Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization is a performance metric that is frequently used as a measure of a firm's ability to generate cash and service its debt. However, EBITDA is neither an element of generally accepted accounting principles nor a product of the international financial reporting standards, which makes it difficult to compare across companies.
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Democrats, GOP spar over Treasury rules on Trump tax law | TheHill
Democrats argued that Treasury Department regulations were overly favorable to businesses as a result of lobbying from corporations.
Republicans, however, defended the Treasury Department's rule-making process and pushed back against the idea that the regulations will lead to additional increases in the deficit.
Trump's 2017 tax law cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, created a 20-percent deduction for income from noncorporate businesses known as pass-throughs, and made significant changes to the taxation of U.S. corporations' foreign earnings. No Democrats voted for the measure because they thought the law was too generous to corporations and wealthy individuals.
Proposed IRS 162(M) Regulations Effect Executive Compensation Arrangements | Womble Bond
Prior to the Act, Code Section 162(m) capped the tax deductible compensation paid to a public company’s CEO and three other most highly compensated executive officers (excluding the CFO) (“Covered Employees”) at $1,000,000, with an exemption for qualifying performance-based compensation. Covered Employees were determined based upon employment on the last day of a company’s taxable year.
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The Proposed Regulations largely confirm the preliminary guidance issued by the IRS in Notice 2018-68 and also address several new points:
MILLIONS AT STAKE: San Marcos poised for substantial loss with proposed tax changes | San Marcos
The Texas Comptroller's office is considering making sales tax revenue changes, which would adversely effect the City of San Marcos and its agreement with the Best Buy Call Center. Above, the Best Buy Call Center is located at 900 Bugg Ln. Daily Record photo by Lance Winter
City leaders — including City of San Marcos staff, the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce and Greater San Marcos Partnership — have dire concerns about proposed tax code changes, which would redirect where sales tax revenue goes for online sales.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Trump: Slashing regulations boosted economy more than tax cuts
President Trump declared today that his war on Obama-era regulations has done more than his tax cuts have to fuel the booming economy.
In an interview with Geraldo Rivera, Trump boasted, "I will tell you, a big part of our recovery, bigger even than the tax cuts, were the regulation cuts."
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump promised to cut two Obama-era regulations for every new one he proposed.
In fact, the administration has done far better than that goal. The latest Competitive Enterprise Institute audit of regulations found that the administration has cut far more than two for every new one.
Potential Tax Traps of the SECURE Act - TheStreet
One of the most impactful pieces of financial legislation in more than a decade was signed into law by President Donald J. Trump at the end of 2019. Financial advisers and investors alike began 2020 with a list of questions on the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, or the SECURE Act, attempting to discern the advantages and disadvantages of the legislation and what actions may be required both to protect investors and to maximize opportunities presented by the act.
IBOR Transition: Proposed US Federal Tax Regulations
On October 8, 2019, the US Internal Revenue Service released proposed regulations addressing the US federal tax consequences of replacing an interbank offered rate (IBOR) with a successor rate.
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This trendy tax play is making its way to financial advisors
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which went into effect in 2018, established so-called qualified opportunity zones — economically disadvantaged areas across the country.
Funds specializing in qualified opportunity zones allow people to invest in these communities and receive a raft of tax advantages if they hold the investment for a minimum of five years.
Investors have put $6.72 billion into these funds as of Jan. 9, according to data from Novogradac. The accounting firm, which specializes in real estate, surveyed 292 funds.
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