On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) announced the entry into force of the U.S.-Chile Income Tax Treaty (the “Treaty”). The Treaty provides for reduced withholding tax rates on income such as...more
As discussed in our alert earlier this week, the recently announced proposed reconciliation package—the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, H.R. 5376 (the “Bill”)—would impose a new 15% minimum tax on the adjusted financial...more
On July 27, 2022, Senators Manchin and Schumer announced that they agreed to a proposed reconciliation package, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, H.R. 5376 (the “Bill”). If enacted, the Bill would finance climate programs,...more
On May 27, 2020, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) published guidance (the Guidance) regarding the interaction of the five-year net operating loss (NOL) carryback rules under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic...more
On March 18, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-17 announcing the extension of the due date for the payment of federal income taxes due April 15, 2020 until July 15, 2020, with no interest, penalties or additions to tax...more
On March 18, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-17 announcing the extension of the due date for the payment of federal income taxes due April 15, 2020 until July 15, 2020, with no interest, penalties or additions to tax...more
Related Party Debt Documentation Rules Are Removed and Future Changes to Limit Recharacterization Rules Are Expected -
On October 31, 2019, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made two significant...more
11/5/2019
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On October 1, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Procedure 2019-40 (Revenue Procedure) and proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) addressing issues related to the repeal of section 958(b)(4) by the...more
10/3/2019
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On June 14, 2019, the IRS and Treasury finalized the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) regulations (T.D. 9866) and issued proposed regulations (REG-101828-19) that will provide significant relief to investors in...more
6/20/2019
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On December 19, 2017, the Senate passed the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017” (H.R. 1) (the “Bill”). The House of Representatives passed the Bill on December 20, 2017. This follows the release by the conference committee of the...more
The House Committee on Ways and Means released today its proposed legislative language (the “House Proposal”) implementing, in large part, the framework for tax reform issued by the so-called “Big Six” on September 27, 2017....more
On September 27, 2017, the Trump Administration, the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance released their much-anticipated framework for tax reform (the “Framework”). The Framework generally...more
The US Tax Court earlier this month issued a decision that rejected a 25-year old IRS Revenue Ruling and held that gain from the sale or other disposition by a non-US person of an interest in a partnership that is engaged in...more
On April 26, the Trump Administration made its much-anticipated release of several “core principles” of its tax plan. In doing so, the administration affirmed its desire to enact comprehensive corporate and individual tax...more
With the election of Donald Trump, who pledged during the campaign to usher in fundamental tax reform (including major tax cuts), the Republican majorities in Congress have begun planning major tax changes to the Internal...more
In recent years, there has been a considerable expansion of the types of companies holding non-traditional real estate assets that have elected to become real estate investment trusts for US federal income tax purposes...more