Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 13 – 17, 2020. January 13, 2020: The IRS published an information letter relating to the...more
The IRS has released a Private Letter Ruling that approves a simplified method of calculating the remaining economic life of property financed with exempt facility bonds. Section 142 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”)...more
In a recently released private letter ruling (Private Letter Ruling 201847001, or the “Ruling”), the IRS approved the use of a “floating equity” allocation method for exempt facility bonds issued to finance renovations to an...more
Under a new Internal Revenue Service private letter ruling, issuers of tax-exempt bonds and conduit borrowers now have a greater degree of flexibility to use “qualified equity” for “prohibited uses” without endangering the...more
On April 11, 2018, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2018-26 (“Rev. Proc. 2018-26”), which provides an expansion of the remedial actions available to issuers of tax-advantaged bonds. Specifically Rev. Proc. 2018-26 provides:...more