On June 22, 2023, the US Senate passed a resolution consenting to the ratification of the Income Tax Treaty between Chile and the United States (Treaty). The resolution opens the door for President Biden to formally ratify...more
Review of U.S. Tax Developments in 2021- Last year, we predicted that the biggest U.S. tax news in 2021 would be revenue-raising legislation that the Democrats would put forward after the election of Joe Biden as the 46th...more
In May 2021, President Biden’s administration released a $6 trillion budget proposal for the coming fiscal year (Budget), including $3.6 trillion of tax increases over 10 years and generous tax credits to incentivize clean...more
In this final blog post on the House Ways and Means Tax Bill, we address the international tax proposals in the Bill, JCX-43-21. The international tax proposals are fewer in number than the domestic and transfer tax...more
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced key tax reform proposals on September 15 that would increase taxes for corporations and high-income individuals. Several tax reform proposals are under consideration as part of...more
Last month, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden of Oregon and fellow Finance Committee Democrats Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Mark Warner of Virginia released a draft proposed overhaul of the international tax regime (the...more
On August 25, 2021, Senate Finance Committee members Wyden, Brown, and Warner released draft bill language and a section-by-section summary of their proposed International Tax Reform Framework. The legislative language is...more
On March 31, 2021, President Biden presented an infrastructure spending plan coupled with a tax reform plan that seeks to raise corporate income taxes (the “American Jobs Plan” and the “Made in America Tax Plan”). The...more
Our International Tax Group elaborates on the final regulations recently issued by the IRS and Treasury on the base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT)....more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of August 31, 2020 – September 4, 2020. Additionally, for continuing updates on the tax impact of...more
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
We invite you to join us for our Tax in the City®: A Women’s Tax Roundtable in Seattle. We plan to discuss, among other topics, post-TCJA tax treatment of foreign branches (and disregarded entities), new BEAT guidance, an...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law on March 27, 2020, representing the so-called “Phase 3” of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as discussed in our client alert “CARES...more
With the likely increased borrowings or refinancing of debt as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, multinational companies should consider the impact of changes in U.S. tax law made in 2018. As a result of these changes, U.S....more
Mark your calendars for our spring 2020 Tax in the City®: A Women’s Tax Roundtable in Seattle—a forum for women tax professionals to discuss technical state, federal and international tax issues in a collegial and...more
Our International Tax Group analyzes some of the most interesting and significant provisions of the new Treasury and IRS regulations for the base erosion and anti-abuse tax....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
Our International Tax Group reflects on a few concerns that have cropped up in the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and deciphers the government’s responses....more
MEET THE MEMBERS - Congratulations! You have officially met all of the new faces in this session’s House Ways and Means Committee. For our final installment of Meet the Members, we introduce you to the two remaining...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 4 – 8, 2019. February 4, 2019: The IRS released final instructions for Form 1065, US...more
Many of the core provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) — including the corporate tax rate reduction and the fundamental reworking of the U.S. international tax regime — were geared toward addressing the uncompetitive...more
On December 13, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued two sets of proposed regulations of importance to insurance companies. One set was the long-awaited regulations...more
The Treasury Department and the IRS published proposed regulations yesterday on the Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) that was enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. ...more