One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) of 2025

One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) of 2025 was signed into law on July 4, 2025. We're reviewing the OBBBA provisions and awaiting guidance from the IRS and state agencies to fully understand its impact on our tax products. We'll provide updates as more information becomes available.

Updates

Based on the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, you can now claim 100% first-year bonus depreciation for qualified property placed in service after January 19, 2025. It also updated IRS Section 168(k)(10) to let you claim 40% bonus depreciation on all applicable depreciable property types in service after January 19, 2025.
Fiscal year-end filers with assets acquired after January 19, 2025 can retroactively apply this 100% bonus depreciation. The following updates are now available in UltraTax CS to reflect this change:
  • Platform version 2024.3.6**
  • Exempt/990-US version 2024.3.3
  • Fiduciary/1041-US version 2024.3.6
  • Partnership/1065-US version 2024.3.2
  • Corporation/1120-US version 2024.3.7
Tax Projection Worksheet
1040-US version 2024.3.6 includes updates to the Tax Projection Worksheet to account for the OBBBA provisions. The 1040-US v.24.3.6 User Bulletin gives you details of the changes made to the Tax Projection Worksheet.

Data mining

The OBBBA changed the way tax is calculated for 2025. The IRS recommends everyone do a quick “paycheck checkup” using their Tax Withholding Estimator to make sure their withholding is still correct.
UltraTax CS Data Mining makes it easy to help your clients adjust to these changes.
  • With the most recent UltraTax CS updates, use the
    Fiscal year client with special depreciation
    search to find affected clients.
  • Use the prewritten
    IRS Withholding Estimator
    letter to let clients know that, because of OOBA, they may need to update their tax withholding. It also explains how to use the IRS tool, gives guidance if a new W-4 is needed, and includes your firm’s contact info.
  • Use the
    Federal Withholding - No W4
    search helps you find clients who have withholding but no Form W-4 prepared.
  • Use the
    Sch A State and Local Taxes (SALT) Limited
    search finds clients that itemized and had SALT limited on their 2024 return.
  • Use the
    Sch A State and Local Taxes (SALT) Limited Next Year
    search finds clients that are projected to itemize in 2025 with SALT limited by the OBBBA $40,000 limit ($20,000 for MFS).
  • There are Qualified Business Income Deduction (QBID) searches like
    QBID - Current Year and Next Year
    ,
    QBID - Form 8995 Simplified Computation
    , and many more.
  • You can send customized letters or emails about the OBBBA changes and offer helpful services like tax planning, reminders, and more.
To get started, open UltraTax CS and go to
Utilities
Data Mining
. Refer to Building Data Mining searches for steps on how to search a client database, or Data Mining examples to help familiarize yourself with ways you can use it.

Resources

If you're a Thomson Reuters Checkpoint subscriber, you have exclusive access to the
Checkpoint Executive Summary: The Act of 2025
, which highlights the main provisions of the new law. You’ll also find ready-to-send legislation letters for your individual, business, and payroll clients, outlining key changes, important dates, and relevant IRC sections to help them prepare and plan for the updates.
The IRS has a fact sheet FS-2025-03 discussing some of the new provisions for working Americans and seniors. The IRS also announced there's no changes to individual information returns or withholding tables for 2025 under OBBBA.
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