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
Proposed regulations addressing new tax reporting requirements for cryptocurrencies and other digital assets have been issued by the IRS and Treasury....more
A new program offers rulings in 12 weeks, even absent a showing of business need.
Revenue Procedure 2023-26, issued July 26, 2023, in replacement of a popular 18-month pilot program under Revenue Procedure 2022-10,...more
8/3/2023
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On January 14, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") released Revenue Procedure 2022-10, which establishes a "fast-track processing" pilot program for certain private letter ruling requests that are solely or primarily...more
The IRS recently clarified its position on the U.S. income tax treatment of a hard fork. A hard fork occurs when protocols on a blockchain change, causing a "fork" or splintering of the existing blockchain into two distinct...more
The IRS's first guidance on the taxation of cryptocurrency in five years provides some new insights, but also leaves several issues unresolved.
Jones Day partner Lori Hellkamp discusses Revenue Ruling 2019-24, with...more
The Situation: On June 14, 2019, the IRS and U.S. Treasury released more than 500 pages of proposed, temporary, and final regulations addressing the taxation of U.S.-controlled foreign corporations.
The Development:...more
6/25/2019
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New IRS guidance issued on qualified foreign pension fund exception.
On June 6, 2019, the U.S. Treasury released proposed regulations under Internal Revenue Code section 897(l) providing guidance for "qualified foreign...more
6/13/2019
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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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On November 26, 2018, the U.S. Treasury released proposed regulations under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, which, as amended by last year's tax reform, generally limits deductibility of net business interest...more
On March 23, 2017, the U.S. Tax Court issued its long-awaited opinion in a transfer pricing dispute involving Amazon's cost sharing arrangement ("CSA") with its Luxembourg subsidiary...
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