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Agreement on Budget Resolution Clears Another Hurdle in Congressional Effort to Pass Tax Reform

  • April 16, 2025
Last week, Congressional Republicans made significant progress in their efforts to advance President Donald Trump’s tax and spending priorities, with House Republicans agreeing to the 70-page budget blueprint that lays out a fiscal framework for implementing the president’s border security, defense, energy and tax priorities.
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The Latest Target on CRE:  The Business/Corporate State and Local Tax Deduction

  • March 19, 2025
Whether at the local, state or federal level, the commercial real estate industry is accustomed to being targeted for tax increases. As the saying goes, “commercial real estate doesn’t vote.” It should not be a surprise to anyone, then, that we are an attractive  place for politicians to look to when they are seeking more money to address a problem. The latest example of this is at the federal level, where members of congressional tax-writing committees are seriously considering eliminating or capping the current tax deduction for state and local taxes paid by businesses.
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Presidential Campaign Promises Lead to a Busy First 100 Days

  • March 5, 2025
It is normal for the first 100 days of a new administration to create a lot of activity in Washington, but the first six weeks of President Donald Trump’s administration are proving to be busier than normal – and with looming deadlines ahead, things do not appear to be slowing down.
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Scott Jennings on Political and Policy Trends in the New Administration

  • February 20, 2025
A new year always generates a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill, and a new presidential administration amplifies the flurry into a whirlwind of new policies, initiatives, personnel and more. During NAIOP’s Chapter Leadership and Legislative Retreat (CL&LR) earlier this month in Washington, D.C., members had the opportunity to hear from Scott Jennings, who has extensive experience as both a presidential advisor and political analyst.
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2025 Legislative Expectations within State Capitols

  • January 15, 2025
State lawmakers have started to return to their respective state capitols to begin the lawmaking process following the 2024 election. While the election resulted in a few shifts of political control in some chambers between Republicans and Democrats, the “status quo” was essentially maintained according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. This would imply a more a predictable and business-as-usual session within state capitols on the issues with one exception: the return of President-elect Trump to Washington, D.C.
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Bipartisan Property Conversion Incentive Legislation Introduced

  • July 17, 2024
Just prior to leaving for this week’s congressional recess, Republicans and Democrats in Congress worked together to introduce bipartisan legislation furthering one of NAIOP’s top legislative priorities. The Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act (H.R. 9002) was introduced last Thursday with 12 original cosponsors – six Republicans and six Democrats, all members of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee.
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Supreme Court Reins in Federal Agency Power

  • July 10, 2024
The Supreme Court has certainly garnered its share of attention for several of its rulings this last term, but none is likely to have more of an impact on business, including commercial real estate, than its opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, issued on June 28.
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House Ways and Means Committee Majority Forms Tax Teams in Preparation for 2025 Tax Reform

  • June 5, 2024
Most current federal tax rates will expire at the end of 2025 and the winner of the presidential election in November will have to work with a new Congress to address a series of tax and fiscal challenges next year.
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