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IRS Announces HSA and HDHP Dollar Limits for 2026

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The IRS has announced the 2026 cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for health savings accounts (HSAs), high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), and excepted benefit health reimbursement arrangements...more

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IRS Announces HSA and HDHP Limits for 2026

The Internal Revenue Service has released Rev. Proc. 2025-19 announcing the inflation-adjusted limits for high deductible health plans (HDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) in 2026.  The updated 2026 limits are as...more

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IRS Roundup February 10 – 14, 2025

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Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 10, 2025 – February 14, 2025. TAX-CONTROVERSY-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS - The previous IRS...more

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Sound familiar? IRS releases year-end procedural accounting method guidance regarding the treatment of R&D expenditures under...

Not unlike the last minute procedural guidance released at the end of last year addressing Section 174, on December 22, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice...more

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Tax Court Provides Helpful Guidance on Requirements for Tax-Free Profits Interests

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On May 3, 2023, the United States Tax Court held in ES NPA Holding, LLC v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2023-55, that the taxpayer’s receipt of interests in a partnership in exchange for services rendered to the sole owner of the...more

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A wolf in sheep’s clothing? IRS provides long-awaited capitalization guidance for natural gas companies

In recently issued Rev. Proc. 2023-15, the IRS provides a safe harbor method of accounting under which taxpayers may classify costs to repair, maintain, replace, or improve natural gas transmission and distribution property...more

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The Superfun(d) continues! IRS issues comprehensive Superfund chemical excise tax guidance

On March 27, 2023, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued much anticipated proposed regulations, REG-105954-22 (Proposed Regulations), and additional guidance in the form of Revenue...more

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IRS Issues New Guidance To Clarify and Provide Simplified Procedures for Resolving Certain Issues Related to S Corporation...

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The IRS recently issued Revenue Procedure 2022-19 (“Rev. Proc. 2022-19” or “the Revenue Procedure”), offering taxpayers clarification and new simplified procedures for resolving certain issues related to S corporation...more

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IRS Hints at Revenue Procedure 94-69 Update

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At a recent Tax Executives Institute conference in New York, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) spokesperson stated that guidance and a new final form will be issued when the IRS and the US Department of the Treasury replace...more

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The Superfund Tax is back: Recent IRS guidance and background

As this nation prepared to celebrate the Independence Day long weekend, many were preparing for the July 1, 2022, reinstatement of the Superfund chemicals tax (the Superfund Tax). The Superfund Tax is an excise tax imposed on...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup April 17 – April 23, 2022

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of April 17, 2022 – April 23, 2022... April 18, 2022: The IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2022-9,...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup March 27 – April 2, 2022

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of March 27, 2022 to April 2, 2022... March 29, 2022: The IRS issued a news release reminding...more

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New Fast-Track IRS Guidance for Spin-Offs and Other Corporate Transactions

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On January 14, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") released Revenue Procedure 2022-10, which establishes a "fast-track processing" pilot program for certain private letter ruling requests that are solely or primarily...more

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IRS Issues Guidance on Reporting of Tax-Exempt Income under PPP

The Internal Revenue Service issues three Revenue Procedures detailing how taxpayers can account for tax-exempt cancellation of indebtedness income arising from forgiven Paycheck Protection Program loans in their Federal tax...more

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IRS FAQs: A Potential Shield for Taxpayers—Not a Sword for the Service

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The IRS recently issued guidance on the utility of and weight to be afforded informal “frequently asked questions” (FAQs) published on its website—clarifications that became necessary given the IRS’s heavy reliance on FAQs as...more

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Taxpayers Get Answers on 45Q Questions With IRS Guidance

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The Internal Revenue Service released helpful guidance in Revenue Ruling 2021-13, regarding the scope of carbon capture equipment and the requirement that a taxpayer own the carbon capture equipment to qualify for carbon...more

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Revenue Procedure 2021-30: A New and (Further) Improved EPCRS

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The Internal Revenue Service has updated the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) in several respects that will be helpful to retirement plan sponsors. Revenue Procedure 2021-30, published July 16, 2021,...more

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IRS Issues Employee Retention Credit Guidance for Third and Fourth Quarters of 2021

The employee retention credit (“ERC”) was enacted as part of the CARES Act to provide a refundable payroll credit for eligible  employers, including tax-exempt organizations, whose businesses have been negatively affected by...more

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IRS Releases Guidance on the Transition From LIBOR

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The IRS recently released helpful guidance in Revenue Procedure 2020-44 to assist the market’s transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other interbank offered rates (IBORs) to alternative reference...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup August 17 – August 21, 2020

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of August 17, 2020 – August 21, 2020... August 19, 2020: The IRS requested comments from large...more

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“But wait, there’s more.” – Rev. Proc. 2020-39 provides guidance on the proper treatment of excess deferred taxes, and other...

On August 14, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Rev. Proc. 2020-39 to provide guidance on the proper treatment of excess deferred taxes under the normalization provisions of section 168(i)(9) of the Internal...more

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IRS Issues New Group Ruling Guidance in Proposed Form

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a proposed revenue procedure on group rulings that includes significant changes to the existing procedures under Rev. Proc. 80-27 and substantially restricts eligibility for group...more

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CARES Act Update: IRS Issues Guidance for Amending Partnership Tax Returns

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On April 8, 2020, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2020-23 (the Revenue Procedure), which provides guidance for partnerships subject to the centralized partnership audit regime under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the...more

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New Guidance Allows Publicly-Offered REITs and RICs to Issue up to 90% of Qualifying Dividends in the REIT or RIC’s Own Stock...

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On May 4, 2020, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2020-19, which temporarily allows a publicly-offered REIT or RIC to pay as much as 90% of a distribution in its own stock (rather than cash or other property) and still have...more

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IRS Issues Guidance for Stranded Travelers Impacted by COVID-19

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On April 9, we published an article, Global Tax Implications of COVID-19 on Stranded Cross-Border Workers and Multinational Companies, that discussed the analysis released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...more

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