On February 15, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released PLR 201907001 (the “Ruling”), a private letter ruling addressing whether certain income related to the leasing of an oil and gas platform, selling of...more
5/3/2019
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On April 17th, the IRS and Treasury issued the next (and long-awaited) package of proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under the “qualified opportunity zone” provisions of Section 1400Z-2 of the Code...more
4/22/2019
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On September 13, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) released Revenue Procedure 2018-48 (the “Revenue Procedure”), which provides guidance on how certain items of foreign-related income are treated for purposes...more
Ares Management LP (“Ares”) is a publicly traded investment firm that until now has been structured as a “publicly traded partnership” (“PTP”). Specifically, Ares is a Delaware limited partnership that has historically...more
On January 23, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Revenue Procedure 2018-12 (the “Revenue Procedure”) detailing a safe harbor that will permit taxpayers to utilize average-price methods for purposes of...more
After months of being communicated through vague frameworks and political talking points, Republican tax reform proposals have finally been unveiled in legislative language. Earlier this month, H.R.1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs...more
On September 29, 2017, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas struck down a 2016 temporary regulation designed to limit corporate inversions(the “Rule”). Rule was simultaneously issued as a...more
On September 27, the Trump administration and the Republican leadership in the House and Senate released a document called the “Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code” (the “Framework”), which lays out the core...more
One of the headline proposals contained in the Republican Party’s “Better Way” blueprint for tax reform was immediate expensing of business investments. Although the Blueprint does not directly address like-kind exchanges,...more
Executive Summary On November 22, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Treasury Department issued proposed regulations (REG-136978-12, the “Proposed Regulations”) under the “fractions rule” of Section 514(c)(9)(E) of the...more