Business Tax Briefs: Major League Baseball Wants Tax Law Perk (1)

Oct. 2, 2018, 7:08 PM UTCUpdated: Oct. 2, 2018, 9:47 PM UTC

The MLB commissioner and a writers guild want sports team owners and TV writers to be eligible for the tax law’s 20 percent deduction for pass-through businesses; Tesla Inc. and its CEO, Elon Musk, won’t be able to write off their separate $20 million settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission; a tax policy lobbying group wants the IRS to allow certain businesses with employees who switch to contractor status to still get the pass-through deduction; and more.

TV Writers and Baseball Teams

The commissioner of Major League Baseball and a writers guild want the Internal Revenue Service to leave ...

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