...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
In January 2021, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final regulations (the Final Regulations) under Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). Code...more
On August 5, 2021, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced legislation that, if enacted, would tax carried interest recipients annually at ordinary interest...more
On January 7, 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service released final regulations under Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“the Code”). The Final Regulations address the...more
The tax treatment of carried interests was changed with the enactment of Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. After issuing proposed regulations last summer, the Internal...more
The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service recently released proposed regulations under Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.1 Congress enacted Section 1061 in 2017 in order to...more
On July 31, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) issued proposed regulations (REGS-107213-18) (Proposed Regulations) governing the treatment of “carried interests” (also...more
On July 31, the IRS issued proposed regulations under Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code further clarifying the tax treatment of carried interest and other "applicable partnership interests" (APIs)....more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the US Treasury Department released proposed regulations (REG-107213-18) under Section 1061 on July 31 providing guidance to the holders of certain carried interests. These rules are of...more
Congress has passed the tax reform bill, known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Act”), and President Trump signed it into law on December 22, 2017. The Act contains wide-ranging changes to the tax law, many of which will...more