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Cozen O'Connor

Forming a Partnership/LLC: A Checklist for Avoiding Pitfalls

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Forming a partnership1 without triggering income appears straightforward and simple. In many cases, it is. In other cases, though, forming a partnership can cause one or more partners to unintentionally recognize income. This...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Taxing A Foreigner’s Sale of a Partnership Interest – Déjà Vu All Over Again

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There is no denying that many parts of the Code are complex and, in some cases, too obscure for many “laypersons” to comprehend. Over time, this reality spawned the need for advisers who are both knowledgeable and experienced...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

IRS Kicks Substantial Equivalence Test Down the Road Again

On May 22, 2024, the IRS issued Notice 2024-44, which once again extends the phase-in for Section 871(m) withholding.  Broadly speaking, foreign persons may be subject to a 30% withholding tax under Section 871(m) on certain...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Final regulations address domestically controlled qualified investment entities

On April 25, 2024, the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final regulations concerning the definition of domestically controlled qualified investment entities (DC-QIE) (the...more

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IRS Extends Temporary Use of Electronic or Digital Signatures until 2023

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The US Internal Revenue Service has extended its temporary approval of accepting electronic or digital signatures on certain IRS forms until October 31, 2023, and has expanded the list of forms that may be signed...more

Fenwick & West LLP

The FDII Final Regulations Are Here: An Executive Summary and Observations

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Treasury and the IRS released final section 250 regulations on July 9, 2020, primarily focused on the deduction for foreign-derived intangible income (FDII). The final regulations make significant revisions to the proposed...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

New Treasury Regulations and IRS Notice Regarding Withholding on Dividend Equivalent Payments to Foreign Holders

On Dec. 16, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (the new regulations) governing a narrow aspect of rules applicable to withholding on “dividend equivalent payments” made to foreign persons. The new...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Penalty of $25,000 for Foreigners with a 25% ownership stake or control of a U.S. legal entity that fail to file Form 5472

Form 5472 is an Information Return of a 25% Foreign-Owned U.S. Corporation or a Foreign Corporation Engaged in a U.S. Trade or Business.  The purpose of Form 5472 is to provide information when “reportable transactions” occur...more

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Section 1446(f) Proposed Regulations: Key Guidance on Partnership Interest Transfers by Non-U.S. Persons

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On May 13, 2019, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Treasury Department published proposed regulations providing guidance on the rules imposing withholding and reporting requirements under the Code on dispositions...more

A&O Shearman

The US Tax Court Rejects IRS Position That Non-US Partners Are Taxed on Sales of Partnership Interests

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The US Tax Court earlier this month issued a decision that rejected a 25-year old IRS Revenue Ruling and held that gain from the sale or other disposition by a non-US person of an interest in a partnership that is engaged in...more

King & Spalding

Tax Court Overrides Key Revenue Ruling on the Tax Treatment of the Sale of U.S. Partnership Interest by Foreign Persons

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In a July 13, 2017 opinion, the United States Tax Court in Grecian Magnesite Mining, Industrial & Shipping Co., SA v. Commissioner refused to follow the long-held IRS position found in Revenue Ruling 91-32 (“the “Revenue...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Wealth Management Update - May 2017

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May Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts - The May § 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs...more

Dechert LLP

Much-Anticipated Section 871(m) Dividend Equivalent Guidance Provides Promised Transition Relief

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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has released Notice 2016-76, providing anticipated guidance and transition relief for certain dividend equivalent transactions described in section 871(m) of the U.S. Internal...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

IRS Proposes Updates to Rules for Deemed Distributions of Stock and Stock Rights

On April 13, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations under Section 305(c) of the Internal Revenue Code that would resolve certain issues relating to the amount and timing of deemed distributions...more

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