On April 25, 2024, the IRS and Treasury issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) addressing whether a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) or a regulated investment company (a “RIC”) will constitute a...more
On December 29, 2022, the IRS and Treasury issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) addressing (1) whether a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) or a regulated investment company (a “RIC”) will constitute...more
On December 27, 2022, the IRS and Treasury issued Notice 2023-2 (the “Notice”), which provides guidance relating to the application of the new excise tax on repurchases of corporate stock (the “Stock Buyback Tax”) under...more
12/30/2022
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Fair Market Value ,
Guidance Update ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Minority Shareholders ,
Netting Agreements ,
REIT ,
Share Buybacks ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Valuation
On May 4, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released temporary guidance (Revenue Procedure 2020-19, or “the Revenue Procedure”) on the treatment of certain stock distributions by publicly offered real estate...more
On December 19th, 2019, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued regulations (the “Final Regulations”) under Section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”)[i] finalizing,...more
12/31/2019
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Capital Gains Tax ,
Community Development ,
Economic Development ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Popular ,
Qualified Opportunity Funds ,
Real Estate Development ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Tax Deferral ,
U.S. Treasury
On May 22, 2019 the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service released regulations (the “Final Regulations”) finalizing and making certain technical changes to proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”,...more
5/29/2019
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Dividends ,
Final Rules ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Section 956 ,
Subsidiaries ,
U.S. Treasury
On April 17th, the IRS and Treasury issued the next (and long-awaited) package of proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under the “qualified opportunity zone” provisions of Section 1400Z-2 of the Code...more
4/22/2019
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Community Development ,
Economic Development ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Qualified Opportunity Funds ,
REIT ,
Safe Harbors ,
Tax Deferral ,
U.S. Treasury
On October 19, 2018, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under new section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”),...more
Executive Summary On November 22, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Treasury Department issued proposed regulations (REG-136978-12, the “Proposed Regulations”) under the “fractions rule” of Section 514(c)(9)(E) of the...more