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 December 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a pre-publication version of final regulations (Treas. Reg. § 1.1001-6) addressing the principal tax...more
On October 12, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Procedure 2020-44 (the Revenue Procedure) providing additional guidance related to the transition from an interbank offered rate (IBOR) to another replacement...more
On October 7, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) finalized regulations (T.D. 9926) (the “Final Regulations”) with respect to the withholding tax imposed under section...more
10/14/2020
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On September 1, 2020, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations in T.D. 9910 (the “Regulations”) permitting taxpayers to waive deductions to reduce or eliminate liability for the...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 January 13, 2020, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service published final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) regarding “Qualified Opportunity Zones” (“QOZs”) and “Qualified Opportunity Funds” formed to...more
1/15/2020
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On December 2, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued a pre-published version of final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) providing guidance with respect to...more
12/17/2019
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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 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24 (the “Revenue Ruling”) and questions and answers (the “Q&A” and, together with the Revenue Ruling, the “Guidance”) addressing certain...more
10/16/2019
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On October 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a pre-published version of proposed regulations addressing the principal tax consequences related to the...more
10/9/2019
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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 August 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of Treasury submitted proposed regulations on the tax consequences related to the phased elimination of interbank offered rates (the “Proposed Regulations”) to the Office of Management...more
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
A general guide in determining the application of FATCA to non-US funds.
I. What Is FATCA? FATCA refers to the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (contained in Sections 1471 through 1474 of the US Internal Revenue...more
On December 4, 2013, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released new final and proposed regulations under section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code regarding the imposition of US federal...more