The Internal Revenue Service plans to deploy thousands of new hires to expand audits of partnerships and high net wealth individuals. As part of a larger transformation at the agency, it is using some of the $60 billion in...more
11/14/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Audits ,
Digital Assets ,
Estate Planning ,
Generation-Skipping Transfer ,
IRS ,
Partnerships ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Tax Reform ,
Wealth Management ,
Wealth Tax
Boards routinely confront an array of difficult issues. In this issue of The Informed Board, we tackle four of the thorniest and most topical:
- How to preserve the integrity of a deal process where a key fiduciary (say,...more
11/9/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Board of Directors ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Information Sharing ,
Internal Investigations ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Partnerships ,
Shareholders ,
Wealth Tax
On September 8, 2023, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel announced the rollout of a coordinated enforcement strategy that will involve audits of returns filed by 75 of the largest partnerships operating...more
9/13/2023
/ Enforcement Actions ,
Estate Planning ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Investment Management ,
IRS ,
Offshore Funds ,
Partnerships ,
Private Equity ,
TEFRA ,
Trustees ,
Wealth Tax
On June 21, 2023, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations (88 FR 40528 and 88 FR 40496) under two key provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA)...more
On November 16, 2022, the IRS released a long-awaited update to the procedure for large corporate taxpayers and large partnerships under continuous audit to obtain Qualified Amended Return (QAR) treatment for items disclosed...more
More — and more rigorous — IRS examinations are coming. The Biden administration is committed to closing the “tax gap” (the difference between taxes owed and taxes actually paid on time). Increased enforcement efforts are...more
5/5/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Corporate Taxes ,
High Net-Worth ,
Income Taxes ,
Investment Management ,
Partnerships ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Wealth Tax
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released long-awaited proposed regulations regarding the carbon capture and sequestration tax credit provided under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released Notice 2020-41 (the Notice), providing important relief with respect to the beginning-of-construction requirement for the production tax credit (PTC) and the investment tax...more
5/29/2020
/ Begun Construction Test ,
Construction Project ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Delays ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
IRS ,
Physical Work Test ,
Popular ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Relief Measures ,
Renewable Energy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Solar Energy ,
Wind Power
On March 8, 2017, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “Lessons Learned From Tax-Related Whistleblower Litigation and Shareholder Actions.” The Skadden panelists were tax partners Nathaniel Carden and Armando Gomez, and litigation...more
3/22/2017
/ 1099s ,
Board of Directors ,
Breach of Duty ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Derivative Suit ,
Dodd-Frank ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Form 1098-T ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
International Tax Issues ,
Inversion ,
IRS ,
Misrepresentation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Stock Drop Litigation ,
Tax Litigation ,
Tax Planning ,
Whistleblowers
For the second time in just over a year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the United States Tax Court and affirmed the right of a taxpayer to structure its affairs in a manner that takes into account...more
2/24/2017
/ Appeals ,
Business Taxes ,
Dividends ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment Funds ,
Reversal ,
Roth IRA ,
Tax Benefits ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax-Free Transfers
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released welcome new guidance with respect to renewable electricity production and energy investment tax credits. A notice issued on May 5, 2016, reflects changes to the production tax...more
Legislation enacted in November 2015 will fundamentally change the way the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) examines entities treated as partnerships for U.S. federal tax purposes, including how it assesses and collects tax...more
On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Act), which extends and modifies the investment tax credit for solar energy property, the production tax credit for wind...more
On November 2, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the Act). The Act overhauls the partnership audit and litigation rules in the Internal Revenue Code, repealing both the provisions...more
11/5/2015
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Audits ,
Barack Obama ,
Bipartisan Budget ,
Burden of Proof ,
Business Taxes ,
C-Corporation ,
FPAA ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Judicial Review ,
K-1 ,
New Legislation ,
Partnership Interests ,
Partnerships ,
S-Corporation ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Tax Assessment ,
TEFRA ,
Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released welcome new guidance on renewable electricity production and energy investment tax credits. A notice issued on August 8, 2014, addresses when a facility or equipment maintains...more
On June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Clarke1 held that a taxpayer has a right to conduct an examination of IRS officials regarding their reasons for issuing an administrative summons when the taxpayer...more
After several years of hearings and forums intended to develop broad-based support for comprehensive tax reform, on February 26, 2014, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman David Camp (R-Mich.) released a draft tax reform...more
4/22/2014
/ Accounting ,
Alternative Minimum Tax ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Debt Restructuring ,
Derivatives ,
Financial Products ,
Foreign Tax ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Partnerships ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Reform ,
Ways and Means Committee
In United States v. Woods,1 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously for the government on two long-brewing disagreements over penalty jurisdiction in the partnership context and over the breadth of valuation misstatement...more
On November 4, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service released an internal directive that completes a two-part process of reshaping the dynamic between taxpayers and IRS examiners during the information-gathering phase of an...more
On April 10, 2013, the White House released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2014. The budget contains significant tax proposals related to renewable energy, research and job creation, as well as numerous changes affecting...more
On April 15, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service released Notice 2013-29 (Notice), which established guidelines and a safe harbor to determine when construction has begun on a “qualified facility” for purposes of the renewable...more
The first congressional proposals to revamp partnership and S corporation taxation in connection with anticipated tax reform have surfaced. Framed as two alternatives, both options suggest significant, and, in the case of one...more
3/29/2013
On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the TRA of 2012), which permanently extends certain federal income tax rate reductions first enacted in 2001 that were scheduled to expire...more
1/3/2013
/ Alternative Minimum Tax ,
American Taxpayer Relief Act ,
Bush-Era Tax Cuts ,
Capital Gains ,
Dividends ,
Electricity ,
Estate Tax ,
Fiscal Cliff ,
Generation-Skipping Transfer ,
Gift-Tax Exemption ,
Income Taxes ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
Wind Power