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US Presidential Elections 2024—What is at Stake for Swiss Companies and Investors?

The November U.S. Presidential electoral campaign is in full swing. Since President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid and Vice President Kamala Harris secured the Democratic Party nomination, polls now show a tight race...more

Update (2): The NY LLC Transparency Act and Corporate Transparency Act’s Impact on Private Fund Managers

In the weeks since publishing our original alert, FinCEN released several frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the application of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Private fund managers are likely to find two of these...more

New Guidance on the Subsidiary Exemption Under the CTA’s Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule

In the two weeks since the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) went into effect (see our alert here), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published several Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) clarifying the new...more

The Corporate Transparency Act’s Impact on Private Fund Managers: Immediate Planning Needed

Starting on January 1, 2024, entities that are organized in the United States or are registered to do business in the United States will generally be required to disclose to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (an...more

Corporate Transparency Act: New Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements Starting January 1, 2024

Key Points - The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), implemented primarily through a rule published by FinCEN on September 30, 2022, the Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule (“BOIR Rule”), becomes effective...more

IRS Takes View That FIRPTA Exemption for Publicly Traded Stock Must Be Tested at Partnership Level

Key Points Internal IRS correspondence in the form of a recent Chief Counsel Memorandum concludes that funds structured as partnerships (e.g., master funds in a standard master-feeder structure) must determine the...more

UK Spring Budget 2023: Points for Asset Managers

Introduction - On 15 March 2023, the UK government revealed the widely anticipated Spring Budget, which contained a number of measures that may be of interest to asset managers....more

U.S. Treasury Proposes Sweeping Changes Narrowing a Key Exception from U.S. Taxation for U.S. Real Estate Investments Made by...

Key Points - Recently proposed regulations would significantly curtail the ability for private fund sponsors and non-U.S. investors to use a so-called D-REIT to facilitate a tax-efficient exit from U.S. real property...more

Full Implementation of Section 871(m) Further Delayed Until 2025: Impacting US Withholding on Swaps over US Stocks and...

Key Points - The broader application of Section 871(m) has again been delayed, this time until January 1, 2025, and, as a result, investment funds with non-U.S. feeders or investors up the chain should generally expect to...more

Secondary U.S. Withholding for Transfers in Private Investment Funds Delayed Until January 1, 2023

Key Points - Fund-level liability for a buyer’s failure to withhold upon secondary market transfer of an LP interest in a fund with ECI assets will apply only for transfers on or after January 1, 2023. Certain...more

Luxembourg to Deny Deductions on Payments to EU Blacklisted Jurisdictions

- As of January 1, 2021, Luxembourg is set to disallow otherwise tax deductible interest or royalty expense for payments made to entities resident in EU blacklisted jurisdictions that qualify as a beneficial owner “related”...more

U.S. Withholding on Synthetic Trades over U.S. Equities (Section 871(m)) – Additional Delay of Full Implementation until 2023

• The broader application of Section 871(m) has again been delayed, this time until January 1, 2023 and as a result, investment funds with non-U.S. feeders or investors up the chain should generally expect to incur U.S....more

BBA Tax Audits: Final Deadline for Designating a U.S. Partnership Representative

• U.S. and non-U.S. investment funds that are required to file, or file, a U.S. partnership tax return (Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 1065) are generally subject to a new U.S. partnership audit regime that permits the...more

Latest Opportunity Zone Rules Clarify Issues Related to Fund Structuring, Qualifying Businesses and Business Property

• The latest set of proposed opportunity zone (OZ) regulations (the “2019 proposed regulations”) provide much-needed flexibility with regard to qualified opportunity funds (“OZ Funds”) and expand the types of businesses and...more

U.S. Withholding Tax and Reporting Action Items for Investment Funds and Asset Managers (Fall 2018)

• Foreign Investor Forms W-8: An update of Forms W-8 on file for non-U.S. investors is generally recommended by December 31, 2018 to ensure that a date of birth (DOB) and non-U.S. taxpayer identification number (Foreign TIN)...more

U.S. Withholding on Synthetic Trades over U.S. Equities – Additional Delay of Full Implementation until 2021 (Notice 2018-72)

• The broader application of Section 871(m) has been delayed further until January 1, 2021 and, as a result, investment funds with non-U.S. feeders or investors up the chain should generally expect to incur U.S. withholding...more

SEC Division Director Provides Long-Awaited Guidance on Initial Coin Offerings

On Thursday, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director of Corporate Finance William Hinman provided some long-desired clarity on the SEC’s approach to cryptocurrency regulation, announcing during Yahoo Finance’s...more

Carried Interest and Other Tax Reform Highlights for Investment Funds and Asset Managers

• Significant corporate and potential individual tax rate reductions and a 25% individual tax rate on certain “qualified business income” would be introduced (although many fund investors and sponsors would not be eligible...more

U.S. Withholding on Synthetic Trades over U.S. Equities—Further Delay of Full Implementation Until 2019 (Notice 2017-42)

In response to perceived abuses in taxpayers’ use of swaps and other derivative transactions (e.g., options, futures or forwards) to avoid withholding tax on U.S. source dividends, Congress added Section 871(m) to the...more

Renewal of U.S. FATCA Registration for Certain Investment Funds by Monday, July 31, 2017

Certain non-U.S. investment funds, including Bermuda funds, which qualify as foreign financial institutions (FFI), must enter into a legal agreement (“FFI agreement”) with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be treated...more

FATCA: Final Deadline to Obtain a GIIN for Sponsored Investment Funds

Key Points - - Transitional relief for non-U.S. investment funds that have been previously permitted to provide only a sponsor’s GIIN to avoid incurring FATCA withholding ends on December 31, 2016. - U.S....more

Common Reporting Standard Enters Into Effect for Investment Funds in Early Adopter Jurisdictions

If you read one thing. . . - On January 1, 2016, the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) enters into effect in key investment fund jurisdictions, including the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands. ...more

Comprehensive Overhaul of Partnership Audit Regime

On November 2, 2015, the Bipartisan Budget Act significantly overhauled the audit regime applicable to U.S. and certain non-U.S. investment fund vehicles that are taxed as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In...more

11/12/2015  /  Audits , Bipartisan Budget , IRS , Partnerships , TEFRA
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