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The Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), in an April 2024 follow-up to IRS Notice 2023-2, issued proposed regulations dealing with the one-percent excise tax under Internal Revenue...more
The U.S. Treasury finalized regulations (the “Regulations”), providing rules for public companies subject to the 1% excise tax on certain redemptions of their publicly traded stock (the “Stock Repurchase Excise Tax”). The...more
On April 12, 2024, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed Treasury Regulations (REG-115710-22) providing comprehensive guidance for applying the one-percent excise tax owed on corporate...more
On April 9, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued two sets of proposed Treasury Regulations related to section 4501, REG-115710-22, which provides guidance on...more
On Friday morning, regulators closed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), roiling the startup world and creating uncertainty about the availability of deposits and the availability of credit to its customers and borrowers. Unexpected...more
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released initial guidance on Dec. 27, 2022, concerning two corporate tax increases included in the climate and energy reconciliation bill commonly known as the...more
On August 7, 2022, the Senate passed a major climate, health and tax bill through the budget reconciliation process. The bill, named the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, is expected to be taken up by the House of...more
On March 28, 2022, the US Department of the Treasury released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Revenue Proposals and Green Book, which describes the tax proposals in the Biden administration’s FY 2023 budget (2023 Budget Proposal)....more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on December 30, 2021, issued final regulations (“Final Regulations”) allowing a tax-free treatment of “covered modifications,” as defined, of certain...more
In February 2017 and again July 31, 2019, we posted an article regarding what returns should be ascribed to investment assets transferred in equitable distribution. In 2019, with dividends reinvested the S&P 500 returned just...more
On Nov. 4, 2019, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) published final debt-equity regulations (the Final Regulations) and an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (the...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of October 28 – November 1, 2019. October 30, 2019: The IRS issued an Action on Decision in which...more
Highlights - • In an unanticipated development, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued regulations (New Guidance) that significantly modifies the taxation of U.S....more
The Situation: On June 14, 2019, the IRS and U.S. Treasury released more than 500 pages of proposed, temporary, and final regulations addressing the taxation of U.S.-controlled foreign corporations. The Development:...more
Released on November 30, 2018, the foreign tax credit proposed regulations provide a comprehensive new framework for calculating the foreign tax credit in light of several changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA or...more
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
• Part 1 of this series of Holland & Knight alerts described a new tax incentive contained in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for investments in low-income communities designated as "Opportunity Zones." Part 1 also explained the...more
Recently, the IRS provided a method for publicly offered real estate investment trusts (REITs) and publicly offered registered investment companies (RICs) to fulfill their distribution requirements while distributing stock as...more
ECONOMIC REVIEW AND OUTLOOK - In this past year we were reminded again to expect the unexpected: The well-established political classes in the U.K., the U.S. and Italy learned that democracy was their Achilles’ heel, and...more
On December 27, 2016, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations regarding the determination of ownership of a passive foreign investment company ("PFIC") and regarding...more
Recently the Treasury issued proposed regulations for Section 305. The proposal was prompted by Section 6045B, enacted in 2008 and effective only under regulations requiring the issuer of stock to provide basis reporting. A...more
On October 13, 2016, the IRS and Treasury Department issued much anticipated regulations (the “Final” or “Temporary” Regulations) under Internal Revenue Code section 385. These regulations, which consist of both temporary...more
On October 22, 2016, the Treasury finalized the debt/equity regulations under Section 385 it had proposed in April. The 517-page package can daunt even the most motivated readers. “Expanded groups” (EG) that know they will be...more
On October 13, 2016, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued final and temporary regulations under section 385. The final and temporary regulations recharacterize certain debt instruments as equity for...more
On October 13, 2016, Treasury and the IRS issued new final and temporary “anti-inversion” regulations under section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code that could treat certain purchasers of notes issued by securitizations as...more