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Treasury Strips Away Obama Administration Earnings Stripping Rules

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In 2016, the Obama administration issued a series of rules and regulations designed to stem the flow of corporate inversions – transactions where U.S. corporations moved offshore to avoid the high 35% U.S. corporate tax rate....more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.01.2019 | Top Story: Watching for the GM-strike Impact on the October Jobs Report

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Jobs Report Friday again. Here’s what we’re watching, including the possibility of scary low numbers thanks to the only-recently-resolved GM strike....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Cross-Border M&A: Putting the Recently Finalized US Inversion Regulations into Context Following US Tax Reform

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New regulations more notable for what they retain than what they change. Key Points: ..The US anti-inversion rules have more than a 15-year history of impacting the structure and practicality of certain cross-border...more

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Treasury and IRS Issue Final Regulations on Inversions

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On July 11, 2018, the Treasury Department and the IRS published final Treasury regulations on inversion transactions (the “Final Regulations”). The Final Regulations substantially adopt the temporary Treasury regulations...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

No rest for the weary - final regulations continue to target inversions without major changes

INTRODUCTION - On July 11, 2018, Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final inversion regulations (TD 9834) which are largely consistent with the temporary (T.D. 9761) and proposed regulations...more

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Texas Federal District Court Invalidates IRS Regulations Limiting Inversion Transactions

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On September 29, 2017, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas granted summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Texas Association of Business, holding that the Internal Revenue...more

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Treasury Issues Stringent Inversion Regulations, Proposes Far-Reaching Related-Party Debt Rules

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New regulations expand prior guidance reducing tax benefits of inversions. Proposed debt-equity rules will impact even routine intercompany transactions. On April 4, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Latest Treasury Action on Inversions Upends Pending Transactions and Surprises Many for Its Broad Scope and Use of Questionable...

On April 4, 2016, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued a sweeping package of new regulations intended to curtail inversion transactions (the “Regulations”). Many features of the Regulations had...more

King & Spalding

New Guidance Rewrites Debt/Equity Rules and Further Limits Inversions

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The IRS and Treasury Department released a package of temporary and proposed regulations on April 4, 2016 ostensibly aimed at further curbing corporate “inversion” transactions. The regulations cover a wide range of tax...more

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Proposed Regulations Would Fundamentally Change Treatment of Intra-Group Debt Transactions

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On April 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued two sets of regulations, temporary regulations addressing “inversion” transactions and proposed regulations regarding the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

M&A Update: Broad Anti-Inversion Rules Released

On April 4, 2016, Treasury released new rules making it more difficult for some U.S. companies to invert (“Serial Inversion Regulations”), Proposed Regulations limiting the effectiveness of “earnings stripping” techniques...more

King & Spalding

Could 2016 Be the Year When Congress Finally Addresses Tax Reform?

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Like Vladimir and Estragon waiting for Godot, Washington has been waiting for Congress to tackle tax reform. The reason for the lack of action is a fundamental disagreement between Democrats and Republicans over what reform...more

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IRS and Treasury Issue More Guidance on “Inversion” Transactions

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The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have issued additional guidance about so-called “inversion” transactions. Generally, an inversion transaction results where a U.S. corporation (“U.S. Target”) is...more

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New Final Inversion Rules Maintain Tight Standard for Corporate Expatriations

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For expatriating US companies to avoid anti-inversion rules, their foreign business activities must satisfy a tough bright-line test, consistent with controversial 2012 rules. On June 3, 2015, the US Department of the...more

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More Tough Talk on Cracking Down on Offshore Activity

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In what is becoming a popular refrain, we are continuing to hear tough talk by government officials on cracking down on offshore activity. The most recent target is once again corporate inversions. ...more

Polsinelli

Treasury Notice on Inversions Leaves Basic Inversion Transactions Intact

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In This Issue: - Deferred Earnings and Profits of CFCs - Code Section 956(e) - Code Section 7701(l) - Code Section 304(b)(5)(B) - Code Section 7874 - Request for Comments -...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Treasury Regulations Target Corporate Inversions

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department announced a number of new regulations intended to make it more difficult to qualify for tax advantages associated with inversion transactions and reduce certain...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Treasury Announces Inversion Regulations; Reach Extends to Other Cross-Border M&A

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New guidance seeks to curb the incidence of inversions and reduce the associated tax benefits, but also extends beyond inversions. On September 22, 2014, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal...more

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Alert: IRS and Department of the Treasury Notice Limits Inversion Transactions

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On September 22, 2014, the United States Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued a Notice (Notice 2014-52) that limit "inversion" transactions and their potential tax benefits. In general, an...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Assessing Retroactive Inversion Legislation And Its Risks

The increasing use of corporate inversions, whereby a company via merger achieves 20 percent or more new ownership, claims non-U.S. residence, and is then permitted to adopt that country’s lower corporate tax structure and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New Urgency for Corporate Inversion Transactions (Quorum, March 2014)

Corporate inversions have constituted an active and successful part of the M&A market in 2013 and early 2014, as acquirors have typically traded up on the date of announcement. However, there is now a new urgency for U.S....more

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