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Doubling up: Proposed regulations address interaction of dual consolidated loss rules and GloBE Model Rules, disregarded payment...

Proposed regulations addressing the application of the section 1503(d) “dual consolidated loss” or “DCL” rules were published by the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury on August 7, 2024 (Proposed Regulations). The Proposed...more

Proposed regulations reduce flexibility of foreign currency mark-to-market election

On August 19, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) making changes to previously proposed regulations published in December...more

Doing less with Moore: Supreme Court upholds section 965 transition tax in Moore v. United States

Almost exactly a year after it shook the tax world by granting certiorari, on June 20, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Moore v. United States, No. 22-800. By a vote of 7-2, the Court upheld the constitutionality...more

Treasury and IRS release final regulations on elective payment election under CHIPS Act Section 48D

On March 5, 2024, the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (Final Regulations) on the elective payment election of the advanced manufacturing investment credit...more

IRS Notice previews proposed regulations addressing PTEP basis of acquired CFCs

On December 29, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Notice 2024-16 (Notice) announcing their intent to issue proposed regulations relating to the determination of...more

Moore questions: Impressions from oral argument

On December 5, 2023, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Moore v. United States, addressing the constitutionality of the section 965 transition tax, which was enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Section 965...more

Chilean tax treaty enters into force

On December 19, 2023, the recently ratified Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Chile for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal...more

Another CAMT crumble: IRS releases Notice 2024-10 addressing potential double counting from CFC dividends

On December 15, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released Notice 2024-10 (Notice) addressing the potential double counting of income from controlled foreign corporations...more

On notice: IRS and Treasury preview guidance related to Pillar Two taxes and extend foreign tax credit relief

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Treasury Department (Treasury) issued Notice 2023-80 (Notice) on December 11, 2023, addressing the extension of relief previously announced under the foreign tax credit rules, and...more

Five things to know about the Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari in Moore v. United States

The Supreme Court granted certiorari on June 26 with respect to the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Moore v. United States. The question presented is whether the section 965 transition tax is a “direct tax” that violates the...more

Relief from the heat: IRS provides penalty waiver for taxpayers not considering CAMT liability in 2023 estimated tax payments

On June 7, 2023, the IRS released Notice 2023-42 (the Notice), providing taxpayers relief from the addition to tax under Section 6655 in connection with the application of the new corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT). In...more

EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation applies to US and multinational companies active in the EU as of July 2023, and disclosure of tax...

Beginning July 12, 2023, the European Commission (Commission) may begin “ex officio” investigations of financial contributions that companies receive from non-EU governments. The Commission may request information or conduct...more

Treasury announces limited IRA tax guidance to ring in the new year

On December 19, 2022, Treasury announced a timeline for releasing information on certain tax provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). As set forth in the announcement, Treasury will provide the following information...more

Tough Medicine, Part 2: Litigation lessons from Medtronic

​​​​​​​The Tax Court issued its second opinion in Medtronic following a remand by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Medtronic, Inc. v. Comm’r, 900 F.3d 610 (8th Cir. 2018)) of its earlier decision. In that...more

All In: CHIPS Act provides incentives for semiconductor investment

​​​​​​​In a show of bipartisanship, Congress passed the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors Act (CHIPS Act) on July 27, 2022, which was signed into law by President Biden on August 9, 2022. The CHIPS Act...more

US Treasury issues notice to Hungary to formally withdraw from longstanding US-Hungary Income Tax Treaty

The US Treasury is moving to formally withdraw from the US-Hungary income tax treaty, which has been in effect since 1979 (the Treaty). For previous reporting by Eversheds Sutherland regarding the Treaty, see US-Hungary tax...more

Proposed regulations issued under section 1256 with respect to foreign currency options

Section 1256 generally requires that certain contracts, including “foreign currency contracts,” be marked-to-market annually. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has long maintained that foreign currency options are not...more

Ministry of Finance report suggests potential relief on German withholding tax on extraterritorial royalty payments 

A new report (the Report) published by the German Federal Ministry of Finance (the MOF) suggests that there may be some forthcoming relief for taxpayers impacted by a nearly century-old tax provision which requires...more

Biden’s second (attempted) bite at the private equity apple: Key 2023 Green Book proposals impacting private equity funds and...

On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration released the 2023 Fiscal Year Budget (the Budget) followed by the release of the Treasury’s Green Book, which provides explanations of the Biden Administration’s revenue proposals....more

Billionaires, BEAT, and Basis-Shifting: 2023 Green Book proposes tax changes affecting corporations, partnerships and individuals

On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration released the 2023 Fiscal Year Budget (the 2023 Budget). It is important to note that the Budget assumes the Build Back Better Act (the BBBA) will be enacted as passed by the House...more

Three is the magic number of new Paycheck Protection Program guidance from the IRS

The IRS recently released a trio of Revenue Procedures - 2021-48, 2021-49, and 2021-50 - related to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which has been the subject of a number of our previous legal alerts. Some alerts can...more

An incomplete picture: Democratic senators release “framework” for international tax overhaul

On August 25, 2021, Senate Finance Committee members Wyden, Brown, and Warner released draft bill language and a section-by-section summary of their proposed International Tax Reform Framework. The legislative language is...more

Budget Reconciliation Act I - Setting the Stage: Senate provides slim details of Budget Resolution Agreement

On Monday, August 9, the Senate released the framework for the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Resolution Agreement, and subsequently passed the resolution in a 50-49 partisan vote on August 10. The resolution now goes to the House,...more

Partial Brexit? For income tax treaty purposes, US and UK competent authorities vote to remain 

While the United Kingdom left the European Union (EU) last year, the competent authorities of United States and United Kingdom have agreed that the United Kingdom will remain in the EU for purposes of the US-UK Income Tax...more

Making a Manchin out of a molehill: Senate infrastructure and budget debates heat up

Fresh from their July 4 recess, the Senate has returned to Washington to continue infrastructure and budget bill negotiations. As previously discussed, there are two distinct legislative paths making their way through...more

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