Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top Last month, YA Global Investments, LP (the “Fund”) filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, seeking review of the...more
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A partnership, such as a fund treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, that realizes income effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or...more
On August 11, 2023, Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund manager Point72 Asset Management (“Point72”) filed a petition with the Tax Court contesting the IRS’s position that its owner, billionaire and New York Mets team...more
On June 30, 2023, the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) published Final Regulations as guidance on the transition from the use of the Interbank Offer Rate (IBOR) to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate...more
Are you preparing to sell your company with cash in the bank? A common construct for valuation is on a cash-free and debt-free basis, such that seller can recover the cash in a pre-closing purchase price adjustment. A...more
One of the lesser-known yet very beneficial provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) relating to business investment is Section 1202. Originally passed in 1993 and amended several times over the years, Section 1202...more
On August 7, 2022, the Senate passed a major climate, health and tax bill through the budget reconciliation process. The bill, named the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, is expected to be taken up by the House of...more
On July 27, 2022, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) released preliminary details of a bill, named the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, to address climate change, taxes, health...more
8/1/2022
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Section 1202 is a once-obscure tax saving provision that has come into prominence in the last few years. Originally passed in 1993 as a 50% capital gain exclusion, it has been amended several times since. In its current...more
Today’s supply chains are frequently paper-based operations subject to human error and delay. Therefore, some companies are beginning to invest in digital infrastructure, including blockchain tools, to strengthen supply...more
On September 13, 2021, the House of Representative Ways and Means Committee introduced tax proposals that, if enacted, would make significant changes to the U.S. federal income tax system. This Alert summarizes some of the...more
As a result of final Treasury Regulations issued by the IRS under Section 1061, fund sponsors should consider investing capital through a commingled fund with other investors as opposed to using its own investment vehicle to...more
On July 16 and 17, 2019, the U.S. Senate approved resolutions of ratification of protocols to amend existing income tax treaties between the United States and various countries, including Spain, Japan, and Switzerland. Before...more
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have proposed their own versions of tax reform (the “House Proposal” and “Senate Proposal”, respectively, and together, the “Proposals”) which will drastically change the...more
11/27/2017
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On July 13, 2017, the U.S. Tax Court issued a decision in Grecian Magnesite Mining, Industrial & Shipping Co., SA v. Commissioner, 149 T.C. No. 3, which could have a significant impact on how non-U.S. investors invest in U.S....more
A recent decision by the Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals expands the potential for Roth IRAs to be used to protect income from corporate and shareholder level tax....more
3/15/2017
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The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 that was signed into law on November 2, 2015, made extensive changes to the rules that apply to partnership audits and the mechanics for collecting taxes resulting from an audit. These...more
Multinational groups can strip U.S. earnings away from U.S. taxation by having a domestic corporation issue debt and pay earnings out to foreign affiliates as deductible interest. This strategy could be used after an...more
5/2/2016
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