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SALT Implications of Proposed Section 385 Debt/Equity Regulations

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Determining the difference between debt and equity is a problem that has bedeviled taxpayers and tax administrators for decades. Taxpayers, recognizing that there are tax advantages to financing a corporation with debt (e.g.,...more

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That Debt Isn’t What You Think It Is: New Proposed Debt/Equity Rules Could Be Biggest Change in Corporate Tax Since 1986

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The U.S. Treasury Department issued new proposed tax regulations that would re-characterize certain related party debt as equity, resulting in dividend payments rather than tax deductible interest payments. If finalized in...more

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Proposed Section 385 Regulations May Dramatically Impact Portfolio Debt Planning

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On April 4, 2016, the IRS and Treasury issued proposed regulations under Section 385 (the “Proposed Regulations“). The Proposed Regulations, which were thought to have been a response to post-inversion earnings stripping...more

Baker Donelson

New "Inversion" Proposed Regulations Inspired By The Pfizer/Allergan Deal May Impact Corporate Tax Planning Strategies

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The Treasury Department has recently promulgated proposed regulations dealing with so-called inversion transactions. Inversion transactions are ones in which a U.S. corporation changes its domicile to a nation with a more...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Section 385 Proposed Regulations

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On April 4, 2016, Treasury and the IRS proposed sweeping regulations under § 385 of the Code. Issued the same day as the anti-inversion temporary regulations, the proposed § 385 rules would go much farther than merely...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

IRS Rules Could Treat Related Party Debt as Stock

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Multinational groups can strip U.S. earnings away from U.S. taxation by having a domestic corporation issue debt and pay earnings out to foreign affiliates as deductible interest. This strategy could be used after an...more

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Is it Debt or is it Not? Proposed Treasury Regulations Would Significantly Change Debt vs. Equity Analysis

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Earlier this month, the IRS and Treasury Department proposed new Treasury regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under Section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Proposed Regulations would significantly modify the tax...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

IRS Proposes To Eliminate ‘Confusing’ 36-Month Non-Payment Testing Period for Cancellation of Debt

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The Internal Revenue Service recently proposed very well-received regulations under Section 6050P of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) that would eliminate the requirement for financial entities to treat debt as canceled...more

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