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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Third Attempt: Banking Agencies Revive Incentive-Based Compensation Rules for Financial Institutions

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) recently re-proposed rules...more

Alston & Bird

Questioning Old Regulations

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Our Federal Tax Group reflects on the Third Circuit’s recent SIH Partners v. Commissioner ruling and suggests taking a second look at old Treasury regulations that might not survive judicial scrutiny....more

Bracewell LLP

An Imperfect Match: Aligning the Deemed Dividend Rule with the Post-Tax Reform DRD

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Eighteen months after the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA or the Act), tax practitioners and taxpayers alike still are looking to Treasury for guidance to interpret and fill in gaps in the new tax laws. The hasty...more

Morgan Lewis

Final Section 956 Regulations Follow Approach of Proposed Regulations—with Two Helpful Modifications

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Final regulations applicable to controlled foreign corporations and their US shareholders, issued by the US Treasury under Code Section 956, generally follow previously proposed regulations but introduce two modifications: a...more

Hogan Lovells

Upstream guarantees and security by foreign subsidiaries of a U.S. corporate borrower may now be available without adverse U.S....

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Tax structuring under the previous regime - Prior to the issuance of the final regulations described below, under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and its related Treasury Regulations, for U.S. tax...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Final Section 956 Regulations Open the Door to Foreign Credit Support for US Corporate Borrowers

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Section 956 final regulations confirm those eligible for territorial dividend exemption can benefit from foreign guarantee and collateral support without incurring US tax. On May 23, 2019, the US Treasury and Internal...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Final Treasury Regulations Facilitate Foreign Subsidiary Credit Support

On May 23, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS published final regulations (the final regulations) under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). ...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Fine-tuning the course - Final Regulations enhance symmetry between taxation of actual dividends and section 956 inclusions

On May 23, 2019, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (TD 9859) (the Final Regulations) modifying the application of section 956 of the Internal Revenue...more

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Final IRS Regulations Sync Section 956 with TCJA Participation Exemption – Limits “Deemed Dividends” for U.S. Corporate...

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Implements 2018 Proposed Regulations, ending most limitations on investments in U.S. property, as well as pledges and guarantees by CFCs wholly-owned by U.S. corporations – also provides PTI guidance for CFC shareholders. ...more

King & Spalding

Foreign Guarantees and Collateral in Play Following Finalization of Deemed Dividend Regulations

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On May 22, 2019 the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service released regulations (the “Final Regulations”) finalizing and making certain technical changes to proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”,...more

Locke Lord LLP

IRS Issues Final Regulations under Section 956, With Few Changes from Proposed Regulations

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Following its issuance of proposed regulations in November of last year, the IRS today published final regulations (84 FR 23716) under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code. The final regulations include very few changes...more

Troutman Pepper

Structuring U.S. Debt Facilities in Light of New IRS Rules

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Until recently, the structuring of debt facilities for U.S. borrowers with foreign subsidiaries has been largely driven by IRS interpretations of section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code, which gave rise to significant tax...more

Locke Lord LLP

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations under Section 956, Potentially Impacting Certain Multinational Debt Structures

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The IRS recently issued proposed regulations (REG-114540-18) under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code limiting the effect of such section, and potentially impacting relatively standard collateral package provisions for...more

Blank Rome LLP

Proposed Treasury Regulations Shift the Landscape in Debt Financings over Collateral of Foreign Subsidiary Stock

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Proposed Treasury Regulations have been published that will permit many U.S. corporate borrowers to provide a lender with a greater collateral package in respect of its foreign subsidiaries without an adverse tax consequence...more

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Proposed Regulations Impact Treatment of CFC Pledges and Guarantees

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On October 31, 2018, the Treasury Department released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) that reduce certain amounts otherwise includible in the taxable income of a corporate U.S. shareholder of a controlled...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Proposed Regulations under Section 956 Provide Benefits for Corporate Taxpayers

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On October 31, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released proposed regulations (REG-114540-18) (the Proposed Regulations) that would prevent, in many cases, income...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Newly Proposed US Tax Regulations Open Possibility of Full Credit Support from Foreign Subsidiaries

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On October 31, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") proposed new regulations under Section 956 of the Code (the "Proposed Regulations") that are likely to enhance the availability of...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

IRS Paves the Way for Lenders to Obtain Guarantees and Collateral From (and 100% Stock Pledges of) Foreign Subsidiaries

Background On Oct. 31, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code that will eliminate the adverse tax consequences when a U.S. parent corporation (i)...more

Alston & Bird

Plot Twist – Proposed Regulations Mean Section 956 Did Not Actually Survive Tax Reform Intact

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Our International Tax Group takes stock of new proposed regulations that try to keep Section 956 relevant despite the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act....more

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Impact of Proposed Regulations under Section 956 on Lending Arrangements Involving U.S. Corporate Borrowers

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n October 31, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) proposed new regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) that are likely to allow many controlled foreign corporations...more

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New IRS proposed regulations under Section 956 substantially reduce "deemed dividend" concerns with respect to pledges and...

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Until the issuance of the Proposed Regulations described below, under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC) and Treasury Regulations thereunder, deemed dividends were potentially created when a U.S. borrower...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Proposed Treasury Regulations Impact “Deemed Dividend” Tax Rules in Financing Transactions

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Following tax reform at the end of 2017, cash dividends from a foreign corporate subsidiary to a domestic corporate 10 percent shareholder are exempt from U.S. income tax because the shareholder is permitted a...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New Section 956 Regulations Expand Scope of the New Participation Exemption But May Expose Borrowers to Increased Collateral...

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On October 31, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations that would limit the application of Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) in an attempt to align it...more

Holland & Knight LLP

U.S. Corporate Financing Transactions Facilitated by IRS Proposed Regulation

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• The Internal Revenue Service has issued a proposed regulation that in many cases should eliminate the detrimental U.S. tax consequences to a U.S. corporation under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code when the...more

Morgan Lewis

Proposed Regulations Would Modify the Application of Section 956 to Many Financing Transactions

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The proposed modifications would create opportunities for enhanced CFC credit support. On October 31, 2018, the US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed Treasury Regulations (the...more

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