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New Fast-Track IRS Guidance for Spin-Offs and Other Corporate Transactions

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On January 14, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") released Revenue Procedure 2022-10, which establishes a "fast-track processing" pilot program for certain private letter ruling requests that are solely or primarily...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Peek Behind the Curtain: IRS Musings on Spinoff Ruling Procedures

Speaking at several tax conferences this month, several senior IRS officials, including the Associate Chief Counsel, Corporate, discussed the nuances of the device requirement for spinoffs and signaled a willingness to relax...more

A&O Shearman

IRS Expands Scope of Spin-Off Private Letter Rulings in 18-Month Pilot Program

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On September 21, 2017, the IRS announced in Revenue Procedure 2017-52 (the “Pilot Program Rev. Proc.”) that it is expanding the scope of spin-off private letter ruling requests that it will consider. The pilot program is...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Funds Talk: June 2017 - The IRS Resumes Issuing Private Letter Rulings on ‘Leveraged’ and ‘North-South’ Spinoffs

The IRS announced in May that it will resume issuing private letter rulings (PLRs) on two types of spinoff transactions — leveraged spinoffs and north-south spinoffs — that had been on its “no-rule” list since 2013. In a...more

A&O Shearman

Internal Revenue Service Announces It Will Recommence Issuing Private Letter Rulings on Certain Spin-Off Debt Exchanges

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The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will recommence issuing private letter rulings concerning whether a distributing corporation’s transfer of stock or securities of a controlled corporation (or “Spinco”) in...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New IRS Guidance Limits Tax-Free Spin-Off Rulings – Implications for REIT Spin-Offs

On September 14, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2015-59 (the “Notice”) and Revenue Procedure 2015-43 (the “Rev Proc”; together with the Notice, the “Spin-Off Guidance”). Under the Spin-Off Guidance,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Are REITs a Viable Strategy for Communications Companies?

Windstream Holdings, Inc. recently announced plans to spin off its copper, fiber and other fixed real estate assets into an independent publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT). Windstream received a private letter...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Recent Developments in Tax Law: Impact on Corporate Tax Strategies in 2014"

Recent changes in IRS private letter ruling policy likely will result in greater taxpayer reliance on tax opinions, which may impact certain corporate strategies in the coming year. Tax-Free Spin-Offs - During...more

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