October 18, 2018

    Tax Law

    Letters & Testimony

    The ABA frequently corresponds with Members of Congress, the Executive Branch and other governmental bodies and testifies before Congress on matters of importance to the administration of justice and the legal profession.

    115th Congress

    1/16/18
    House and Senate Appropriations Leaders
    ABA Urges Congress to Support Adequate IRS Funding for FY 2018

    12/13/17
    H.R. 1 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Conferees
    ABA Urges Conferees for H.R. 1 to Apply Pass-Through Tax Reductions to Professional Service Businesses

    11/28/17
    House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee
    ABA Letter in Support of Student Loan Interest Tax Deduction

    4/21/17
    House Ways and Means Committee
    ABA Letter in Opposition to Accrual Accounting

    4/21/17
    Senate Committee on Finance
    ABA Letter in Opposition to Accrual Accounting

    114th Congress

    9/14/16
    House Small Business Committee
    ABA Taxation Section Testifies on IRS Audits of Small Businesses

    4/26/16
    Senate Finance Committee
    ABA Reiterates Opposition to Harmful Tax Proposals Affecting Law Firms

    4/13/16
    House Subcommittee on Tax Policy
    ABA Reiterates Opposition to Harmful Tax Proposals Affecting Law Firms

    4/13/16
    House Committee on Ways and Means
    ABA Reiterates Opposition to Harmful Tax Proposals Affecting Law Firms

    4/13/16
    Senate Finance Committee
    ABA Reiterates Opposition to Harmful Tax Proposals Affecting Law Firms

    3/17/16
    House and Senate Appropriations Leaders
    ABA Urges Congress to Support Adequate IRS Funding for FY 2017

    12/16/15
    Internal Revenue Service
    ABA Opposes Proposed Rule on Donee Substantiation of Charitable Contributions

    4/6/15
    Senate Finance Committee
    ABA Urges Congress to Reject Harmful Tax Proposals Affecting Law Firms

    4/6/15
    House Committee on Ways and Means
    ABA Urges Congress to Reject Harmful Tax Proposals Affecting Law Firms

    113th Congress

    7/21/14
    House & Senate
    Letter supporting IRS funding for FY 2015 (Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Committee on Appropriations)

    7/10/14
    House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax & Capital Access
    ABA Supports Law Firms' Use of Cash Accounting, Warns of Proposed Tax on Phantom Income

    1/13/14
    House Ways & Means Committee
    ABA Urges Congress to Reject Burdensome New Tax Proposal Affecting Law Firms

    1/13/14
    Senate Finance Committee
    ABA Urges Congress to Reject Burdensome New Tax Proposal Affecting Law Firms

    11/19/13
    News Item Only (ABA Board of Governors)
    ABA Resolution Opposing Burdensome New Tax Proposal Affecting Law Firms

    112th Congress

    11/9/11
    House & Senate
    Letter supporting increased IRS funding for FY 2012 (Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Committee on Appropriations)

    3/16/11
    House & Senate
    Letter supporting increased IRS funding for FY 2011 and 2012 (Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Committee on Appropriations)

    111th Congress

    10/28/10
    Alabama State Bar
    Letter supporting the proposed Alabama Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights

    4/5/10
    House & Senate
    Letter supporting increased IRS funding for FY 2011 (Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Committee on Appropriations)

    4/14/09
    House & Senate
    Letter supporting increased IRS funding for FY 2010 (Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Committee on Appropriations)

    110th Congress

    4/29/08
    Senate
    Letter supporting increased IRS funding for FY 2009 (Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Committee on Appropriations)

    4/29/08
    House
    Letter supporting increased IRS funding for FY 2009 (Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Committee on Appropriations)

    109th Congress

    4/14/05
    House
    Written statement on the need for simplification of tax laws (Subcommittee on Oversight, Committeee on Ways and Means)

    4/14/05
    Senate
    Letter commenting on IRS funding (Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary and Housing and Urban Development, Committee on Appropriations)

    4/14/05
    House
    Letter commenting on IRS funding (Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary and Housing and Urban Development, Committee on Appropriations)