On April 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued long-awaited proposed regulations under Section 45011 relating to the one percent stock buyback excise tax. This...more
On September 8, 2023, the Department of Treasury (the Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) released Notice 2023-63 (the Notice), which sets forth the Treasury and the IRS’s intent to issue proposed regulations...more
On August 25, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations regarding information reporting, determination of amount realized and basis, and backup...more
The “Inflation Reduction Act” introduced Section 4501, which contains a new one percent excise tax on certain stock repurchases and economically similar transactions undertaken by publicly traded U.S. corporations and certain...more
1/5/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Covered Entities ,
Domestic Corporations ,
Excise Tax ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
IRS ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Share Buybacks ,
Stock Repurchases ,
U.S. Treasury
On November 18, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published private letter ruling 202246008 (the PLR), which concluded that a transaction qualifies as a tax-free spin-off under Section 3552 despite the fact that the...more
Since December 22, 2017, corporate tax practitioners in the United States have been predominantly focused on the impact of legislation commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), which was signed into law on that...more
9/6/2019
/ Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EBITDA ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Earned Income ,
GILTI tax ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax Treaty ,
U.S. Treasury
On October 31, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations (the "Proposed Regulations") that would generally reduce the amount that a corporate U.S. shareholder is required...more
On July 24, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a 2-to-1 opinion, ruled in Altera Corp. v. Commissioner that Treasury Regulations involving transfer pricing promulgated in 2003 (the Regulations) complied...more
On April 2, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2018-29, "Guidance Regarding the Implementation of New Section 1446(f) for Partnership Interests That Are Not Publicly...more
On July 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code that would establish new guidelines under the so-called "device" and "active business" tests....more
7/21/2016
/ Active Business Test ,
Alibaba ,
Control Test ,
Device Test ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Recapitalization ,
Revenue Procedure 2016-40 ,
Share Classes ,
Tax-Free Spin-Offs ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Yahoo!
On April 13, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations under Section 305(c) of the Internal Revenue Code that would resolve certain issues relating to the amount and timing of deemed distributions...more
4/22/2016
/ Conversion ,
Convertible Debt ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Dividends ,
Foreign Persons ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shareholder Distributions ,
Shareholders ,
Stocks ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Withholding Requirements