On May 28, 2025, in Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo 2025-52) (“Soroban II”), the Tax Court held the active role of limited partners in a fund manager caused them to fail to qualify as “limited partners”...more
On December 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) published final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) on section 752 regarding the allocation of partnership...more
On October 13, 2016, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued final and temporary regulations under section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code. The final and temporary regulations recharacterize certain...more
11/2/2016
/ Acquisitions ,
Bifurcation ,
Corporate Taxes ,
De Minimus Quantity Exemption ,
Debt Instruments ,
Debt-Equity ,
Disregarded Entities ,
Distribution Rules ,
Expanded Group Instruments (EGIs) ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
New Regulations ,
S-Corporation ,
Section 385 ,
Securities ,
Stocks
On October 13, 2016, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued final and temporary regulations under section 385. The final and temporary regulations recharacterize certain debt instruments as equity for...more
10/27/2016
/ Asset Stripping ,
Bifurcation ,
Debt ,
Debt Instruments ,
Disregarded Entities ,
Equity ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment Funds ,
IRS ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Section 385 ,
Securities ,
Stocks ,
U.S. Treasury
On July 15, 2016, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published proposed regulations that would modify the device and active trade or business requirements for tax-free...more
7/29/2016
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Device Test ,
Grandfathering Rules ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Section 355 ,
Shareholders ,
Spinoffs ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Tax-Free Transfers ,
U.S. Treasury ,
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