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This article focuses on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. (2024) and how it might apply to Split Dollar life insurance and possibly resurrect one of my favorite life...more
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The Employee Benefits Security Administration recently released its final rule amending and restating the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program, along with corresponding amendments to a related class exemption, Prohibited...more
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have published final regulations concerning the low-income communities bonus credit program under Section 48E(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as...more
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On January 3, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) released long-awaited final regulations regarding the clean hydrogen production tax credit under section 45V of the...more
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The IRS released on Dec. 30, 2024, final regulations on Sections 1.150-3 and 1.1001-3(a)(2) (the Regulations) regarding the reissuance and retirement (debt extinguishment) of tax-exempt tender option bonds....more
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