Videocast: Section 45Q Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) credit
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
A new program offers rulings in 12 weeks, even absent a showing of business need. Revenue Procedure 2023-26, issued July 26, 2023, in replacement of a popular 18-month pilot program under Revenue Procedure 2022-10,...more
Section 446(e) requires a taxpayer to obtain IRS consent prior to changing its accounting method. A change in method of accounting may include either a change in an overall plan of accounting for gross income or deductions...more
On August 12, 2021, the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2021-34, setting forth procedural guidance to implement the final Section 451 regulations (Final Regulations). The revenue procedure not only provides the terms and conditions...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (TCJA) repealed § 958(b)(4) of the Code, which prevented downward attribution of stock ownership from a foreign person to a US person. That repeal has resulted in many foreign corporations being...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of September 30 – October 4, 2019. September 30, 2019: The IRS published a draft of the tax year...more
On September 5, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (Service) and the Department of Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations for Section 451(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). Section 451(c) was added to the Code...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of April 15 – 19, 2019. April 16, 2019: The IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2019-12 providing monthly...more
On November 19, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department (Treasury) issued final regulations (T.D. 9843) that address taxpayers’ use of negative amounts in calculating additional costs for purposes...more
On August 1, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations, which were published in the Federal Register on August 9, 2018 (Proposed Regulations),...more
The ability of a partnership to grant service providers (typically key management) an interest in a partnership on a non-taxable basis, with potential long-term capital gain treatment on post-grant appreciation, is unique to...more