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Treasury Strips Away Obama Administration Earnings Stripping Rules

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In 2016, the Obama administration issued a series of rules and regulations designed to stem the flow of corporate inversions – transactions where U.S. corporations moved offshore to avoid the high 35% U.S. corporate tax rate....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Cross-Border M&A: Putting the Recently Finalized US Inversion Regulations into Context Following US Tax Reform

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New regulations more notable for what they retain than what they change. Key Points: ..The US anti-inversion rules have more than a 15-year history of impacting the structure and practicality of certain cross-border...more

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Treasury and IRS Issue Final Regulations on Inversions

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On July 11, 2018, the Treasury Department and the IRS published final Treasury regulations on inversion transactions (the “Final Regulations”). The Final Regulations substantially adopt the temporary Treasury regulations...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

No rest for the weary - final regulations continue to target inversions without major changes

INTRODUCTION - On July 11, 2018, Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final inversion regulations (TD 9834) which are largely consistent with the temporary (T.D. 9761) and proposed regulations...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

IRS Releases Final Regulations Addressing Corporate Inversions and Related Transactions

On July 11, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) issued final regulations under Section 7874 and related sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the Code)...more

A&O Shearman

Texas Federal District Court Invalidates IRS Regulations Limiting Inversion Transactions

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On September 29, 2017, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas granted summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Texas Association of Business, holding that the Internal Revenue...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Key Takeaways: Lessons Learned From Tax-Related Whistleblower Litigation and Shareholder Actions"

On March 8, 2017, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “Lessons Learned From Tax-Related Whistleblower Litigation and Shareholder Actions.” The Skadden panelists were tax partners Nathaniel Carden and Armando Gomez, and litigation...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Treasury Issues Stringent Inversion Regulations, Proposes Far-Reaching Related-Party Debt Rules

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New regulations expand prior guidance reducing tax benefits of inversions. Proposed debt-equity rules will impact even routine intercompany transactions. On April 4, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and...more

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Proposed IRS and Treasury Regulations Have Broad Implications for Intercompany Debt Structures

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On April 4, 2016, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations ostensibly aimed at curbing inversions and earnings stripping, by companies located in the U.S. with overseas...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Latest Treasury Action on Inversions Upends Pending Transactions and Surprises Many for Its Broad Scope and Use of Questionable...

On April 4, 2016, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued a sweeping package of new regulations intended to curtail inversion transactions (the “Regulations”). Many features of the Regulations had...more

Alston & Bird

International Tax Advisory: New Temporary Regulations Continue the Fight Against Inversions

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On April 4, the Treasury released temporary regulations to attack (and prevent) inversions. Aimed at transactions designed to avoid the purposes of Sections 7874 and 367 and certain post-inversion avoidance transactions, the...more

King & Spalding

New Guidance Rewrites Debt/Equity Rules and Further Limits Inversions

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The IRS and Treasury Department released a package of temporary and proposed regulations on April 4, 2016 ostensibly aimed at further curbing corporate “inversion” transactions. The regulations cover a wide range of tax...more

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Proposed Regulations Would Fundamentally Change Treatment of Intra-Group Debt Transactions

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On April 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued two sets of regulations, temporary regulations addressing “inversion” transactions and proposed regulations regarding the...more

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New Temporary Inversion Regulations

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The IRS once again is targeting inversions, and this time there have been immediate tangible results. The IRS issued temporary regulations on Monday targeting inversion transactions. An inversion occurs where a foreign...more

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IRS and Treasury Issue More Guidance on “Inversion” Transactions

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The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have issued additional guidance about so-called “inversion” transactions. Generally, an inversion transaction results where a U.S. corporation (“U.S. Target”) is...more

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Tax Policy Update

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The number of working days (in theory) that Congress has left to negotiate and pass a continuing resolution (CR) that would keep the government from shutting down on Oct. 1. Here’s hoping that the Pope’s visit to the Capitol...more

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Tax Policy Update

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The number of additional months of funding for transportation projects under a $8 billion bill introduced late last night in the House. Notably — as anyone on Sesame Street could tell you — the number 5 is not the same as the...more

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New Final Inversion Rules Maintain Tight Standard for Corporate Expatriations

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For expatriating US companies to avoid anti-inversion rules, their foreign business activities must satisfy a tough bright-line test, consistent with controversial 2012 rules. On June 3, 2015, the US Department of the...more

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Ruling Demonstrates Potential for Inversion Rules to Apply in Inbound Structures

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In Private Letter Ruling 201432002 (the “PLR”), the IRS ruled that a foreign-to-foreign “F” reorganization did not implicate the Section 7874 anti-inversion rules. As a result, a foreign corporation (that was 100 percent...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Treasury Announces Inversion Regulations; Reach Extends to Other Cross-Border M&A

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New guidance seeks to curb the incidence of inversions and reduce the associated tax benefits, but also extends beyond inversions. On September 22, 2014, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal...more

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Alert: IRS and Department of the Treasury Notice Limits Inversion Transactions

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On September 22, 2014, the United States Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued a Notice (Notice 2014-52) that limit "inversion" transactions and their potential tax benefits. In general, an...more

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Treasury Takes Action Against Corporate Inversions

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Earlier this week, the Treasury Department and the IRS announced that they would issue regulations that substantially limit the U.S. tax benefits of corporate inversions (and certain post-inversion transactions)....more

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IRS Chief Counsel Shrugs Off Taxpayer’s Section 956 Gambit

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In a recently released Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum (the “Memorandum”), the IRS Office of Chief Counsel (International) addressed an interesting and somewhat creative internal financing structure deployed by a taxpayer...more

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