News & Analysis as of

Capital Gains Internal Revenue Service Tax Reform

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Tax Proposals Bid Adieu to Carried Interest

On February 6, 2025, the Trump Administration announced various tax and budgetary priorities discussed further here, including closing the “carried interest loophole.”  On the same day, Democrats in the House and Senate...more

ArentFox Schiff

Let It Be…Taxed? The Carried Interest Debate Continues

ArentFox Schiff on

On February 6, Congressional Republican leaders met with President Donald Trump to address the Trump Administration’s 2025 budget and tax priorities. During that meeting, the Trump Administration proposed to eliminate capital...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Carried Interest in the Crosshairs…Again

Seward & Kissel LLP on

On February 6, 2025, Democratic Senators and Representatives proposed the Carried Interest Fairness Act, which would treat carried interest as ordinary income. Additionally, on the same day President Trump met with...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

President Trump Seeks to End Carried Interest Tax Preference

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

President Trump met with Republican lawmakers on Thursday, February 6, 2025, to outline his tax priorities, including extending the 2017 tax cuts and expanding the state and local tax deduction. Also included among the...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: Update: How "Profits Interest" Works And Why Knowing That Can Matter A Whole Lot

Whiteford on

In many ways, the labor market is as competitive as ever. Businesses continue to explore compensation packages, in addition to ordinary salary, that will help them attract, hire and retain talent. One method of compensation...more

Gray Reed

IRS Characterizes Monetized Installment Sales as Listed Transaction in Proposed Regulations

Gray Reed on

Monetized installment sale transactions (“MISTs”) have been on the IRS’s radar for some time.  On May 7, 2021, IRS Chief Counsel issued an advice memorandum, contending such transactions were “problematic” and “flawed”. And...more

ArentFox Schiff

Key Tax Changes Impacting Businesses in the New Inflation Reduction Act

ArentFox Schiff on

Today, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”). Although the proposal further restricting the availability of long-term capital gain treatment with respect to carried interests...more

Dechert LLP

Another Stab at Carried Interests Under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Dechert LLP on

On July 27, 2022, Senator Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation entitled the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” (the “Reconciliation Bill”). The Reconciliation Bill is...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

New Bill Will Tax Real Estate “Promote” as Carried Interest Subject to Three-Year Holding Period

Goulston & Storrs PC on

Senators Manchin and Schumer this week announced that the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” will be added to the FY2022 Budget Reconciliation bill. The bill includes changes to Section 1061 of the Code (which was added to the...more

Lowndes

Bipartisan Bill Proposes Changes to Opportunity Zone Benefits

Lowndes on

If you acquired or built a senior living facility that is located in an opportunity zone, or are considering doing so, a recent bipartisan bill introduced in Congress proposes making changes to the opportunity zone rules. ...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2021 and a Look Ahead to 2022

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

Dechert LLP

Cryptocurrency Stakeholders Should Prepare for Increased Tax Enforcement

Dechert LLP on

As we recently noted in our OnPoint dated October 20, 2021, the rise in interest from retail and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency market has attracted increased regulatory and enforcement attention in the past...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

IRS Puts Brokers On The Hot Seat for Crypto Tax Reporting

Definition of a broker is debated The Biden Administration’s 2021–2022 Priority Guidance Plan (the Plan) supports a push from the IRS and the US Treasury to more closely scrutinize the virtual currency industry....more

Foster Garvey PC

House of Representatives 5376: Current Tax Legislation Pending in the U.S. House of Representatives

Foster Garvey PC on

...The federal tax laws are certainly about to change. With the need to raise revenue as a top priority for the Biden Administration, everyone is expecting dramatic changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Tax legislation is...more

Perkins Coie

Washington’s New 7% Capital Gains Tax Questions Answered

Perkins Coie on

The Washington Legislature passed Senate Bill 5096 on April 25, 2021, the last day of the 2021 Washington legislative session. SB 5096 is a state capital gains tax on individual residents of the State of Washington. The state...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Biden’s Proposed Income Tax Increases And The Sale Of The Baby Boomer Business

Rivkin Radler LLP on

“Yeah, I’m the Tax Man” Last week, several media outlets reported that Mr. Biden will soon propose that Congress increase the federal income tax rate applicable to long-term capital gains recognized by individual...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

IRS Proposes Carried Interest Regulations

On July 31, 2020, the IRS and Treasury issued proposed regulations under section 1061 of the tax code. Section 1061 imposes a three-year holding period as a precondition to recognizing long-term capital gains on carried...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Year-End Tax Planning: Steps to Take Now for 2021

During this election year, with the determination of the Senate seats not taking place until January 2021, taxpayers will be faced with uncertainty in their approach to planning. The outcome of the Senate will play a key role...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Carried Interest – Proposed Regulations – Impact on Real Estate: The Good and the Bad

Ballard Spahr LLP on

On July 31, 2020, the IRS and Treasury released the long-awaited proposed regulations on the new carried interest rules in Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) that became law as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more

Proskauer - Tax Talks

 “Passthrough Deduction” Regulations for RICs Finalized with No Major Changes

Proskauer - Tax Talks on

On June 24, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) on the application of the “passthrough deduction” under Section...more

Perkins Coie

IRS Announces Delay of Certain Periods for 1031 Transactions

Perkins Coie on

In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) has taken additional actions intended to provide immediate relief to taxpayers. Delay of Identification and Acquisition...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

IRS Issues Guidance Regarding Net Operating Loss Carryback Waivers and Refunds Under the CARES Act | Blogs | Coronavirus Resource...

Foley & Lardner LLP on

On April 9, 2020, the IRS issued: Rev. Proc. 2020-24, which provides guidance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) relating to relinquishment of certain net operating loss (NOL)...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

An Electing Real Property Trade or Business can Revoke its Election on Account of the Change to Qualified Improvement Property...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

On April 10, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2020-22 (the “Revenue Procedure”), which (1) permits an “electing real property trade or business” that elected not to be subject to the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Final Tax Regulations Offer More Certainty to Opportunity Zone Fund Managers and Investors

Opportunity Zone (or “OZ”) investment was hailed in 2018 and 2019 as the hottest and most innovative way of attracting significant private capital to distressed communities in the United States and its territories by offering...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup May 6 – 10, 2019

McDermott Will & Emery on

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of May 6 – 10, 2019. May 7, 2019: The IRS released Revenue Procedure 2019-22 updating Revenue...more

54 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide