Tax Law and International Tax Law

The 89th Texas legislative session—which runs from Jan. 14 through June 2—has been active. One of the most awaited items on the tax front is whether the state will extend and modify the Texas Research and Development Credit (R&D Credit), which is currently set to expire on Dec. 31, 2026.

Sales tax and fee cases continued the trend in favor of insureds, with a merits victory in the Sixth Circuit and a class certification victory in an Ohio state court.

On March 27, 2025, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 1 (the "Build Up Mississippi Act"), reducing the income tax rate from 2027 through 2030...

The Obama administration submitted a budget proposal on Feb. 13 with trillions of dollars in proposed tax changes. The tax platform in the budget proposal is largely an amalgamation of provisions from earlier legislative initiatives and previous budgets, but it does include several significant new proposals affecting high-income individuals and multinational taxpayers.

On February 14, 2011, the Obama Administration Fiscal Year 2012 Budget and the Department of the Treasury "General Explanations of the Administration’s FY2012 Revenue Proposals" (the "Budget") were released.

The fiscal 2012 state budget proposed by Governor Malloy includes a provision to increase the resident user fee (provider tax) for nursing homes.

Whatever one may believe about climate change, there is no denying that there has been a series of natural disasters over the past decade. Most recent was the devastation of the January 2025 fires in Southern California.

While the estate and gift tax exemption is at an all time high in 2025, this could change dramatically in 2026. Accordingly, for 2025, please consider the following updates and planning considerations.

Many people may feel taxed to death, but it's actually more than that. After you die, there may still be taxes to pay. Death can be a tax-triggering event. And there are two you should be aware of: the estate tax.

Riveron's M&A Tax and Transaction Services experts have observed the latest changes and evolving trends related to US trade and tariff policies and have participated in several discussions on the potential impacts.

The IRS has issued guidance endorsing a muscular approach to the application of "periodic adjustments" provisions. Those provisions authorize IRS adjustments of a taxpayer's pricing for transfers of high-value intangibles, including platform contribution transactions, for taxable years after the year of transfer, based on the actual, realized profitability of those intangibles in those later years

Federal courts next year are set to decide several cases that could shape how international tax planners will account for uncertainty and enforcement risks in 2025 and beyond.