On August 6, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) issued proposed regulations under section 1503 (the “Proposed Regulations”) that address the interaction between the dual consolidated loss (“DCL”) rules and the...more
On December 28, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2024-16 (the “Notice”), announcing their plan to issue proposed regulations addressing the...more
On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) announced the entry into force of the U.S.-Chile Income Tax Treaty (the “Treaty”). The Treaty provides for reduced withholding tax rates on income such as...more
On December 15, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2024-10 (the “Notice”), providing much needed interim guidance on the application of the Corporate...more
On December 11, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2023-80 (the “Notice”), announcing their intention to issue proposed regulations that will address...more
On October 17, 2023, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) updated its Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) to fully incorporate into the IRM certain e-signature policies and procedures permitting the use of electronic signatures...more
On May 3, 2023, the Tax Court released a memorandum opinion in ES NPA Holding LLC v. Commissioner holding that the taxpayer’s indirect receipt of a profits interest in a lower-tier partnership qualified as a non-taxable event...more
Notice 2023-2 (the “Notice”) provides guidance regarding the scope and application of the excise tax on buybacks of stock of publicly traded domestic corporations and certain publicly traded foreign corporations (the “Excise...more
The U.S. Congress has passed, as of today, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA or the “Act”), which is expected to be signed into law by President Joe Biden very soon....more
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As discussed in our alert earlier this week, the recently announced proposed reconciliation package—the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, H.R. 5376 (the “Bill”)—would impose a new 15% minimum tax on the adjusted financial...more
On July 27, 2022, Senators Manchin and Schumer announced that they agreed to a proposed reconciliation package, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, H.R. 5376 (the “Bill”). If enacted, the Bill would finance climate programs,...more
On October 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) released final regulations (T.D. 9927) (the “Regulations”) under sections 1502 and 1503 of the Internal Revenue Code...more
On July 31, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations providing guidance under Section 1061 (the “Proposed Regulations”) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). Section 1061, which was added...more
On July 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) finalized regulations (T.D. 9902) with respect to the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) high-tax exception (“Final...more
On July 28, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). These regulations...more
On July 2, 2020, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) promulgated temporary regulations under section 1502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (T.D. 9900)...more
Two key provisions included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”)—the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC)—are raising surprising new issues in...more
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) have issued proposed regulations (REG-112339-19) providing valuable guidance on credits for the sequestration of qualified carbon oxide...more
On June 5, 2020, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) issued proposed regulations on Section 4960 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Proposed Regulations”). The Proposed Regulations are “intended to...more
On May 27, 2020, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) published guidance (the Guidance) regarding the interaction of the five-year net operating loss (NOL) carryback rules under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic...more
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) issued proposed regulations (REG-106864-18) addressing the so-called “silo” rule under Section 512(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code,...more
The IRS announced in Notice 2020-41 relief for taxpayers developing renewable energy projects to satisfy the “beginning of construction” requirement by extending the four-year “continuity safe harbor” for certain projects...more
To prevent taxpayers from claiming what the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) believes to be an unintended double tax benefit under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the IRS issued Notice 2020-32, 2020-21 I.R.B. 1 (the...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) is expected to be enacted as early as March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provisions are intended to provide individuals and companies with liquidity as the world...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) is expected to be enacted, as early as March 27, 2020. The CARES Act contains tax provisions intended to provide individuals and companies with liquidity as...more