On October 4, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Private Letter Ruling 202440007, which concluded that the lack of income and assets in the first taxable year of an entity that had elected to be treated...more
On September 13, 2024, California’s Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”) released updated proposed regulations (“Draft Regulations”), which would amend the rules regarding market-based sourcing for sales other than sales of tangible...more
On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the so called mandatory repatriation tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 965 (“MRT”) is constitutional.
Justice Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion...more
On November 15, 2023, the U.S. Tax Court held in YA Global Investments v. Commissioner that a non-U.S. private equity fund (YA Global) with a U.S. asset manager that bought equity and convertible debt of U.S. portfolio...more
In 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) was enacted into U.S. federal law as part of a multi‑national effort to rein in the use of entities to mask illegal activity. The CTA directs the U.S. Department of the...more
12/29/2023
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Foreign Corporations ,
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Income Taxes ,
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Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Parent Corporation ,
REIT ,
Reporting Requirements ,
U.S. Treasury
Section 1402(a)(13) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that the distributive share of “limited partners, as such” from a partnership is not subject to self-employment tax.[1] Managers of private equity and hedge funds are...more
On March 9, 2023, the Biden Administration released the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget, and the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue Proposals,” which is commonly referred to as the “Green Book.”...more
On December 28, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Treasury Department released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under sections 892 and 897 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). If...more
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed certain limited changes to the taxation of partnerships. In short, the Administration’s proposals would (i) prevent related partners in a partnership that has made a...more
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed to tax “profits” or “carried” interests as ordinary income and impose self-employment tax on income and gains from these interests for certain partners in investment...more
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed certain very limited changes to the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions. The proposals do not change the current treatment of cryptocurrency as property for federal...more
5/5/2022
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Digital Currency ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Income Taxes ,
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Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform
Introduction and Summary -
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed changes to the U.S. international tax rules.
In short, the Biden Administration proposed to:
Enact a 15% minimum “undertaxed profits...more
Summary and Background. On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed a 20% minimum tax on individuals who have more than $100 million in assets. The minimum tax would be based on all economic income (which the...more
On January 25, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) released regulations (the “Final Regulations”) finalizing provisions in prior proposed regulations which generally...more
1/26/2022
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Corporate Taxes ,
Domestic Partnership ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
PFIC ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
Yesterday, on December 19, 2021, Senator Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) said that he opposes the Build Back Better Act, which effectively prevents its passage. While there are no immediate prospects for the Build Back Better Act to...more
12/20/2021
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Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Biden Administration ,
Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SALT ,
Share Buybacks ,
Spinoffs ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
On Wednesday, April 28th, the White House announced the American Families Plan, the “human capital” infrastructure proposal. The American Families Plan would spend $1.8 trillion, including $800 billion in tax cuts over ten...more
On March 31, 2021, the White House released a factsheet describing the “American Jobs Plan”, a $2.3 trillion proposal for infrastructure spending that also contains certain significant tax credits, and the “Made in America...more
This blog summarizes some of the tax proposals of President-elect Joe Biden and other prominent Democrats.
Biden’s Proposals -
Increased Individual Tax Rate -
Biden would increase the top marginal income tax rate...more
1/14/2021
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Business Taxes ,
Capital Gains ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Estate Tax ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
On July 31, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) providing guidance on Section 1061 of the Code, as...more
8/10/2020
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Capital Gains ,
Capital Gains Tax ,
Carried Interest ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Partnership Interests ,
Partnerships ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Recharacterization
On Friday, December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law government funding legislation for the 2020 fiscal year that includes a provision repealing Section 512(a)(7), commonly referred to as the “parking tax,” with...more
1/29/2020
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Federal Funding ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Planning ,
Unrelated Business Income Tax
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law changes to the private foundation excise tax on net investment income under Section 4940 of the Internal Revenue Code.
For purposes of Section 4940, net investment...more
Late on Friday, December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law government funding legislation for the 2020 fiscal year that includes a provision repealing Section 512(a)(7), commonly referred to as the “parking tax.”...more
12/24/2019
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Fringe Benefits ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Reform ,
Transportation Expenses ,
Trump Administration ,
Unrelated Business Income Tax
On May 13, 2019, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Treasury Department published proposed regulations providing guidance on the rules imposing withholding and reporting requirements under the Code on dispositions...more
5/23/2019
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Foreign Persons ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
K-1 ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shareholders ,
Withholding Requirements
On April 11, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2019-18, creating a safe harbor that allows professional sports teams to treat trades of personnel contracts (including contracts for...more
4/26/2019
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Financial Statements ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Like Kind Exchanges ,
Revenue Procedures ,
Section 1031 Exchange ,
Spectator Sports ,
Sports ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform
On March 4, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) regarding the deduction for “foreign-derived intangible...more
4/23/2019
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Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform