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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

IRS May Relax Collection of Income Prong of Section 355 Active Trade or Business Test for R&D Companies

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On September 25, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) released a statement announcing a study of the "active trade or business" test for tax-free spin-offs under Section 355 (the ATB Test), as applied to...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Five Things about the IRS’s Proposed Regulations on the Spinoff Device and Active Business

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On July 14, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed long-anticipated regulations tightening the “device” and “active trade or business” tests that are necessary for a corporation to distribute a subsidiary in a...more

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