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McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Roundup March 15 – March 28, 2025

Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for March 15, 2025 – March 28, 2025. IRS GUIDANCE - March 17, 2025: The IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2025-8, providing...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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Section 883 Tax Exemption for Cargo Shipping and Cruise Lines At Risk?

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Last week, speaking on Fox News, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared to threaten the repeal of the exemption under Section 883 of the Internal Revenue Code for foreign corporations engaged in the international...more

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International Philanthropy: Considerations for the Globally Minded Donor

Many of our clients are interested in engaging in global philanthropy. These individuals often want to benefit charitable causes outside of the United States while still being able to maintain an income tax deduction for...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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Global Equity Plan Reporting Obligations for Calendar-Year 2025: Part One

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Global equity plans are complex, and administration requires collaboration between various departments, including legal, human resources, payroll, and tax. Plan administrators (and their teams) should be aware of their...more

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A Foreign Trust Creates Complex IRS Reporting Requirements

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The IRS has clearly identified legitimate reasons why "U.S. Persons" would establish or maintain ownership in a foreign trust. However, a foreign trust creates complex IRS reporting requirements for US taxpayers who own a...more

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International Tax Changes on the Horizon

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There are two recent taxpayer-friendly updates of note in the international tax filing arena. First, Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Commissioner Danny Werfel recently announced that the IRS is ending its automatic...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Liberty Global Appeals Economic Substance Doctrine Ruling

In ongoing litigation between the government and Liberty Global Inc. (“Liberty Global”), Liberty Global has appealed a district court’s decision that ruled in favor of the government to the Tenth Circuit. We have previously...more

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Tax Court holds that an offshore fund is engaged in a U.S. trade or business

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On November 15, 2023, the U.S. Tax Court held in YA Global Investments v. Commissioner that a non-U.S. private equity fund (YA Global) with a U.S. asset manager that bought equity and convertible debt of U.S. portfolio...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

On notice: IRS and Treasury preview guidance related to Pillar Two taxes and extend foreign tax credit relief

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Treasury Department (Treasury) issued Notice 2023-80 (Notice) on December 11, 2023, addressing the extension of relief previously announced under the foreign tax credit rules, and...more

Freeman Law

Unreported Foreign Accounts? How to Choose the "Right" International Tax Attorney to Help You

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If you have unreported foreign accounts, you are not alone.  Every year, I speak with hundreds of clients with tax non-reporting issues (e.g., FBARs, Form 8938, Form 3520, Form 3520-A, etc.).  The good news:  the IRS offers...more

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Reviewing a Foreign Legal Structure

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Why You Should Hire a Tax Professional to Review Your Foreign Legal Structure - U.S. parented corporations that have foreign operations conducted through a foreign legal structure have significant U.S. tax filing and...more

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Tax Court in Brief | Smith v. Comm’r | Closing Agreement and Malfeasance of Fact

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Short Summary:  The case discusses the validity of a closing agreement and if a taxpayer can set aside such agreement under malfeasance or misrepresentation of fact....more

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[Event] 2022 TAX IN THE CITY® CHICAGO: A WOMEN’S TAX ROUNDTABLE - December 6th, Chicago, IL

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Mark your calendars to join us for our year-in-review program that will cover key tax and employee benefits issues affecting the state and local, federal and international legal landscape. We will conclude our program with...more

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Gain Recognition Agreements and Outbound Stock Transfers

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GRAs and Section 367(a)(1) Outbound Stock Transfer Rules Overview - Introduction to Section 367(a)(1), Outbound Stock Transfers, and Gain Recognition Agreements - Section 367(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”)...more

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International Tax Withholding | Chapter 3 of the Internal Revenue Code

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One of the more confusing areas of international tax law is determining when withholding is required. Getting it wrong can have dire consequences. Currently, U.S. international withholding provisions can be found in...more

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How are stock purchases treated for tax purposes under 26 USC 338? An IRS Letter Ruling on asset acquisitions.

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IRS Private Letter Ruling 202226008, 07/01/2022: A foreign purchaser bought all the stock of a foreign target (controlled foreign corporation) which was a qualified stock purchase under 26 U.S.C. Section 338(d)(3). The...more

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Tax Treaties and Exempt Income

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Most United States tax treaties provide an exemption for certain categories of employees, including teachers, students, and researchers....more

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Navigating the Branch Profits Tax

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The Branch Profits Tax - The branch profits tax is imposed on foreign corporations engaged in a U.S. trade or business through a branch, rather than a subsidiary. The branch profits tax is imposed in addition to any tax on...more

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OECD Proposes Rules for Intermediary Crypto-Asset Reporting, Due Diligence

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On March 22, 2022, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) issued proposed rules for the collection and exchange of information on transactions involving crypto-assets. The OECD intends for these...more

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Tax Treaty-Based Return Reporting Disclosures

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A taxpayer taking a treaty-based return position is generally required to disclose that position, unless an exception applies. A treaty-based return position is a tax reporting position, maintaining that a U.S. tax treaty...more

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Is your Foreign Tax Credit really creditable? Think again: Revisiting the basics of the Foreign Tax Credit.

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As discussed in a previous article, the Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) is a bedrock of the U.S. tax system to reduce the impact of double taxation. In general terms, income that is derived from a foreign jurisdiction by a U.S....more

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Tax Law Struggles To Keep Pace With the Proliferation of Cryptocurrency

Takeaways - The technical architecture of various cryptocurrencies makes it difficult to bring them within existing tax rules, even those designed to deal more generally with the digital marketplace. The U.S., U.K. and...more

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The IRS’s Renewed Focus on Abusive Trust Arrangements

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Taxpayers have long utilized trust arrangements for the transfer of wealth to beneficiaries or for the protection of assets from creditors.  Generally, there is nothing nefarious about these types of arrangements.  Rather,...more

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