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Executive Benefits at Non-Profits after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Image

Executive Benefits at Non-Profits after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Lawrence L. Bell

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made significant changes to certain Internal Revenue Code provisions dealing with highly compensated employees. Among these are restrictions (in the form of excise taxes) on compensation of certain highly paid employees of “applicable tax-exempt organizations.”

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — How It Affects Real Estate Image

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — How It Affects Real Estate

Peter M. Fass

<b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>The Tax Act is the most sweeping change to the U.S. federal income tax laws since 1986. This and future articles discuss the individual tax and business tax provisions that affect real estate investment and investors in real estate.

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Loan-Out Corporations after Tax Reform and CA Supreme Court Decision in 'Dynamex' Image

Loan-Out Corporations after Tax Reform and CA Supreme Court Decision in 'Dynamex'

Robert M. Jason

The tax reform bill signed by President Trump at the end of 2017 has caused us to take a fresh look at many long-held assumptions about how to take into account income taxes in planning for the entertainment industry. At the same time, the California Supreme Court recently decided a case that has the potential to eviscerate loan-out corporations entirely. This article discusses loan-out corporations in light of these two important developments.

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The Tax-Exempt Entity's Property and a Lessee's Private Purpose Image

The Tax-Exempt Entity's Property and a Lessee's Private Purpose

Janice G. Inman

When a tax-exempt property's use by a lessee involves an element of private profit. Is the tax-exempt status lost?

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<i>Online Extra:</i> How the Supreme Court's Online Sales Tax Case Could Affect Law Firms Image

<i>Online Extra:</i> How the Supreme Court's Online Sales Tax Case Could Affect Law Firms

Marcia Coyle

A tax nightmare could face big law firms and other multistate service providers if the U.S. Supreme Court this term requires retailers to collect sales taxes in states where the business has no physical presence.

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New Federal Tax Act Gives New Life, and Twists, to Treatment of Film, TV and Stage Productions Image

New Federal Tax Act Gives New Life, and Twists, to Treatment of Film, TV and Stage Productions

Thomas D. Selz & Bernard C. Topper Jr.

Section 181 of the IRC has provided benefits to both producers of movies and television programs and — under pass-through legal structures such as limited liability companies — to their investors. Now, with the enactment of the sweeping new federal tax law, §181 has been given new life, with a couple of additional benefits and a couple of additional twists.

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The Basics When Reviewing a Real Estate Tax Provision Image

The Basics When Reviewing a Real Estate Tax Provision

Mark Morfopoulos

There are several clauses that rarely find their way into a landlord's initial draft of the lease that may be beneficial to a tenant. In addition, certain real estate tax provisions that are typically included in a landlord's standard lease form need to be carefully reviewed to make sure they are fair to both the landlord and the tenant.

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Taxing Questions for Law Firms Looking to Benefit in the New Regime Image

Taxing Questions for Law Firms Looking to Benefit in the New Regime

Meredith Hobbs

The new law offers two obvious potential benefits: a 20% deduction for pass-through entities such as partnerships, and a 21% tax on corporations.

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Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Law Firms Image

Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Law Firms

Marcus Dyer

This article describes the provisions of the Act most likely to impact law firms.

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Tax on Excess Tax-Exempt Org. Executive Compensation Image

Tax on Excess Tax-Exempt Org. Executive Compensation

Lawrence L. Bell

Under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, should certain employees of a tax-exempt organization receive compensation greater than $1,000,000 during the tax year from any combination of a tax-exempt organization and/or its related organizations, the organizations would be subject to an excise tax on that employee's compensation in proportion to their payments to the employee.

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