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It was a muted start to the year for the acquisition and leveraged finance market due to a challenging macroeconomic climate. Interest rate hikes at one of the fastest paces on record, surging inflation (particularly in...more
On January 17, 2024, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) released a bill, the “Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024”...more
The Department of Finance (Canada) (Finance) has released revised draft legislation on the proposed rules regarding excessive interest and financing expenses limitation (EIFEL). The revised draft legislation, released on...more
In this final blog post on the House Ways and Means Tax Bill, we address the international tax proposals in the Bill, JCX-43-21. The international tax proposals are fewer in number than the domestic and transfer tax...more
On 8 January 2021, the Luxembourg Tax Authorities published a Circular clarifying the interest limitation rules introduced in Luxembourg legislation in 2018, which implemented the European Union Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive...more
On 8 January, 2021, the Luxembourg tax authorities published Circular L.I.R. 168bis/1 on interest limitation rules (the “Circular”). The Circular provides much needed clarity to the interest limitation rules which have...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law on March 27, 2020, representing the so-called “Phase 3” of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as discussed in our client alert “CARES...more
I am often reminded of my summer after law school as I prepared for my Ll.M. program at NYU. Congress passed a sweeping “tax reform,” the much heralded Tax Reform Act of 1986. I questioned my decision to take on another...more
As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more
The French government presented the draft Finance Bill for 2019 on September 24, 2018. This draft is currently being discussed by the Parliament and is subject to potential changes....more
The Situation: The first draft of the French government's finance bill for 2019 contains several significant amendments likely to affect key French tax regimes, as well as past and current transactions. The Development:...more
The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act limits the ability of many businesses to deduct interest payments. Under prior law, any interest expense was generally deductible. Now, many businesses are prohibited from deducting any interest...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) will significantly impact merger and acquisition (“M&A”) activity. Although billed as tax reform, the TCJA did not reform or simplify the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”). Virtually none of...more
The current focus of the international tax community is on the United States, and for good reason. In the midst of a contentious political landscape, months of anticipation, and a decidedly clandestine drafting process, U.S....more
On December 22, 2017, H.R.1, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”) was signed into law. The Tax Act made the most significant changes to the U.S. tax code since 1986, and will have an effect on...more
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be...” or at least, if you insist on borrowing (and we understand the appeal), we are here to help you stay abreast of the new rules on deducting interest. BACKGROUND/PRIOR LAW - Interest...more
The first, global observation to share is that the real estate industry dodged a lot of potential bullets during the tax reform process and came out smelling like roses – indeed, actually came out ahead, overall, under the...more
Congress has passed the tax reform bill, known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Act”), and President Trump signed it into law on December 22, 2017. The Act contains wide-ranging changes to the tax law, many of which will...more
On December 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which includes numerous changes that will significantly impact mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Although the TCJA has rightly been...more
On Friday December 22, 2017, the President signed into law H.R.1, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This is the most sweeping change to the US federal income tax laws in over three decades, and it will...more
Congress has passed the tax reform bill, known as the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act", and President Trump signed it into law on December 22, 2017. The Act contains wide-ranging changes to the tax law that affect many industries. ...more
Part I: General - The Choice of Entity Decision Prior to 2018 - Since the reduction of individual tax rates in the 1980’s, the decision of whether to conduct a business in the form of a C corporation or in the form of a...more
President Donald Trump signed the U.S. tax reform bill previously entitled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law on December 22, 2017, enacting comprehensive U.S. tax reform with most provisions becoming effective starting on...more
On Dec. 22, President Donald Trump signed into law the 2017 Tax Act, “An Act to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Titles II and V of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018” (H.R. 1). This...more