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Taxation of Foreign Currency Transactions Part V: Hedged Executory Contracts

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What is a hedged executory contract? A “hedged executory contract” is another type of transaction that is eligible for integration under Code Section 988(d). A hedged executory contract results when a taxpayer enters into an...more

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Taxation of Foreign Currency Transactions Part IV: Hedging & Section 1.988-5(a) Debt Hedges

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Are there special hedging provisions for section 988 transactions? Yes. In addition to the business hedging rules I address in our earlier Q&A with Andie series, a special hedging provision is available at Code section 988(d)...more

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Business Taxation of Hedging Transactions Part V: Consolidated Groups

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Do the tax hedge rules apply to consolidated tax groups? Yes. The Treasury Regulations treat members of a consolidated corporate group as divisions of a single entity. As a single entity, the risks and positions of all group...more

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Business Taxation of Hedging Transactions Part IV: Tax Timing

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What are the tax accounting rules for hedges? Whether or not a qualified tax hedge is properly identified, it must be tax accounted for under a method that clearly reflects income. The timing of gains and losses on hedges...more

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Business Taxation of Hedging Transactions Part III: Identification Requirements and Aggregate Hedging

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When must a hedge be identified and accounted for tax purposes? Taxpayers must identity each hedging transaction and the item it hedges. A taxpayer must clearly identify a hedging transaction “before the close of the day on...more

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Hedging: Favorable Tax Treatment Requires Careful Compliance

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It is a common practice for businesses to manage their business price risks by entering into derivative contracts. Because their business activities generate ordinary income and loss, they want to obtain ordinary tax...more

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Moving from the Academic to the Legislative: House Ways & Means Committee Proposal Would Require Mark-to-Market for Derivatives...

BACKGROUND - For many years, academics have proposed that the U.S. replace the current hodge-podge U.S. federal income tax rules applicable to financial derivatives with a “mark-to-market” regime. In the first...more

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