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On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act” or the “Act”).  The CARES Act makes significant changes tax related employment and employee benefits changes in the form of a number of relief provisions designed to mitigate the negative economic consequences of the novel…

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (Public Law No: 116-136, the “CARES Act” or the “Act”).  The CARES Act makes significant changes to the taxation of individuals and businesses in the form of a number of relief provisions designed to mitigate the negative economic…

Opportunity Zones (“OZs”) were added to the US Tax Code by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”).  OZs are economically-distressed communities where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment. Communities are nominated by the states and approved by the Treasury Department as designated OZs.

OZs are designed to…

On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”). The TCJA enacts a number of important tax changes, including some significant changes to the federal gift tax and the federal estate tax that take effect in 2018. Specifically, the TCJA doubles the amount of the “applicable exclusion amount” for…

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On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law H.R.1, also known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”). The TCJA makes the most significant and sweeping changes to the federal taxation of business and individuals in more than a generation.  Due to the unusual speed with which the TCJA went through…