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The CFIUS “Fast-Track” Pilot Program: Why You (Probably) Can Ignore This Space

On May 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced that it will create a “fast-track pilot program” for certain foreign investors. The stated goal of the program is to streamline investment reviews by...more

Williams Mullen

IRS Withdraws Reporting Requirements for Certain Basis-Shifting Transactions

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On April 17, 2025, the IRS issued Notice 2025-23, which announced its intent to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to remove Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-18 that identifies certain partnership basis adjustment...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New “Fast-Track” Announced for Foreign Investment Approval

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On May 8, the Treasury Department announced a plan to introduce a new Known Investor portal as a key component of the “fast-track” process for investments by U.S. allies and partners under review by the Committee on Foreign...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFIUS Announces Fast Track Pilot Program for Certain Investors

On May 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced plans to establish a “fast-track” review process for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). This initiative implements a key...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Key Changes in the Final and Proposed Digital Content and Cloud Computing Regulations

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The U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) released final and proposed regulations under § 861 of the Code addressing the U.S. federal income tax classification of digital content and cloud computing transactions (the “Final...more

Morgan Lewis - Well Done

Proposed Nutrition and Allergen Labeling Changes for Alcoholic Beverages: Key Takeaways

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has published a pair of proposed rules that if finalized could significantly reshape alcohol beverage labeling in the United States. In a move aimed at improving transparency...more

Mayer Brown

The Finalized Disclosure Requirements for Partnership Basis-Shifting Transactions: Slightly Less Onerous, but Still Premature

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On January 14, 2025, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) addressing reporting obligations with respect to certain...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New York State Bar Association Tax Section Proposes Withdrawal of Proposed Spin-Off Regulations

On March 17, the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association (the “Tax Section”) released a report on the proposed regulations on corporate spin-offs and reorganizations that were issued in January. As we discussed...more

Brooks Pierce

Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN and the Treasury Announce Nonenforcement for Domestic Reporting Companies

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Following announcements from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) on February 27, 2025, and the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) on March 2, 2025, it would appear that beneficial...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Tax Bytes: Week of March 17, 2025

Tax developments - Pillar 2’s viability: Perspectives from industry leaders - In a prior edition of Tax Bytes, we explained how “some, including the Finance Ministers of Hungary and India, have questioned the viability...more

Verrill

Indefinite Suspension of CTA Filing Obligations (For Now)

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On March 2, 2025 the U.S. Treasury Department laid waste to about a million law firm postings about the Corporate Transparency Act, announcing that Treasury now intends to propose fundamental changes to the CTA Rule and that...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Treasury Markets Trading and Clearing

Acting SEC Chair Uyeda spoke at the Institute of International Bankers’ (IIB) Annual Washington DC Conference on March 11, 2025, about the U.S. Treasury markets. Acting Chair Uyeda discussed the regulation of exchanges....more

Woods Rogers

Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies

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The U.S. Treasury Department has suspended enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act for all U.S. citizens and domestic reporting companies. In a statement on March 2, 2025, the Treasury Department announced that it...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Treasury Department Will Not Enforce Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Businesses

After months of uncertainty, legal challenges, and changing deadlines under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the Treasury Department issued a press release on March 2, 2025, stating that it would not enforce any...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

The Treasury Department Introduces a New Twist in the CTA Saga

On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury threw a new twist into the ongoing Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) enforcement saga by announcing that it will not enforce any fines or penalties against any U.S. citizens or...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Treasury Announces Halt to CTA Enforcement—But Not Deadlines—for U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies

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On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it will suspend enforcement of penalties and fines related to beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act – Penalties Suspended

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced on February 27, 2025 that it will not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement action for failing to file or update BOI reports by the current...more

Epstein Becker & Green

CTA Enforcement Halted Again: Treasury Department Suspends CTA Requirements for Domestic Reporting Companies

In yet another update to the ongoing saga of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the agency of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury Department”) that enforces the...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

FinCEN and the U.S. Treasury Department Suspend CTA Enforcement – Forthcoming Rule to Narrow CTA Compliance to Foreign Reporting...

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On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced a suspension of enforcement actions related to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). This announcement means that reporting companies are...more

Allen Matkins

Navigating the Changing Landscape of Corporate Transparency Act Compliance

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Both the U.S. Department of the Treasury and FinCEN, a bureau within the Treasury Department, have issued statements, which, taken together, indicate a significant reduction in the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Treasury Pauses Penalties for Corporate Transparency Act

On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it currently does not intend to enforce any penalties or fines associated with any current reporting deadlines under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) or the...more

Weintraub Tobin

Corporate Transparency Act Update: Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of CTA for U.S. Companies and Announces Upcoming Rule...

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On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a major shift in its approach to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The Treasury Department stated that it will not enforce any penalties or fines related...more

Maynard Nexsen

Department of Treasury Announces Halt in Enforcement of the CTA Against U.S. Citizens and Reporting Companies

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The past week has seen two major announcements that have significant implications on the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). First, on February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it will...more

Hogan Lovells

Treasury announces there will be no penalties or fines for failure to file CTA beneficial ownership reports and proposes to narrow...

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Key takeaways FinCEN and Treasury announce that there will be no enforcement for failure to file beneficial ownership information reports with FinCEN by the March 21 deadline. Treasury announced intention to narrow the scope...more

Butler Snow LLP

Treasury Department Limits Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act

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The Treasury Department announced on March 2nd that it does not intend to enforce any penalties or fines against either U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies and their beneficial owners under the Corporate...more

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