Capital Letters

2020 “top ten” developments includes societal health and racial justice issues, the election, valuation of interests in entities, and more.

There is not much new, but some significant affirmations of the old, in the compilation of guidance projects the Treasury and the IRS have announced their intention to focus on for the next seven months.

These 2019 “top ten” developments cover a variety of subjects, such as valuation, powerto tax, calculation of tax, income tax deductions, retirement planning, and wills. Dear Readers Who Follow Washington […]

For ten years, what might have seemed like routine and orderly tax guidance has fallen prey to a flood of interruptions and distractions, but it can still achieve substantive successes. […]

These 2018 “top ten” developments cover a variety of subjects and foreshadow several developments to watch for in 2019 and future years.

Proposed regulations should prevent “clawback,” but won’t prevent further discussion.

The Treasury-IRS Priority Guidance Plan for the 12 months ending June 30, 2019, confirms and clarifies the preview offered by the OMB’s government-wide agenda.

The accessible agenda for tax regulations has a different look this time, but the analysis of the history of the current projects, sometimes going back as far as 34 years, is much the same.

Paradigm shifts, plus politics as usual.

Treasury’s second response to White House directives announces the pending withdrawal of the controversial proposed regulations under section 2704.