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The IRS Proposes Generous Rules For Opportunity Zone Investors But What Will They Mean For Communities?

Last Friday, the IRS published its first set of proposed regulations for Opportunity Zones, a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), that...
October 23, 2018Brett TheodosSteven M. RosenthalBrady Meixell
Business Taxes: TaxVox

Treasury’s New Pass-Through Rules Double Down On The Deduction’s Regressivity

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) contains a special 20-percent individual income tax deduction for owners of pass-through businesses that was always going to...
August 14, 2018Steven M. Rosenthal
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Delta, Guns, And Economic Development Tax Breaks

Delta Airlines announces it is cancelling its affinity program with the National Rifle Association. In retaliation, Georgia’s lieutenant governor says he’ll try to kill a...
March 1, 2018Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

My Favorite (Expired) Tax Breaks

And now, for a lighter look at tax extenders, here’s a song that borrows the tune of The Sound of Music’s “My Favorite Things.” If you’re looking for something more serious, check out Len Burman’s TaxVox thoughts on the issue . My Favorite (Expired) Tax Breaks Special deductions of teachers’
December 1, 2014Roberton C. Williams