New regulations expand prior guidance reducing tax benefits of inversions. Proposed debt-equity rules will impact even routine intercompany transactions.
On April 4, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and...more
4/21/2016
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For expatriating US companies to avoid anti-inversion rules, their foreign business activities must satisfy a tough bright-line test, consistent with controversial 2012 rules.
On June 3, 2015, the US Department of the...more
6/11/2015
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New guidance seeks to curb the incidence of inversions and reduce the associated tax benefits, but also extends beyond inversions.
On September 22, 2014, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal...more
Latham & Watkins partner Diana Doyle explains the M&A term inversion, an acquisition transaction in which a target corporation from one jurisdiction (e.g., US) is acquired by a corporation from another jurisdiction.
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