Final Rules Address Eligibility and Process; Proposed Rules Provide Workaround Allowing Tax Exempts to Partner With Others on Projects - The Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently...more
Prior to 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), private equity fund, hedge fund, and other investment fund or asset managers that received an interest in an entity taxed as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a...more
On June 22, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) issued Notice 2018-59 (the “Notice”), which deals with the “begin construction” test that is applicable to solar projects....more
The tax reform bill signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017, taxes U.S. shareholders on their share of the previously untaxed deferred income of foreign corporations. Known as “deemed repatriation,” this tax...more
On July 21, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) released temporary and proposed regulations denying a basis increase to equity holders of lessee partnerships and S corporations to account for mandatory income inclusions...more
On December 30, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Revenue Procedure 2014-12, which sets out a new “safe harbor” for allocations of the historical rehabilitation credit (the “HRC”) among partners in a...more
On September 20, 2013, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) released Notice 2013-60, which clarifies in important ways the eligibility rules applicable to the investment tax credit (“ITC”) and production tax...more