The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant disruption in the capital markets. As a result, business development companies (BDCs) may be seeking to conserve cash in order to preserve flexibility and respond to evolving...more
On March 19, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department (Treasury) issued final regulations (T.D. 9851) (Final Regulations) under section 851 addressing the income test applicable to regulated investment...more
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On October 16, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Rev. Proc. 2018-54, which addresses the treatment of a new mortgage-backed security under the diversification rules of IRC § 817(h). This new security, called a...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act), signed into law on December 22, 2017, amplifies the effects of certain deduction limitations as they apply to US-taxpaying individuals and other non-corporate investors in private business...more
As discussed in Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP’s Quick Call: Legislative and Tax Reforms – What This Could Mean for Business Development Companies, Congress is currently negotiating a tax reform package that, if passed,...more
On July 8, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued two notices (Notice 2015-47, 2015-30 IRB 1, and Notice 2015-48, 2015-30 IRB 1) targeting the use of Basket Option Contracts and Basket Contracts as tax avoidance...more
On July 12, 2013, the IRS, in Notice 2013-43, and the Department of the Treasury in a Press Release of the same date, extended the implementation dates by six months for many of the withholding and account due diligence...more