On October 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued long-awaited guidance relating to transactions involving virtual currencies, such as cryptocurrencies. Aligned with the agency’s continuing efforts to enforce tax...more
10/18/2019
/ Bitcoin ,
Capital Gains ,
Capital Losses ,
Charitable Donations ,
Convertible Virtual Currencies (CVCs) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Fair Market Value ,
Gifts ,
Information Reports ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Revenue Rulings ,
Self-Employment Tax ,
Taxable Income ,
Virtual Currency
On October 4, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued a sweeping package of proposed, temporary and final regulations under the Internal Revenue Code that, among other things, significantly...more
10/10/2016
/ Capital Gains ,
Debt Instruments ,
Disguised Sales ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Joint Venture ,
Master Limited Partnerships ,
Non-Recourse Loans ,
Partnership Liabilities ,
Partnerships ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
REIT ,
Tax Allocation Agreements ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax-Deferred Exchanges
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department today issued a much-welcomed technical correction to the effective date of the recently issued “built-in gain” regulations regarding real estate investment trust...more
On June 7, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department issued new temporary regulations that have dramatic implications for all merger-and-acquisition activity by C corporations and real estate investment...more
6/9/2016
/ Acquisitions ,
C-Corporation ,
Capital Gains ,
Corporate Taxes ,
IRS ,
Mergers ,
Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act ,
REIT ,
RICs ,
S-Corporation ,
Tax-Free Spin-Offs
President Obama signed into law a bill that will significantly reform the taxation of real estate investment trusts (REITs). Most notably, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (the Bill) prevents companies from...more
This afternoon, Reps. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) re-introduced in the House of Representatives a bill to significantly reform the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA). Introduced as H.R....more
On February 11, 2015, the Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved a significant reform to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA). The proposal demonstrates the continued bipartisan legislative...more
2/14/2015
/ Capital Gains ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Debt Securities ,
FIRPTA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Portfolios ,
Pension Funds ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Regulatory Reform ,
REIT ,
Senate Finance Committee ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Treaty