

Mark Luscombe, JD, LLM, a CPA and attorney, is the principal federal tax analyst for the company and is a key member of the CCH Tax Legislation team tracking and analyzing legislation before Congress. Luscombe is the current chair of the Important Developments Subcommittee of the Partnership Committee of the American Bar Association Tax Section and regularly speaks on a wide range of tax topics. In addition, Luscombe co-authors a biweekly tax strategies column for the respected professional publication Accounting Today and authors a monthly tax trends column for TAXES magazine. Prior to joining CCH, he was in private practice for almost 20 years with several Chicago-area law firms where he specialized in taxation.Luscombe offers a thorough understanding and analysis of federal tax, its application and its impact on both the individual and corporate taxpayer.
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The Inflation Reduction Act introduced new requirements to receive larger credit amounts for many of the extended and new clean energy credit and deduction provisions.
December 29 -
There are several tax items that one or both parties would like to see enacted.
November 8 -
An extra $80 billion over 10 years will have major repercussions — though not necessarily the expected ones.
October 18 -
A look inside some of the green energy and energy-efficiency provisions of the new legislation, and what they'll mean going forward.
September 12 -
With the House expected to take up the bill soon, here are its important details.
August 11 -
The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp. estimates that the SFA program will insure solvency for the multiemployer pension insurance program at least through 2051.
July 26 -
With two congressional recesses and an election coming up, time is running out.
June 20 -
From the tax practitioner perspective, filing season did not look so rosy.
May 23 -
An inside look at the provisions of the new bill as it makes its way to the Senate.
April 22 -
New rules from the IRS around required minimum distributions address changes from the SECURE Act.
March 29