The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Joseph N. Frabizzio | February 19, 2018
Many firms inadvertently neglect the long-term interests of their lawyers by failing to offer well-structured retirement plans. Even when the firm provides retirement and investment plans, many individual lawyers are unfamiliar with the options available to them for retirement savings.
By C. Ryan Barber | February 16, 2018
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has signed on to lobby for the Chinese solar panel manufacturer JinkoSolar Inc. as the company pushes to open a U.S. factory and lower tariffs on imported solar cells.
By Charles Toutant | February 16, 2018
Matrimonial litigators are bracing for big changes to their practice thanks to the overhaul of the U.S. tax code signed into law in late December.
By Josefa Velasquez | February 16, 2018
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's wide-ranging budget amendments, which mostly contain technical changes to legislative language, deal with a broad range of issues including taxes and early voting, and an amendment that would prohibit a defendant from being able to ask a jury to find a harmed individual's sexual orientation or gender expression to blame for a defendant's violent reaction.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Sidney Kess | February 16, 2018
Tax Tips columnist Sidney Kess writes: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) introduced a new write-off for owners of pass-through entities that runs from 2018 through 2025. There is much confusion about this new deduction and some clarification will need IRS guidance. Here is what is clear so far, how it impacts attorneys, and what needs IRS and/or Congress to explain further.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Richard A. Nessler | February 16, 2018
The honeymoon period for bitcoin is over. Not waiting for Congress to figure out what to do about virtual currency and how to regulate it, the Internal Revenue Service has fired the first shot across the bow of Coinbase, one of the world's largest bitcoin trading exchanges, by serving Coinbase with a John Doe summons seeking customer information.
By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida | February 16, 2018
Over objections that more money would flow away from public schools and that airport projects could be grounded, the House Ways and Means Committee approved a nearly $350 million tax package that would help farmers impacted by Hurricane Irma and lower a lease tax on businesses.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | February 15, 2018
A Delaware County hospital formerly operated as a nonprofit but later acquired by a for-profit corporation can no longer receive tax breaks reserved for nonprofit entities, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Marvin A. Kirsner | February 15, 2018
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provides a tax break for businesses conducted by pass-through entities (partnerships, LLC's and subchapter S corporations) which will allow a deduction of 20 percent of the business income, so that the owners will pay tax on only 80 percent of the business income.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kevin B. Scott | February 14, 2018
When the first version of the bill that would eventually become the Tax and Jobs Act of 2017 emerged, bond professionals were alarmed. The original House bill took several shots at tax-exempt bonds, most notably eliminating the ability to issue “private activity bonds” on a tax-exempt basis.
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