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Ninth Circuit Redo in Altera Upholds Treasury Regulation on Stock-Based Compensation

On June 7, 2019, in Altera Corp. v. Commissioner, a reconstituted panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a new opinion upholding the validity of a Treasury Department regulation addressing the...more

Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT): Government Issues Proposed Regulations

On December 13, 2018, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued highly-anticipated proposed regulations (the “Regulations”) regarding the base erosion and anti-abuse tax (generally referred to as the...more

Altera: Ninth Circuit Reverses US Tax Court and Holds that Treasury Regulation Allocating Stock-Based Compensation Expenses Is...

On July 24, 2018, in Altera Corp. v. Commissioner, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the validity of a Treasury Department regulation that requires a U.S. taxpayer to allocate a portion...more

Treasury and IRS Issue Final Regulations on Inversions

On July 11, 2018, the Treasury Department and the IRS published final Treasury regulations on inversion transactions (the “Final Regulations”). The Final Regulations substantially adopt the temporary Treasury regulations...more

The US Tax Court Rejects IRS Position That Non-US Partners Are Taxed on Sales of Partnership Interests

The US Tax Court earlier this month issued a decision that rejected a 25-year old IRS Revenue Ruling and held that gain from the sale or other disposition by a non-US person of an interest in a partnership that is engaged in...more

Potential US Tax Reform Could Fundamentally Change the Structure of the US Tax System

With the election of Donald Trump, who pledged during the campaign to usher in fundamental tax reform (including major tax cuts), the Republican majorities in Congress have begun planning major tax changes to the Internal...more

Highly-Anticipated Final Regulations on Related-Party Debt Instruments Issued

On October 13, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final and temporary regulations under section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Regulations”) that contain rules requiring...more

Spin-Off Revenue Procedure Removes a No-Rule Area and Provides Safe Harbors for Unwinding High Vote/Low Vote Stock Structures

On July 15th, the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2016-40 (the “Rev. Proc.”) removing a recent “no-rule” area with respect to transactions undertaken in anticipation of a spin-off involving high vote/low vote stock classes for the...more

Treasury and IRS Issue New Spin-Off Proposed Treasury Regulations On Device and Active Trade or Business Requirements

On July 14, 2016, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued proposed regulations under Section 355 on spin-off transactions (the “Proposed Regulations”) that provide guidance with respect to the spin-off device prohibition...more

Proposed Regulations on Related-Party Debt Instruments Would Result in Dramatic Adverse Tax Consequences

On April 4, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations under section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code that would recharacterize certain related-party debt instruments, in...more

Treasury and IRS Issue Regulations on Inversions and Earnings Stripping

On April 4, 2016, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued temporary regulations under Section 7874 on inversion transactions that added some new restrictions and implemented provisions previewed in two prior IRS notices...more

Final Regulations Under Section 871(m) Clarify Withholding Tax Rules for Equity-Linked Derivatives, Yet Many Challenges Remain

On September 17, 2015, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued new temporary and final regulations under section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code regarding the imposition of US federal...more

Treasury and IRS Issue Inversion Notice

The Treasury Department and the IRS released Notice 2014-52 (the “Notice”) on September 22nd to limit expatriation transactions. The Notice states that Treasury will issue regulations intended to limit the tax benefits of...more

New Proposed Regulations Under Section 871(m) Adopt a Single Factor Test but Delay Effective Date Until 2016

On December 4, 2013, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released new final and proposed regulations under section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code regarding the imposition of US federal...more

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