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New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland claim the state and local tax deduction is essential to prevent federal tax powers from interfering with constitutionally guaranteed state rights.
July 17 -
The proposed rules would clarify that an institutional investor could take part in a public-private partnership for a bond-financed project without making the bonds taxable.
June 11 -
Rising short-term rates and a lower corporate tax rate have already pushed some municipal issuers out of bank loans and back into the traditional muni space, analysts said.
May 21 -
GAO says Congress should consider giving SEC penalty authority over issuers, stripping Puerto Rico's triple-tax exemption,and expanding investor protection.
May 9 -
Vicky Tsilas, who most recently headed branch 5 in the IRS chief counsel’s office for more than a year and a half, was involved in numerous rulemakings and guidance for municipal bonds.
April 16 -
It's important and constructive to talk about these kinds of alternatives to advance refundings, market participants said.
April 4 -
The new tax law that terminated advance refundings of bonds after Dec. 31, 2017, does not specify that only "tax exempt" refundings are prohibited.
April 2 -
NABL favors shortening to seven from 14 days the advance notice requirement for a public hearing about the issuance of PABs.
March 7 -
Banks have a range of options to calculate "gross-up" provisions on direct placement bonds, which allow them to maintain their after-tax yield after this year's cut in corporate tax rates.
January 18Arent Fox -
Many provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are punitive to tax exempt healthcare.
January 16McDermott Will & Emery