IRS Publishes Final Guidance On The 20% Pass-Through Deduction: Putting It All Together

I believe in giving credit where credit is due, and I’ll be damned if the IRS doesn’t deserve some serious credit. It was less than 13 months ago that Congress dumped 500 pages of sloppy statutory language on the Service in the form of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and somehow, in that span the IRS has managed to provide final regulations on the most controversial, convoluted and complicated provision of the new tax law: Section 199A, better known as the “20% pass-through deduction.” It required a Herculean effort, particularly when you consider that, you know…most of the government has been on unpaid leave since December 22nd.

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