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Applications for Low-Income Communities Bonus Tax Credits to Open in Early Fall

Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act created the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program. This program provides additional energy tax credits on top of the existing 30% investment tax credit. According to Section 48(e) of...more

New Treasury and IRS Regulations Bless SALT Deductions for Pass-through Entities

Monday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a press release and related notice regarding proposed regulations which clarify that the $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT)...more

IRS and Treasury Finalize Last Set of Bonus Depreciation Regulations

One of the key tax benefits for investors and owners of real estate such a senior living facilities is depreciation.  The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expanded on this benefit, allowing for 100% bonus depreciation for assets...more

Treasury Strips Away Obama Administration Earnings Stripping Rules

In 2016, the Obama administration issued a series of rules and regulations designed to stem the flow of corporate inversions – transactions where U.S. corporations moved offshore to avoid the high 35% U.S. corporate tax rate....more

Treasury Withdraws Problematic Section 2704 Discount Regulation

As previously discussed, the IRS and Treasury identified in July eight Obama era tax regulations that are burdensome on taxpayers. In early October, Treasury announced that it proposed to repeal or revise these regulations. ...more

Treasury Plans to Pull Unpopular Discount Regulation

As discussed earlier this summer, Treasury and the IRS identified as a burdensome regulation the Proposed Regulations under Section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code, which regulations would severely impact discounts on gifts...more

Treasury To Repeal/Revise 8 Burdensome Regs

As previously discussed, the IRS and Treasury identified in July eight Obama era tax regulations that are burdensome on taxpayers. The next step for Treasury was to determine what to do with these regulations, and today we...more

Treasury Plans to Pull Unpopular Discount Regulation

As discussed earlier this summer, Treasury and the IRS identified as a burdensome regulation the Proposed Regulations under Section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code, which regulations would severely impact discounts on gifts...more

Good News for Taxpayers: IRS Targets for Reform Burdensome Regulations on Partnerships, Corporations, REITs, Estates, and More

Earlier this year, President Trump issued Executive Order 13789, which ordered the Treasury Department to review all significant tax regulations issued after December 31, 2015 and identify regulations that impose an undue...more

IRS Identifies 8 Burdensome Regulations for Reform

Responding to a Trump Executive Order, the Treasury Department has reviewed all significant tax regulations issued after December 31, 2015 and identified eight regulations to be reformed to mitigate the burden that the...more

Do Tax Regs Have an Out From the New 2-1 Rule?

As I previously discussed (here), President Trump issued an Executive Order requiring government agencies to identify two regulations for repeal for every new regulation that they wish to issue. The initial reaction of this...more

Regulations Finalized on REIT Real Property Rules

The Department of Treasury and IRS have finalized the regulations defining “real property” for purposes of the REIT rules. The regulations essentially adopt the proposed regulations...more

Senators Call on IRS to Finalize Management Fee Waiver Regulations

Yesterday, Senators Franken, Warren, Baldwin and Whitehouse sent Treasury Secretary Lew a letter regarding management fee waiver arrangements. What is a management fee waiver arrangement? It is where a fund manager...more

Proposed Regs Shutdown Exception for Offshore Transfers of Foreign Goodwill

Monday, the IRS and Treasury released proposed regulations governing the treatment of certain transfers of foreign goodwill and going concern value. When a U.S. person contributes property to a foreign corporation,...more

Further Crackdown on Offshore Corporations

In their continued effort to crackdown on offshore activity, the IRS and Treasury released proposed regulations yesterday that target debt held by foreign partnerships. These regulations provide that debt held by foreign...more

Senator Targets Carried Interests

Wednesday, Senator Al Franken sent a letter to the Department of Treasury taking aim at “carried interest” income. In the letter, Senator Franken asked the IRS to revise Form 1065 (the tax return form for partnerships) to...more

Treasury to Narrow Scope of “May Company” Regs

In the 1990s, Treasury issued proposed regulations under Regulation Section 1.337(d)-3 commonly known as the “May Company” regulations. These proposed regulations dealt with situations in which a partnership owned stock of a...more

More Tough Talk on Cracking Down on Offshore Activity

In what is becoming a popular refrain, we are continuing to hear tough talk by government officials on cracking down on offshore activity. The most recent target is once again corporate inversions. ...more

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