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On May 22, 2024, the US Department of Treasury and the IRS issued two important notices—one delaying the full implementation of the withholding rules on dividend equivalent payments, and the other on derivative reporting for...more
On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that the Income Tax Treaty between the United States and Chile (the “Treaty”) entered into force. The Treaty was originally signed in February of 2010, and, after...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of June 12, 2023 – June 16, 2023...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 13, 2023 – February 17, 2023. ...more
INTRODUCTION TO US TAXATION OF NFTS - Despite Non Fungible Token (NFT) sales hitting nearly US$21 billion by the end of 2021, making NFTs almost as valuable as the global art market, they are currently completely ignored...more
In its annual General Explanations of the Administration’s Revenue Proposals, the U.S. Department of Treasury proposed clarifications and amendments to the Internal Revenue Code to address on-demand pay arrangements (also...more
On January 4, 2022, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (Final Regulations) that deny a foreign tax credit (FTC) for certain foreign withholding taxes...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of October 11, 2021 – October 15, 2021... October 12, 2021: The IRS released a notice, announcing...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) on April 8, 2020, that would restrict foreign persons' ability to minimize U.S. tax through "conduit" financing...more
The US Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued final regulations under section 1446(f), a provision enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) that generally imposes a...more
On August 8, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order, directing the U.S. Treasury to grant employers the ability to defer the withholding, deposit and payment of certain payroll taxes as further COVID-19 tax relief....more
Following the August 8, 2020 Presidential Memorandum directing the Treasury Secretary to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of certain payroll taxes, the Internal Revenue Service released Notice 2020-65 late Friday,...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of May 25 – May 29, 2020... May 26, 2020: The IRS and United States Department of the Treasury...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 10 – 14, 2020. February 10, 2020: The IRS issued a revenue ruling providing guidance...more
On Dec. 16, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (the new regulations) governing a narrow aspect of rules applicable to withholding on “dividend equivalent payments” made to foreign persons. The new...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 23 – 27, 2019. December 20, 2019: The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of May 27 – May 31, 2019. May 28, 2019: The IRS released Announcement 2019-05 listing recent...more
The Internal Revenue Service announces forthcoming regulations in relation to “ECI withholding” under Section 1446(f). It also announces interim relief and guidance for taxpayers pending regulations....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
Proposed regulations would establish a sweeping framework to treat debt as equity in an effort to curb the use of “excessive” related-party debt. On April 4, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the...more
The US Department of the Treasury has issued regulations with respect to withholding on “dividend equivalent” payments made to a non-US long party on swaps and other financial instruments that are linked to US equities. These...more
On September 17, 2015, the IRS and the Treasury Department issued final, temporary, and proposed regulations under section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (collectively, the “new regulations”) that provide the rules for...more
I. Introduction - On Tuesday, December 4, the IRS and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations that, if finalized as proposed, would dramatically increase the extent to which U.S. withholding tax is imposed...more
On January 17, 2013, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued comprehensive final regulations implementing Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code (commonly known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act,...more