The House just passed a bill much more restrictive in IRS funding that Trump's administration proposal back in June 2025. Based on different sources, the bill allocates just $9.5 billion to the IRS—a 23% reduction from current funding levels. By comparison, even the Trump administration’s June proposal had suggested a $9.8 billion budget—already a 20%
Since Connecticut enacted the first Pass Through Entity (PTE) tax in April 2018, more States have enacted or proposed this tax tool. It was around 14 in June 2021, around 30 in January 2023 and at the date of this article is 36 States and one localty (NYC) according to the AICPA listing (link below).
The New York PTE tax follows several other states in availing itself of the IRS’ guidance in Notice 2020-75, which permits the use of PTE tax regimes like New Jersey and Connecticut previously. With the new PTE tax in place, eligible entities that elect to be taxed at the entity level will now be able
