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Woodruff Sawyer

1% Excise Tax, SPACs, and Independent Director Personal Liability: The Rock and the Hard Place

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Being stuck between the choice of either disappointing investors or facing potential personal liability is the very definition of being caught between a rock and a hard place. Tax liability insurance can take you to a more...more

Goodwin

Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds: Key Recent and Expected Funds, Regulatory and Tax Developments to Look Out For

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Welcome to our January 2023 Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the non-listed funds sector. We have grouped the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Key Corporate Tax Aspects of the New Inflation Reduction Act

On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act), a sweeping bill with significant tax, energy and healthcare implications...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Inflation Reduction Act Tax Implications

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The President is expected to imminently sign the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”), which was passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives. This Client Alert addresses two main tax provisions in the...more

Troutman Pepper

IRS Issues New Section 382 PLR on Applying Actual Knowledge Exception

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Taxpayers looking to utilize net operating loss (NOLs) among other attributes and excess interest carryovers need to know the rules that could limit or eliminate them, including Section 382. Section 382 requires a corporation...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 6.14.2021 | Top Story: Whistleblowers Allege Private Equity Games U.S. Tax System

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The Times digs into what it’s calling private equity’s “conquer[ing of] the American tax system”—where “slight-of-hand tax-avoidance strategies” are so “aggressive” and pervasive that “at least three private equity officials...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

U.S. SEC Adopts Amendments to the Accelerated Filer And Large Accelerated Filer Definitions

On March 12, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to the “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” definitions. The SEC stated that these amendments were adopted “to more...more

Opportune LLP

2020 Oil & Gas Impairments: What’s Behind the Numbers?

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Find out why some energy companies are considering potential oil and gas impairments amid low oil and gas pricing, and what key considerations go into conducting these impairments in order to comply with debt covenants and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Timing is everything – Treasury and IRS propose regulations under Section 451(b)

On September 5, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations under section 451(b) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The proposed regulations generally...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Municipalities and Their Continuing Disclosure Obligations

In light of recent SEC Rule changes, and aggressive enforcement, municipalities entering the bond market in 2018 and beyond should expect to see a heightened level of attention placed on continuing disclosure compliance. ...more

Perkins Coie

Quarterly Investment Update - 1st Quarter 2018

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Stock Market Commentary - Volatility returned to markets with a vengeance in the first quarter of 2018. After surging nearly 6% in January, the strongest start to the year since 1997, the S&P 500 plummeted by 10% from its...more

Bracewell LLP

Private Funds Update - February 2018

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SEC's OCIE Announces 2018 Examination Priorities - ...On February 7, 2018, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its 2018 examination...more

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Corp Fin Director Discusses Policy, Outreach and Future Areas of Focus

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Earlier this month, SEC Division of Corporation Finance Director William Hinman delivered the keynote address at the Practising Law Institute’s Seventeenth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe. Director Hinman...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

SEC Guidance regarding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

You may have heard that the Republican tax overhaul (originally known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017) was signed into law on December 22, 2017. That same day, the SEC staff provided helpful disclosure guidance in the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Staff provides Guidance for Public Companies on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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On December 22, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced publication of staff guidance for issuers, auditors, and others to ensure timely public disclosures of the accounting impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Tax Reform and Employee Benefits – What You Need to Know Now

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As you have probably heard by now, the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Tax Reform Act) made significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code. With regard to executive compensation, the Tax Reform Act made widely...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Time to Revisit Executive Compensation Arrangements in Light of Recent Tax Reform

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) signed into law on December 22, 2017, will significantly impact many public company executive compensation plans and arrangements. Companies should take this opportunity to...more

Jones Day

A Gift From SEC Staff: Guidance on Tax Act's Form 10-K Accounting Implications

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The Situation: SEC Staff has provided guidance regarding accounting and disclosure issues arising from the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The Result: The guidance addresses situations in which ASC Topic 740 accounting cannot be...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Code Section 162(m) Changes – What You Should be Thinking About Now

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The “Bottom Line” - Learn the new rules for who is a “covered employee” and keep track of these individuals because “once a covered employee, always a covered employee” Evaluate compensation arrangements and contracts...more

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SEC Staff Guidance for Addressing Impacts of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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On December 22, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (SAB 118) to assist companies comply with applicable accounting rules regarding the impact of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs...more

Allen Matkins

Tax Cuts And Jobs Act – My Disclosure List (So Far)

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As I and many others start to consider the disclosure implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, I’ve begun a list of possible disclosure related topics...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Releases Guidance on Near-Term Disclosure Regarding Effects of New Tax Law

The tax reform signed into law by President Trump on Dec. 22 (the Tax Act) presents public companies with several accounting and disclosure challenges. Although companies are still evaluating how they will be affected by the...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Meets Public Company Reporting

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Accounting for income taxes can be complex and is seldom exciting. Suspense was added, however, by the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act shortly before year end 2017. Would public companies have enough time to analyze the...more

Allen Matkins

The Form 8-Ks That The SEC May Have Overlooked

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As reported by Cydney Posner, Broc Romanek and undoubtedly many others, Corporation Finance staff issued a new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation addressing whether a re-measurement of a deferred tax asset to...more

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