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On August 29, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released Rev. Proc....more
On April 30, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Rev. Proc. 2024-23, List of Automatic Changes, which provides the list of tax accounting method changes a taxpayer may file under the IRS’s automatic procedures,...more
On June 15, 2023, the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2023-24, List of Automatic Changes, which provides an update to the list of tax accounting method changes a taxpayer may file under the IRS’s automatic procedures....more
On August 12, 2021, the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2021-34, setting forth procedural guidance to implement the final Section 451 regulations (Final Regulations). The revenue procedure not only provides the terms and conditions...more
In a US District Court complaint filed May 26, 2021, a married couple is seeking a refund of taxes they paid on cryptocurrency tokens the husband created, asserting that current law does not permit the treatment of created...more
6/23/2021
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Recently released Revenue Procedure 2021-26 (the Revenue Procedure) provides taxpayers with guidance regarding accounting method changes made on behalf of foreign corporations. The Revenue Procedure:
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5/27/2021
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At last week’s ABA May Tax Meeting, government attorneys from both the Internal Revenue Service National Office Income Tax & Accounting division (IT&A) and the Department of the Treasury provided updates to taxpayers and...more
5/18/2021
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On Thursday, April 8, the IRS served up Notice 2021-25 (the Notice) providing guidance for taxpayers seeking to take advantage of the temporary 100-percent deduction for the cost of business meals, which was enacted by...more
On Wednesday, December 23, Treasury and the IRS released final regulations under sections 263A, 448, 460, and 471 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to implement statutory changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the...more
Just in time to add to your holiday reading list, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations under sections 451(b) and 451(c) of the Code addressing income...more
On July 28, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued final and newly-proposed regulations under section 163(j) that taxpayers and practitioners alike were eagerly awaiting....more
On April 17, 2020, the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2020-25, which provides procedural guidance to secure bonus depreciation with respect to qualified improvement property (QIP) made by the CARES Act. Due to a scrivener’s error in...more
On September 13, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued final and reproposed regulations under § 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code), the provision of the Tax Cuts...more
9/25/2019
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On September 6, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (Service) issued Rev. Proc. 2019-37, which grants advance consent to taxpayers seeking to change a method of accounting to comply with the new proposed regulations under...more
On September 5, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (Service) and the Department of Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations for Section 451(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). Section 451(c) was added to the Code...more
On September 5, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations under section 451(b) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The proposed regulations generally...more
On July 11, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (Service) and Department of Treasury (Treasury) issued final regulations to remove Treas. Reg. § 1.451-5, which allowed taxpayers to delay reporting income with respect to...more
On May 7, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2019-33 (Notice) announcing its intention to issue guidance under section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code to clarify the normalization requirements for...more
On November 29, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Rev. Proc. 2018-60, which provides automatic accounting method change procedures for taxpayers seeking to comply with section 451(b), relating to the timing of...more
12/11/2018
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On November 26, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued much-anticipated proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of...more
Last year, the federal government enacted the most substantial tax reform legislation since 1986 in Public Law 115-97, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). Of the many business-friendly changes,...more
On August 1, 2018, the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations implementing section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) (referred to as the “transition tax”). Section 965...more
On May 10, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Rev. Proc. 2018-29, 2018-21 I.R.B. 1, which provides automatic accounting method change procedures for taxpayers seeking to align methods of income recognition for...more
On April 12, 2018, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2018-35 (Notice) that provides transitional guidance relating to advance payments under Rev. Proc. 2004-34. Despite the...more
On March 27, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2018-23 (the Notice), providing transitional guidance for parties to suits and agreements covered by sections 162(f) and 6050X of the Internal Revenue Code...more