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The President Signed Into Law The Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015



On Monday, June 29th of 2015 President Obama signed into law H.R. 1295 entitled “The Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015” (hereinafter “TPEA”) which not only extended a trade deal between the U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa but also included a number of tax-related provisions within the bill in connection to the Health Coverage Tax Credit (e.g., claimed on IRS Form 8885); the American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits (e.g., claimed on IRS Form 8863); and the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit (e.g., claimed on IRS Form 8863).

As a legislative synopsis from the Hill, the Senate approved TPEA by unanimous consent on June 24th of 2015 and within twenty four hours the House of Representatives on June 25th approved TPEA by a 286-to-138 margin. “I thought I’d start off the week with something we should do more often, a truly bipartisan bill signing,” President Obama said in a crowded East Room ceremony. Additionally, President Obama used the signing ceremony to push for further bipartisan legislation, particularly for a massive infrastructure bill that would help build new highways, airports and shipping ports.

The TPEA legislation can be accessed through the subsequent link at: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1295

 

 

Peter J. Scalise serves as the Federal Tax Credits & Incentives Practice Leader for Prager Metis CPAs, LLC a member of The Prager Metis International Group. Peter is a highly distinguished BIG 4 Alumni Tax Practice Leader and has approximately twenty years of progressive public accounting experience developing, managing and leading multi-million dollar tax advisory practices on both a regional and national level.

Peter is a highly acclaimed thought leader in the fields of accounting and taxation with deep subject matter expertise in connection to designing, implementing and defending sustainable methodologies for specialty tax incentives including, but not limited to, research tax incentives; orphan drug credits; therapeutic discovery credits; accounting methods and periods; energy tax incentives in connection to green building envelope efficiency and benchmarking, solar energy, bio energies, fuel cells, wind turbines, micro turbines, and geothermal systems; and comprehensive fixed asset analysis incorporating principles of construction tax planning, cost segregation analysis and the final treasury regulations governing tangible property.

Peter is a renowned keynote speaker and an extensively published author on specialty tax incentives, tax controversy matters, and legislative updates from Capitol Hill for NAREIT, AGRION, USGBC, AICPA, ASTP, NATP, ABA, AIA, and TEI. Peter serves as a member of the Tax Faculty for CPAacademy, iShade and TaxConnections University (“TCU”). Peter serves on both the Board of Directors and Board of Editors for The American Society of Tax Professionals (“ASTP”) and is the Founding President and Chairman of The Northeastern Region Tax Roundtable.

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