Tax Strategies

The president and Republican congressional leaders see a narrow opening for compromise on infrastructure spending yet significant obstacles remain, particularly on tax increases.

Three Democratic senators introduced legislation that would stop the tax breaks used by private equity money managers and others.

Financial executives are eyeing tax changes expected in the Biden administration, demands for more environmental, social and governance reporting, and diversity efforts.

Congressional Democrats have reintroduced legislation in the House and Senate to shed more light on the use of corporate tax havens and incentives for outsourcing jobs abroad.

Affluent clients can use wealth and retirement strategies to blunt the impact of the administration’s proposals, which include a higher capital gains rate.

Any changes to inheritance tax would feed into the broader upheaval that is coming to taxation in the world’s major economies.

April's hiring shortfall stiffened Republican opposition to the tax increases on the wealthy and corporations that are a central part of the administration's package.

The president's plan for increased tax audits of the wealthy and corporations is a major funding source for his economic-investment proposals.

With the tax recognition deadline of Dec. 31, 2026, still in place, taxpayers who wish to invest unrecognized gains in QOZs need to do so prior to Dec. 31, 2021, in order to obtain any step-up in basis benefit.

The fate of the administration’s $4 trillion economic vision now rests with the lawmakers in a narrowly divided Congress.