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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

IRS Permits Pre-Revenue Company to Undertake a Tax-Free Spin-Off

On November 18, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published private letter ruling 202246008 (the PLR), which concluded that a transaction qualifies as a tax-free spin-off under Section 3552 despite the fact that the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Build Back Better Act Would Change Monetization Playbook for Tax-Free Spin-Offs

Takeaways - Tax law changes in the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) would limit the amount of value a company could extract in a spin-off by using a debt-for-debt exchange. Companies may be able to achieve most of the...more

Bracewell LLP

Spin Me Right Round: Recent Developments Impacting Tax-Free Spin-Offs

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In our recent article on spin-offs (click here), we discussed an announcement made by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) signaling a change in the application of the active trade or business (ATB) requirement under Section...more

Smith Anderson

Spin-off Revival: IRS Rethinks the Active Trade or Business Requirement

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The “five-year active trade or business” or “ATB” requirement of section 355 is notorious for defeating many otherwise promising tax-free spin-off transactions. Consider the following common scenarios... Originally...more

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IRS Resumes Issuing Transactional Spin-Off Rulings

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On September 21, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2017-52 (the “Rev. Proc.”), introducing an 18-month “pilot program” in respect of corporate “spin-off,” “split-up” and “split-off”...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Five Things about the IRS’s Proposed Regulations on the Spinoff Device and Active Business

On July 14, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed long-anticipated regulations tightening the “device” and “active trade or business” tests that are necessary for a corporation to distribute a subsidiary in a...more

Goodwin

IRS Announcements Create Market Uncertainty for REIT Spin-Offs

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In issuing IRS Notice 2015-59 and Rev. Proc. 2015-43 last week, the IRS intentionally created significant market uncertainty about the viability of “PropCo/OpCo” spin-offs as part of the PropCo’s REIT conversion (e.g., where...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Issues Another Significant Ruling on Spin-off of Real Estate

In certain recent transactions, a corporation distributes a subsidiary corporation holding the distributing corporation’s real estate assets to the distributing corporation’s shareholders in a tax-free “spin-off.” Not only...more

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