The House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees have been instructed to develop legislation that increases spending on families and renewable energy and offset the cost of those changes through tax increases. What increases will be considered and how much additional tax they will raise is scheduled to be determined during September, with a stated goal of finalizing legislation by the end of the month.

Eide Bailly’s tax legislation team, along with National Tax office specialists, will explore the progress of this legislation in a series of webinars on September 17 and September 24 (registration is needed for both webinars).

Learning Objectives:

• Review the tax proposals on the table, their chances of enactment and outlook for modification
• Explore their potential effect on individuals and businesses
• Discuss the political forces that will determine whether a proposal will become law
• Outline what could be coming next

This registration is for part one.

Presenter:
Mel Schwarz, JD, CPA, Director of Legislative Affairs | Eide Bailly
Mel has over 37 years of experience specializing in legislative affairs, including development and implementation of tax legislation at the national level. He spent 6 years on the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation and has served as the chairman of the Tax Legislation Committee of the AICPA. He spends his time at the capitol meeting with legislators, listening in on updates impacting tax processes and procedures and providing timely updates and education on issues and opportunities impacting clients. He is a sought-after speaker for many AICPA, TEI and FEI conferences.

Jay Heflin, Assistant Legislative Director | Eide Bailly
Jay brings more than two decades of legislative experience to his job as Assistant Director of Tax Legislative Affairs in Eide Bailly’s Washington D.C. office. In his current position, Jay provides political intelligence and tax legislative guidance to the firm on the progress of tax legislation on Capitol Hill. Prior to joining the firm, he was a director at the tax lobbying shop Federal Policy Group, LLC, where he tracked tax legislation in Congress and participated in lobbying efforts to amend tax legislation. Before joining the Federal Policy Group, he was a Congressional reporter for several news organizations where his beat was tax policy. Prior to becoming a reporter, Jay worked as an accountant where he prepared several tax returns. He graduated from Butler University with a B.S. in Accounting.