On August, 15, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued PLR 202033002, in which it addressed whether cost of removal (COR) is “protected” by the normalization rules of section 168(i)(9). COR is often embedded in a...more
On November 26, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued much-anticipated proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of...more
The affiliated group of which a taxpayer-utility was a wholly owned subsidiary filed tax returns on which it did not claim bonus depreciation since the availability of bonus depreciation had temporarily expired. Following the...more
The proposed regulations under section 168(k) issued by Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on August 3, 2018, not only presented utilities with some surprises, but also raised concerns as a result of unaddressed...more