On July 11, 2019, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued comprehensive proposed regulations on passive foreign investment companies (PFICs) that include guidance on the...more
On April 16, 2019, the Large Business and International (LB&I) Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced three new compliance campaigns. The campaigns focus on:
..Transfer pricing for “captive” services...more
4/29/2019
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Corporate Taxes ,
FATCA ,
Filing Requirements ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
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Large Business & International Division (LB&I) ,
OECD ,
Offshore Banks ,
OVDP ,
Related Parties ,
Transfer Pricing
On October 16, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Rev. Proc. 2018-54, which addresses the treatment of a new mortgage-backed security under the diversification rules of IRC § 817(h). This new security, called a...more
The Treasury and the IRS offered two pieces of highly anticipated guidance on July 18 that are particularly relevant to the life insurance industry. ...more
7/24/2014
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Capital Losses ,
Corporate Bonds ,
Federal Taxes ,
Final Guidance ,
Hedges ,
Insurance Industry ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Variable Annuities
On May 7, Treasury and the IRS published proposed regulations addressing which corporation succeeds to the tax attributes of another corporation that transfers assets in an acquisitive asset reorganization described in IRC §§...more
On July 12, 2013, the IRS, in Notice 2013-43, and the Department of the Treasury in a Press Release of the same date, extended the implementation dates by six months for many of the withholding and account due diligence...more