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On April 24, 2024, the Treasury Department and the IRS released final regulations under Section 897 that change the rules for determining whether qualified investment entities (QIEs) are domestically controlled under the...more
At the end of 2022, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (together, the “IRS”) issued two sets of guidance – a final rule and a proposed rule – addressing the application of certain provisions of...more
The US Department of Treasury recently released final regulations providing guidance on the exception from taxation under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 for “qualified foreign pension funds” under...more
On December 28, 2022, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) on the treatment of qualified foreign pension funds (“QFPFs”) for purposes of the exemption from taxation for...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 26, 2022 – December 30, 2022...more
New IRS guidance issued on qualified foreign pension fund exception. On June 6, 2019, the U.S. Treasury released proposed regulations under Internal Revenue Code section 897(l) providing guidance for "qualified foreign...more
The PATH Act exempts certain foreign pension funds from taxation under FIRPTA and significantly modifies the tax rules applicable to REITs. On December 18, 2015 (Enactment Date), US President Barack Obama signed the...more
As described in a prior alert, the IRS issued Notice 2015-49, which abruptly announces the IRS’s intention to prohibit lump-sum cashout windows for pension plan retirees already in pay status. The IRS intends to prohibit...more
On April 20, 2015, more than three years after withdrawing a similar proposal that was staunchly opposed by the financial services industry, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published in the Federal Register a proposed...more