Senator Thom Tillis introduced a bill (called the “Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act”) that would impose additional significant taxes on litigation funding investments. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OH) introduced a similar bill...more
On January 10, 2025, the Treasury Department and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released final regulations (the “regulations”) classifying certain partnership related party basis adjustment transactions and...more
3/5/2025
/ Compliance ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Liquidation ,
Partnerships ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
REIT ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
U.S. Treasury
On January 30, 2025, Mike Crapo (R-ID), the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee released a discussion draft of the “Taxpayer Assistance...more
On January 17, 2025, multiple news outlets and other sources reported the existence of a memorandum circulated by the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee to the House Republican Caucus (the “Memorandum”) containing...more
1/28/2025
/ Corporate Taxes ,
Employee Retention ,
Estate Tax ,
Foreign Earned Income ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Municipal Bonds ,
SALT ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
Earlier this month, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Form 15620, which is an approved IRS form for making Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section 83(b) elections. By way of background, Code Section 83(b) provides...more
With clear Republican victories in the White House and the Senate, and a very slim majority for either side in the House of Representatives, we can expect tax legislation in the coming year. It is expected that the President...more
11/13/2024
/ Corporate Taxes ,
Estate-Tax Exemption ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Gift Tax ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
REIT ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Legislation ,
Wages
On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the so called mandatory repatriation tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 965 (“MRT”) is constitutional.
Justice Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion...more
On June 17, 2024, the IRS announced the formation of a dedicated group in the Office of Chief Counsel specifically focused on developing guidance on partnerships, which is expected to work with a new “passthrough working...more
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On February 15, 2024, the IRS and Treasury issued a supplemental notice to a prior notice from December 2022, to correct a petition requesting that the Superfund Chemical Tax apply to polyphenylene...more
On November 15, 2023, the U.S. Tax Court held in YA Global Investments v. Commissioner that a non-U.S. private equity fund (YA Global) with a U.S. asset manager that bought equity and convertible debt of U.S. portfolio...more
In 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) was enacted into U.S. federal law as part of a multi‑national effort to rein in the use of entities to mask illegal activity. The CTA directs the U.S. Department of the...more
12/29/2023
/ Beneficial Owner ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Full-Time Employees ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Parent Corporation ,
REIT ,
Reporting Requirements ,
U.S. Treasury
On July 11, 2023, the Senate Finance Committee released an open letter to the Digital Asset Community asking a variety of questions in connection with possible future legislation. Public comments must be emailed to the Senate...more
8/30/2023
/ Charitable Donations ,
Dealers ,
Digital Assets ,
FATCA ,
FBAR ,
Green Book ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Mark-To-Market ,
Safe Harbors ,
Senate Finance Committee ,
Traders ,
Valuation
On August 16, 2022 President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) into law.
The IRA includes a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax, a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks and a two-year extension of...more
On August 7, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”). The IRA contains a significant number of climate and energy tax proposals, many of which were previously proposed in substantially similar form...more
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed certain limited changes to the taxation of partnerships. In short, the Administration’s proposals would (i) prevent related partners in a partnership that has made a...more
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed changes to the taxation of real property.
Restrict Deferral of Gain for Like-Kind Exchanges under Section 1031 -
The Biden Administration has proposed to limit the...more
On October 21, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Notice 2021-56 (the “Notice”), which sets forth the additional requirements a limited liability company (“LLC”) must satisfy to obtain a determination...more
On July 31, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) providing guidance on Section 1061 of the Code, as...more
8/10/2020
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Capital Gains ,
Capital Gains Tax ,
Carried Interest ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Partnership Interests ,
Partnerships ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Recharacterization
Proposed Regulations under Section 4960 of the Internal Revenue Code provide important guidance for tax-exempt organizations and their affiliates regarding an excise tax on certain executive compensation. The U.S. Department...more
7/29/2020
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Covered Employees ,
Excise Tax ,
Executive Compensation ,
Grandfathering Rules ,
Independent Contractors ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Remuneration ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Reform
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law changes to the private foundation excise tax on net investment income under Section 4940 of the Internal Revenue Code.
For purposes of Section 4940, net investment...more
On March 4, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) regarding the deduction for “foreign-derived intangible...more
4/23/2019
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform
On January 18, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) on the “pass through” deduction under section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code...more
2/8/2019
/ Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Leases ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Rental Property ,
S-Corporation ,
Safe Harbors ,
Section 199A ,
Self-Employment Tax ,
Sole Proprietorship ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions
December 10, 2018 saw significant activity with respect to Section 512(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), which requires tax-exempt employers to increase their unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) by...more
On November 26, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue...more
12/6/2018
/ Anti-Abuse Rule ,
Business Taxes ,
C-Corporation ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Partnerships ,
PFIC ,
Proposed Regulation ,
REIT ,
REMIC ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Planning ,
U.S. Treasury
Introduction.
On October 19,2018,the Internal Revenue Service (the“IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued proposed regulations (the “proposed regulations”) under section 1400Z-2 of the...more