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    Legislative Outlook
    Sep 27, 2017

    Ask the Insiders: What’s Going on With Tax Reform?

    It’s crunch time for Congress and the White House on what House Speaker Paul Ryan has called “once-in-a-generation tax reform.” Tax rates, deductions, and policies set in stone are up for negotiation for the first time in decades.

    Advocacy
    Apr 29, 2016

    Concord Announces National Committee Appointments

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Louisville, KY, April 29, 2016] — Concord announced today that Managing Member Dennis J. Stilger, Jr. has been named to committees of two major national engineering associations.

    Extenders
    Dec 11, 2015

    Work On Omnibus Bill Continues

    Congress gave itself an extension Friday, passing a five-day continuing resolution that will keep the government open until Dec. 16, when it hopes to pass a package that bundles the year-end spending bill with a host of other provisions.

    Advocacy
    Dec 02, 2015

    Big Package Under The Tree?

    Big package under the tree?

    Advocacy
    Nov 30, 2015

    Stakeholders Petition Congressional Leaders

    The Coalition to Extend and Improve the 179D Tax Deduction for Energy-Efficient Buildings has prepared a letter urging that Congress pass a multi-year extension of the Section 179D tax deduction, with changes that will make the standards for qualifying “more stringent” and that will allow tribal governments and non-profits to allocate the deduction to designers.

    Legislative Outlook
    Nov 18, 2015

    Comprehensive Tax Reform: Is a Bipartisan Deal Still Possible?

    Just a few years ago, many people thought that comprehensive tax reform would be accomplished with a bipartisan deal — a “Kumbaya” moment when President Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner would join hands to remake the US tax code.

    Extenders
    Sep 10, 2015

    Broad Tax Extenders Coalition Calls For Action by Congress

    Concord joins more than 2,000 other companies to sign a letter to members of Congress, urging them to pass legislation extending or making permanent the set of tax incentives known as “tax extenders.”

    Legislative Outlook
    Aug 05, 2015

    Extenders Bill Introduced in Senate

    On August 5, 2015 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hatch introduced S. 1946, the 2-year extenders package that was reported out of the Senate Finance Committee on July 21st. The legislative text for the extenders bill can be found here.

    Legislative Outlook
    Jul 09, 2015

    Congressional Tax Committees Plan to Take Up Expired Tax Breaks

    The Senate and House committees that write tax laws seem to be ready to take up the string of so-called tax extenders — the tax incentives that include Section 179D — that have yet to be renewed for 2015.