing goals of federal policy; an array of policies and programs exist to help…

BNA INSIGHTS: President’s 2011 Budget Would Change the Landscape of U.S. Savings Policy

Increasing savings and promoting retirement security are two long-standing goals of federal policy; an array of policies and programs exist to help households achieve those ends…

House Leaders Balk at Senate’s Proposed Changes to Tax Extenders Bill

Key House Democrats expressed opposition June 9 to changes the Senate is considering for the tax extenders bill (H.R. 4213), including the decision to scale back the tax increase on…

Senate Finance Committee Amends House-Brokered Tax Extenders Bill to Soften Carried Interest Tax Increase

The Senate began debate on an updated version of a tax extenders bill (H.R. 4213) June 8 that would scale back the tax increase on investment managers’ carried interest…

Top Dividends Tax Rate on Track to Jump to 68 Percent in 2011, Report Warns

The top tax rate on dividends will rise to 68 percent in 2011 when combined with the effects of the expiration of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, the new health care surtax, and the…

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