On January 17, 2024, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) released a bill, the “Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024”...more
On June 24, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) on the application of the “passthrough deduction” under Section...more
6/30/2020
/ Capital Gains ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
IRS ,
Partnerships ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
REIT ,
Section 199A ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform ,
U.S. Treasury
On September 10, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) on calculation of built-in gains and losses under...more
9/23/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Change of Ownership ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Mergers ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sale of Assets ,
Startups ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Venture Capital
Implements 2018 Proposed Regulations, ending most limitations on investments in U.S. property, as well as pledges and guarantees by CFCs wholly-owned by U.S. corporations – also provides PTI guidance for CFC...more
5/31/2019
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Distribution Rules ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Guarantee Requirements ,
IRS ,
Multinationals ,
New Regulations ,
Section 956 ,
Stocks ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Voting Shares
Introduction -
On April 17, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued a second set of proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under section...more
4/30/2019
/ Anti-Abuse Rule ,
Capital Gains ,
Carried Interest ,
Holding Periods ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Original Use ,
Partnerships ,
Preamble ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Qualified Opportunity Funds ,
Real Estate Investments ,
REIT ,
Reporting Requirements ,
S-Corporation ,
Safe Harbors ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
On March 4, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) regarding the deduction for “foreign-derived intangible...more
4/23/2019
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform
On September 6, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Revenue Procedure 2018-47 (the “RIC Rev Proc”) which provides that, a repatriation deemed to have been received by a registered investment company (a “RIC”) under...more
9/24/2018
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Excise Tax ,
Foreign Investment ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
REIT ,
Revenue Procedures ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
On April 2, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2018-29 (the “Notice”), announcing the intention of the IRS and the Department of the Treasury to issue regulations regarding the withholding requirements...more
5/9/2018
/ FIRPTA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Income Taxes ,
Interim Guidance ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Limited Partnerships ,
Partnership Interests ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Reform ,
Withholding Tax
This post outlines at a high-level certain provisions under the recently enacted 2017 tax legislation (Pub. L. 115-97, the “Tax Act”) that may affect M&A Transactions. Some of these rules are very complex, particularly in...more
2/12/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Base Erosion Tax ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EBITDA ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
GAAP ,
GILTI tax ,
International Tax Issues ,
Mergers ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Section 956 ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform
On Friday December 22, 2017, the President signed into law H.R.1, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This is the most sweeping change to the US federal income tax laws in over three decades, and it will...more
1/17/2018
/ Base Erosion Tax ,
Carried Interest ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EBITDA ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Taxpayers ,
Income Taxes ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions