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Proposed Regulations Issued on the Excise Tax on Repurchases of Corporate Stock

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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

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: May 22, 2023

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Debt Limit Deadline Draws Nigh - President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are scheduled to meet one-on-one today, just 10 days ahead of the June 1 debt limit deadline....more

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Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Wednesday, August 3, 2022

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August 2, 2022- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "'The Rent Eats First': How Renters and Communities are Impacted by Today's Housing Market."...more

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Defining Net Income For 2020 is Going To Be “A Problem”

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I attended a seminar offered by accountant, Mitchell E. Benson, CPA, MT, CFF (Savran Benson LLP), Brian C. Vertz, Esquire (Pollock Begg) and Aliah Molczan (Savran Benson LLP) on July 9, 2020. One of the topics discussed was...more

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CARES Act – Federal Reserve Main Street Loan Facilities - Updated June 12, 2020

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The Main Street Lending Program, authorized under the CARES Act and Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act, is designed to provide financial assistance to small and medium sized businesses. There will be three Main Street...more

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New Debt-Equity Regulations Address Certain Gaps, but More Guidance Is Expected

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The final debt-equity regulations issued on May 13, 2020, finalize proposed section 385 regulations issued in 2016 without any substantive changes to the existing debt-equity regulations, and withdraw the temporary section...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Debt-Equity Dashed Expectations: Treasury and the Service Retain Onerous Section 385 Regulations

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

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Financial Services Report – Winter 2017

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EDITOR’S NOTE - The holidays came early for the financial services industry. First, the Senate voted to repeal the CFPB’s rule banning class waivers in arbitration agreements in consumer financial contracts. Then,...more

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New Temporary and Proposed Regulations Regarding Debt Allocations for Partnerships - 'Oh My' - Tax Update Volume 2017, Issue 1

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Although There Are Aspects of the Regulations that Practitioners and Taxpayers Still Disagree With, There Are Others that Are an Improvement on What Was Proposed Earlier. From 2013 through 2014, the IRS and the U.S....more

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IRS and Treasury Issue Final Regulations Under §385 Classifying Interests in a Corporation

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

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Stock Acquisitions Checklist

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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

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IRS Issues Final and Temporary Debt-Equity Regulations Under Section 385

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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

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New Treasury Regulations Curtail Planning Opportunities for Partnership Structures

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The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued final and temporary regulations (the “2016 Regulations”) on October 5, 2016 addressing the partnership disguised sale and debt allocation rules. The 2016...more

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Final and Temporary Debt-Equity Regulations Under Section 385 Implement Highly Favorable Changes

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On Oct. 13, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final and temporary regulations under Section 385 governing the treatment of certain instruments as debt or equity...more

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Tax Benefit from Leveraged Partnerships Shut Down By New IRS Regulations

On October 5, 2016, the IRS and Treasury released a package of new regulations under Code sections 707 and 752 designed to curtail the use of debt to reduce tax on the contribution of appreciated assets to leveraged...more

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SALT Implications of Proposed Section 385 Debt/Equity Regulations

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Determining the difference between debt and equity is a problem that has bedeviled taxpayers and tax administrators for decades. Taxpayers, recognizing that there are tax advantages to financing a corporation with debt (e.g.,...more

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That Debt Isn’t What You Think It Is: New Proposed Debt/Equity Rules Could Be Biggest Change in Corporate Tax Since 1986

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The U.S. Treasury Department issued new proposed tax regulations that would re-characterize certain related party debt as equity, resulting in dividend payments rather than tax deductible interest payments. If finalized in...more

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Proposed Section 385 Regulations May Dramatically Impact Portfolio Debt Planning

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On April 4, 2016, the IRS and Treasury issued proposed regulations under Section 385 (the “Proposed Regulations“). The Proposed Regulations, which were thought to have been a response to post-inversion earnings stripping...more

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New "Inversion" Proposed Regulations Inspired By The Pfizer/Allergan Deal May Impact Corporate Tax Planning Strategies

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The Treasury Department has recently promulgated proposed regulations dealing with so-called inversion transactions. Inversion transactions are ones in which a U.S. corporation changes its domicile to a nation with a more...more

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Section 385 Proposed Regulations

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On April 4, 2016, Treasury and the IRS proposed sweeping regulations under § 385 of the Code. Issued the same day as the anti-inversion temporary regulations, the proposed § 385 rules would go much farther than merely...more

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IRS Rules Could Treat Related Party Debt as Stock

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Multinational groups can strip U.S. earnings away from U.S. taxation by having a domestic corporation issue debt and pay earnings out to foreign affiliates as deductible interest. This strategy could be used after an...more

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Only the Lonely: “Lonely” Life Insurance Companies Confront New Issues Under Proposed Debt-Equity Regulations

The rules of IRC § 1504 and Treas. Reg. § 1.1502-47 provide the general parameters for determining whether a domestic life insurance company (within the meaning of IRC § 816(a)) may join in filing a consolidated U.S. federal...more

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Is it Debt or is it Not? Proposed Treasury Regulations Would Significantly Change Debt vs. Equity Analysis

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Earlier this month, the IRS and Treasury Department proposed new Treasury regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under Section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Proposed Regulations would significantly modify the tax...more

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New Proposed Regulations Increase Scrutiny on Related-Party Debt

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The U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) recently issued proposed regulations (the “New Proposed Regulations”) governing the federal income tax treatment of debt between certain related...more

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State Tax Fallout From Federal Proposed Related-Party Debt Regulations

Recently proposed Treasury regulations under IRC § 385 (the Proposed Regulations) would create sweeping changes to the federal income tax treatment of related-party debt. The Proposed Regulations could also have far-reaching...more

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