Video: Tax Reform Implementation—A View from Washington

On May 15, at KPMG's 2019 U.S. Cross-Border Tax Conference, John Gimigliano discussed what's happening with regard to U.S. tax reform implementation with Jennifer Acuna, former Chief Tax Counsel for the Senate Finance Commitee, and Tom West, former Tax Legislative Counsel, Office of Tax Policy, U.S. Department of Treasury.

Both Jennifer and Tom, who joined KPMG in spring 2019, bring their unique perspectives from the insiders role when responding to the following questions from John:

• What was your role in developing and implementing tax reform (TCJA)? [01:06]
• What is Treasury working on? What guidance should we be expecting in the coming weeks and months? [05:03]
• How has is the process been different in getting TCJA guidance out from other tax legislation? [07:22]
• Following TCJA enactment, how did Treasury triage what guidance needed to come out first? [10:08]
• What should taxpayers do to engage with Treasury in the ongoing process of implementing tax reform? [11:14]
• What does the June 22nd date really mean in terms of issuance of guidance? How are effective dates affected? [13:58]
• How far is Congress is away from passing Technical Corrections? [16:36]
  
• What other potential legislation might we see this year from the 116th Congress? [19:24]
• What's the likelihood of an extender's package? [21:23]
• What does the future (post-2020) hold for significant changes to the TCJA? [23:20]
• Tax Reform: Developments and Analysis Guide—Where can you access TCJA developments by topic in one place? [24:52]

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