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New Regulation: Statutes, Pillars, and the Build Back Better Act
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Employment Law Now IV-62-Weekend Roundtable Discussion on Various Impacts of the Federal CARES/Coronavirus Programs
Qualified Opportunity Zone Update: Highlights of Treasury's Second Set of Proposed Regulations
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Podcast - New Unrelated Business Taxable Income Liability for Providing Certain Fringe Benefits
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On July 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations that would classify “basket contract transactions”, which are derivatives (i) with a term...more
On June 28, 2024, Treasury and the IRS filed final regulations regarding the payment and reporting aspects of the stock repurchase excise tax under section 4501 of the Code1 (Buyback Tax) (Final Regulations). The Final...more
On May 8, 2024, the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations regarding the classification, taxation, and reporting of foreign trusts. The proposed regulations were issued for sections 643(i), 679, 6039F, 6048, and 6677...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Department of Treasury recently issued guidance to curtail what they consider abusive basis shifting by related-party partners and partnerships. That guidance, which was issued June...more
On April 12, 2024, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed Treasury Regulations (REG-115710-22) providing comprehensive guidance for applying the one-percent excise tax owed on corporate...more
On April 9, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued two sets of proposed Treasury Regulations related to section 4501, REG-115710-22, which provides guidance on...more
It is quite common for high-net-worth individuals to have income streams from multiple countries. For example, an individual may have an ownership interest in a foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) company, be a beneficiary of a foreign...more
On April 9, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department ("Treasury") issued proposed regulations and reporting requirements providing further guidance on the non-deductible 1% excise tax that was enacted on August 16, 2022 (as Section...more
How will the administration’s new crypto tax proposal affect your current digital strategy? How do recent price surges in many cryptocurrencies affect the taxable events of US taxpayers? The value of many...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Feb. 7, 2024, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing a new nationwide reporting obligation to be imposed on settlement...more
On January 16, 2024, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced that the agencies are postponing the implementation of increased reporting requirements for digital asset transactions under the...more
On August 29, 2023, the IRS published detailed proposed regulations addressing digital asset broker reporting requirements (the “Proposed Regulations”). The Proposed Regulations elaborate on the 2021 changes to the Internal...more
The Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department have issued long-awaited Proposed Regulations for parties that will be required to report transactions involving digital assets. These newly identified parties will need to...more
Proposed regulations addressing new tax reporting requirements for cryptocurrencies and other digital assets have been issued by the IRS and Treasury....more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released proposed regulations (REG-122793-19) pertaining to information reporting and backup withholding, as well as basis and...more
On August 29, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published new proposed regulations on tax reporting requirements for cryptocurrency brokers. The proposed regulations build on efforts to expand IRS regulation over...more
On August 25, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (88 FR 59576) that detail the information reporting requirements with respect to brokers of...more
On August 29, 2023, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published proposed regulations that, if finalized, would require brokers (including digital asset trading platforms, digital asset...more
Introduction and Background - Treasury and the IRS issued proposed regulations on July 31, 2020 under Section 1061 of the Code (Proposed Regulations). Section 1061 effectively creates a three-year holding period...more
On July 31, 2020, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") and the U.S. Treasury Department ("Treasury") issued proposed regulations (the "Proposed Regulations") that provide taxpayers with definitional and computational...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of May 25 – May 29, 2020... May 26, 2020: The IRS and United States Department of the Treasury...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 23 – 27, 2019. December 20, 2019: The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (TCJA) repealed § 958(b)(4) of the Code, which prevented downward attribution of stock ownership from a foreign person to a US person. That repeal has resulted in many foreign corporations being...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of September 30 – October 4, 2019. September 30, 2019: The IRS published a draft of the tax year...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of September 2 – 6, 2019. September 3, 2019: The IRS issued a notice in which it released the...more