Aug 10, 2022 | In The News, Income Taxes, Taxes
Join other hard-working American taxpayers in asking Congress to stop the estate tax from killing jobs and family-owned businesses. The Senate voted to pass the $750 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on Aug. 7, concluding a marathon session that began the night...
May 11, 2022 | Budget Deficit, In The News, Income Taxes, Taxes
Congressional Tax Staffers Outline Agenda. Several senior staffers on the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee—Andrew Grossman, Courtney Connell, Derek Theurer and Tiffany Smith—participated in a conference on tax legislation and regulatory...
Mar 10, 2022 | Family Enterprise USA, In The News, Taxes
BBBA Comeback? President Biden’s first State of the Union address appears to have reignited discussions around a revised version of the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), though the president did not reference the legislation by name. During his address, President Biden...
Feb 10, 2022 | Budget Deficit, Family Enterprise USA, In The News, Taxes
Have Your Voice Heard in Congress. Please Take Action Today!!! Build Back Better Reboot. Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), the House Ways and Means Committee chair, and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), chair of Senate Finance Committee, are cautiously optimistic negotiations over the...
Feb 4, 2022 | Budget Deficit, Family Enterprise USA, In The News, Income Taxes, Taxes
Have Your Voice Heard in Congress. Please Take Action Today!!! Latest BBBA Update: SALT and CTC. In addition to the American Rescue Plan Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) was the primary legislative focus in 2021. In...
Jan 14, 2022 | Estate Taxes, Family Enterprise USA, In The News, Taxes
Have Your Voice Heard in Congress. Please Take Action Today!!! Tax Tidbit Budget Reconciliation: By the Numbers. Since 1980, Congress has passed 26 budget reconciliation bills, 22 of which have become law. During 11 of those 41 years, Congress did not pass any budget...
Dec 8, 2021 | Family Enterprise USA, In The News, Income Taxes, Taxes
Have Your Voice Heard in Congress. Please Take Action Today!!! Tax Tidbit Build Back Better Timeline. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has consistently said for months that he wants the Senate to approve the Build Back Better Act before Christmas. He now...
May 18, 2021 | Estate Taxes, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, In The News, Income Taxes, Taxes
On Wednesday, May 12, the House Ways & Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee held a hearing titled “Funding Our Nation’s Priorities: Reforming the Tax Code’s Advantageous Treatment of the Wealthy.” The following witnesses testified at...
Jan 20, 2021 | COVID-19, Family Businesses, In The News
TAX TIDBIT Advancing the Biden Tax Policy Agenda. With Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock winning both Senate runoff elections in Georgia last week, the Senate will be evenly divided 50-50 this Congress. A newly sworn-in Vice President Kamala Harris will give Democrats...
Jun 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Business Stories, Family Business Survey, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, Presentation
Family Enterprise USA’s 2020 survey sheds light on factors that family business owners see as obstacles to growth. Legislators must know what is important to family business owners — what helps or hurts them when it comes to operating their businesses and creating...
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...
