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Revenue Procedures Tax-Free Spin-Offs

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New IRS Ruling Guidelines Significantly Impact Tax-Free Spin-Offs

On May 1, 2024, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2024-24 (Revenue Procedure), which sets out substantially revised guidelines for private letter ruling (PLR)...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

IRS Expands Scope of Private Letter Ruling Program for Spin-Offs and Other Corporate Transactions

On January 2, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released two revenue procedures updating the IRS guidelines for private letter ruling (PLR) requests, Revenue Procedure 2024-1 and Revenue Procedure 2024-3 (the 2024...more

Miller Nash LLP

Today in Tax: IRS Introduces Fast-Track Process for Obtaining Letter Rulings

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Corporate reorganizations and spin-off transactions are transactions where there is often a great deal of incentive to qualify for tax-free treatment. In many cases, the amount of tax at issue justifies obtaining a private...more

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IRS Publishes Ruling Requirements for Certain Tax-Free Spin-Off Monetization Transactions

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The new guidance is significant given the popularity of debt exchanges as a monetization technique in conjunction with spin-offs. On October 3, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Revenue Procedure 2018-53,...more

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IRS Opens Pilot Program on Tax-free Spin-offs

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The Situation: In 2013, the IRS ceased issuing private letter rulings confirming the general tax consequences of tax-free spin-offs....more

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