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
• 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
5/24/2019
/ Anti-Abuse Rule ,
Capital Gains ,
Carried Interest ,
Debt Financing ,
Intangible Property ,
Investment Funds ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Original Use ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Qualified Opportunity Funds ,
Safe Harbors ,
Tangible Property
• Proposed regulations issued on October 19 provide welcome guidance to asset managers regarding the formation of qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) that may provide investors with the following three tax benefits: (1)...more
10/25/2018
/ Asset Management ,
Capital Assets ,
Capital Gains ,
Community Development ,
Economic Development ,
Fund Sponsors ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
Low-Income Issues ,
New Rules ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Finance ,
Qualified Opportunity Funds ,
Real Estate Development ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Rollover Equity ,
Safe Harbors ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Benefits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deferral ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Incentives ,
Tax Reform ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Value Appreciation
• 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
10/8/2018
/ Asset Management ,
Certifications ,
Common Reporting Standard (CRS) ,
Controlling Person ,
Derivatives ,
FATCA ,
FBAR ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Foreign Investment ,
Form W-8 ,
Gross Proceeds ,
Income Taxes ,
Intergovernmental Agreements ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
OECD ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Section 871(m) ,
Swaps ,
Withholding Tax
• 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
11/8/2017
/ Asset Management ,
Blocker Corporations ,
Business Taxes ,
Carried Interest ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Investment Funds ,
Management Fees ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reconciliation ,
REIT ,
SALT ,
Tax Cuts ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
UBTI ,
Ways and Means Committee
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
Key Points -
- The New Regulations do not apply to debt issued by investment partnership funds, including publicly traded partnership funds, or blockers-at least, not now.
- The New Regulations can apply to...more