Dec 21, 2019 | Family Enterprise USA, Taxes
If you’ve seen the recent FEUSA/PATG presentation on Voter Sentiment and Tax Policy, you know we highlight the fact that most of the tax deals happen at the end of the year when Congress has a deadline and wants to leave town. It wasn’t much different this year as...
Dec 10, 2019 | Family Enterprise USA, Income Taxes
Great Britain’s top 1 percent are now paying more than a third of the country’s income taxes, according to a new study from the Institute for Fiscal Studies — painting a picture of a rather progressive U.K. tax system. Right now, more than two in five...
Dec 10, 2019 | Family Enterprise USA
Joe Biden All in all, Biden’s infrastructure plan adds up to $1.3 trillion, and the former vice president’s team promises that “every cent ” will come out of the wealthy’s pockets. The menu of tax-the-rich options includes...
Dec 10, 2019 | Estate Taxes, Family Enterprise USA, Taxes
Another week, another plethora of proposals to tax the rich. Most of these plans are from presidential aspirants, with an assist to outside groups who are more than happy to outline the various ways the taxation could be accomplished. Just this week we got an...
Oct 14, 2019 | Estate Taxes
I want to thank all of the Family Enterprise USA and Policy and Taxation Group members that flew into Washington, DC to participate in our combined Board Meetings and Capitol Hill visits. Having family business leaders join us on Capitol Hill as we explain the need...
Oct 14, 2019 | Estate Taxes
WEEKLY UPDATE This might sound strange, but I’ve always been fascinated by tax policy. Besides the need for general operating money, the tax code serves as a mechanism to encourage or discourage individual and corporate behavior. So it’s no surprise that two of the...
Sep 17, 2019 | Estate Taxes
I want to thank all of the Family Enterprise USA andPolicy and Taxation Group members that flew into Washington, DC to participate in our combined Board Meetings and Capitol Hill visits. Having family business leaders join us on Capitol Hill as we explain the need...
Sep 17, 2019 | Estate Taxes
Pat Soldano will be speaking at IvyFON on September 17, 2019 in Newport Beach, CA; see link for location and agenda; http://ivyfon.com/sep17forum/agenda.htmlTopic: Family Businesses; Voters Concerns; Legislative SolutionsPolicy and Taxation Group/ Family Enterprise...
Jul 29, 2019 | Estate Taxes
The big legislative news this week is the sweeping budget deal President Donald Trump, and congressional leaders reached to increase the debt limit through 2021, thus averting a default on U.S. payments, and lifting stiff budget caps that were set to take effect this...
Jul 16, 2019 | Estate Taxes
It took a while, but the dueling letters” by the wealthy to either tax them more or figure out better ways to create wealth opportunities for others has just gotten another response. While it will come as no surprise as to where the Washington Post editorial board...
