The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the Ninth Circuit's decision in Moore v. United States, upholding the constitutionality of the mandatory repatriation tax enacted in 2017....more
The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") recently issued important guidance identifying new positions the IRS is considering on critical aspects of tax-free spin-offs, and significantly expanding the information that taxpayers...more
On April 9, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department ("Treasury") issued proposed regulations and reporting requirements providing further guidance on the non-deductible 1% excise tax that was enacted on August 16, 2022 (as Section...more
5/6/2024
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Cross-Border Transactions ,
Excise Tax ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Merger Agreements ,
New Guidance ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Share Buybacks ,
U.S. Treasury
Virtual currencies (often called cryptocurrencies) such as bitcoin are perhaps blockchain's best-known application. As these and other blockchain-based digital assets become more common, and attract more regulatory and...more
5/2/2019
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Cryptocurrency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinCEN ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Planning ,
Token Sales ,
Virtual Currency
The Situation: On November 2, 2017, the House Ways and Means Committee released its first draft of much-anticipated comprehensive U.S. tax reform legislation as the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act." Chairman Brady’s markup of the bill...more
11/7/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Death Tax ,
EBITDA ,
Excise Tax ,
Executive Compensation ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Earned Income ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
International Tax Issues ,
Itemized Deductions ,
MACRS ,
Mortgage Interest ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Partnerships ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Principal Executive Officer ,
Proposed Legislation ,
REIT ,
Section 409A ,
Shareholders ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Reform ,
Transfer Taxes ,
Trump Administration ,
Ways and Means Committee
The Situation: The Trump Administration, in collaboration with the House and Senate, has introduced a Framework for tax reform legislation that could bring sweeping changes to U.S. tax laws....more
10/11/2017
/ Alternative Minimum Tax ,
Budget Reconciliation ,
Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Family Businesses ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investors ,
Multinationals ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Repatriation ,
S-Corporation ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration