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The Tax Implications of Trump’s Recent Executive Actions

President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders with significant tax implications. The moves underscore the administration’s commitment to influencing tax policies, regulatory frameworks and trade practices as...more

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IRS Roundup February 17 – March 14, 2025

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Check out our summary of recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance for February 17, 2025 – March 14, 2025. Editors’ note: With the change in presidential administrations, the IRS has undergone significant transition...more

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Treasury Finalizes DPL Rules, Extends Transitional DCL Relief for Pillar Two Taxes

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Since the proposed dual consolidated loss (DCL) and disregarded payment loss (DPL) rules were released in August 2024, taxpayers have been wondering whether these controversial regulations would be finalized before the end of...more

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Final Regulations Issued for Certain Partnership Related Party Basis Adjustment Transactions

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On January 10, 2025, the Treasury Department and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released final regulations (the “regulations”) classifying certain partnership related party basis adjustment transactions and...more

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Treasury and IRS Promulgate Final Regulations Governing Resolution of Federal Tax Controversies by the Independent Office of...

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The US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released Final Regulations related to the resolution of federal tax controversies by the Independent Office of Appeals (Appeals), largely rejecting...more

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IRS Issues Final Partnership Basis Shifting Regulations

On January 10, 2025, the Treasury and IRS issued final regulations identifying certain partnership related party “basis shifting” transactions and substantially similar transactions as transactions of interest (TOIs), which...more

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Final Regulations on IRS Appeals Issued

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In 2019, Congress introduced Internal Revenue Code Section 7803(e) that codified the IRS Independent Office of Appeals (Appeals) as an administrative avenue for resolving disputes without going to court, focusing on...more

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Trump May Revive Effort to Close Carried Interest Loophole

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President Trump is meeting with Republican lawmakers to discuss potential tax code changes, including a proposal to eliminate the carried interest tax break. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the...more

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Final Regulations Issued on Allocation of Partnership Liabilities Under Section 752

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On December 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) published final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) on section 752 regarding the allocation of partnership...more

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Treasury Finalizes Controversial Regulations on IRS Penalty Oversight, but Debate Continues

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Section 6751(b), designed to ensure supervisory oversight amid rising penalty assertions in settlement negotiations, has been contentious due its ambiguity, and the final regulations may not resolve the debate....more

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Trump Administration Opens the Door to Double-Tax-Rate Penalty on Foreign Companies and Individuals

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As part of its “America First Trade Policy,” the White House is exploring an arcane IRS provision that allows the United States to double the tax rates of foreign companies and individuals....more

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IRS Issues Final Regulations Requiring Disclosure of Certain “Basis Shifting” Transactions Involving Partnership Distributions and...

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) published final regulations on January 14, 2025 (the “Regulations”) requiring taxpayers and their material advisors to disclose...more

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Finalized Treasury Regulations Require Disclosure of Certain Micro-captive Transactions

On January 14, 2025, Treasury and the IRS published final regulations (the “Regulations”) that identify certain micro-captive insurance transactions, as well as transactions substantially similar thereto, as either listed...more

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IRS and Treasury Issue Proposed Regulations on Tax-Free Reorganizations, Spin-Offs

On January 13, the U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service released long-awaited proposed regulations governing the treatment of certain features of tax-free corporate spin-off and split-off transactions.  The IRS and...more

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Key Considerations for the United States’ Notice Implementing OECD’s ‘Amount B’

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Notice 2025-04 announcing the IRS and US Department of the Treasury’s intention to issue proposed regulations implementing “Amount B,” the OECD’s new method (also known as the...more

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The Corporate AMT’s Crypto Problem Poses Constitutional Hazards

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Under recent accounting rule changes, unrealized crypto gains must generally be reported on income statements, but questions arise about the alignment of the new Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax with constitutional tax...more

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IRS Finalizes New Rules for DeFi Brokers: Challenge Immediately Filed in Texas Federal Court

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations that significantly impact the reporting requirements for brokers involved in digital asset transactions. The stated aim of...more

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U.S. Tax Court Invokes Loper Bright for the First Time

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The U.S. Tax Court allows a dividend-received deduction ("DRD") for a Section 78 gross-up while also disallowing foreign tax credits in its first application of Loper Bright....more

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Treasury Department Confirms Suspension of U.S.-Russia Income Tax Treaty

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury on June 17, 2024, confirmed it had formally notified Russia about the suspension of the Convention between the United States of America and the Russian Federation for the Avoidance of...more

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Final Treasury Regulations Implement a 10-Year Transition Rule for Existing Domestically Controlled REITs

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) have recently issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) that significantly impact the determination of whether a real...more

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Easement Fund Victory on Perpetuity Will Result in More Attention on Valuation

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In the latest victory for taxpayers, the Tax Court determined that the Treasury failed to follow federal law in enacting a conservation easement perpetuity rule known as the “proceeds regulation.” The majority opinion held...more

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Treasury and IRS Release Final Regulations on Direct Pay

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 added Section 6417 to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Under this new section, certain taxpayers may make an elective payment, which will treat certain eligible...more

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How Will the New Crypto Tax Proposal Potentially Affect Your Current Digital Strategy?

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How will the administration’s new crypto tax proposal affect your current digital strategy? How do recent price surges in many cryptocurrencies affect the taxable events of US taxpayers? The value of many...more

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IRS Issues Final Regulations on Direct Pay

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On March 5, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (Final Regulations) on the elective payment of certain tax credits (direct pay) pursuant to Section 6417 of the...more

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Recent Updates from the IRS and Treasury on the Superfund Chemical Tax

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I. Executive Summary - On February 15, 2024, the IRS and Treasury issued a supplemental notice to a prior notice from December 2022, to correct a petition requesting that the Superfund Chemical Tax apply to polyphenylene...more

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