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
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
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
7/31/2018
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Appeals ,
Chevron Deference ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Equity Compensation ,
Foreign Affiliates ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Reversal ,
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co v United States ex rel Rigsby ,
Tax Court ,
U.S. Treasury
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
10/14/2015
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Derivatives ,
Dividends ,
Equity Securities ,
Equivalency Determinations ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Equivalency Determination ,
Foreign Nationals ,
HIRE Act ,
ISDA ,
Tax Treaty ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Withholding Tax
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
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