The IRS Office of Chief Counsel recently released a memorandum (#AM2016-001) addressing the proper tax treatment of nonrecourse carve-outs (or bad boy guarantees) in the partnership context. According to the memorandum, such...more
In a client advisory dated February 25, 2016, we described a legal memorandum released by the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (the “Memorandum”) which took the position that a typical “carve-out” or...more
On February 5, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Chief Counsel Advice 201606027 (the 2016 CCA) in which the IRS concluded, among other things, that guarantees by a partner of a partnership’s liabilities that...more
I. OVERVIEW - A recently released legal memorandum by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Chief Counsel, CCA 201606027 (the “Memorandum”), concluded that a so-called “bad boy guarantee” provided by a sponsor of...more
The IRS Office of Chief Counsel recently released legal memorandum 201606027 (the “IRS Memorandum” or “Memorandum”) that calls into question two fundamental and well-established aspects concerning the tax treatment of...more