In Private Letter Ruling 202308010 (PLR 20230810), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determined that a contingent sell-side advisory fee (the Fee) was incurred by the private equity fund majority seller (the PE Seller),...more
On Jan. 8, 2021, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) issued final regulations (Final Regulations) (T.D. 9945) governing the treatment of “carried interests” (also referred...more
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On July 28, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (T.D. 9905) (the final regulations) concerning the limitation on the deductibility of business interest expense (BIE) under Section...more
9/28/2020
/ Business Taxes ,
CARES Act ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Legitimate Business Interest ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform ,
U.S. Treasury
On July 31, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) issued proposed regulations (REGS-107213-18) (Proposed Regulations) governing the treatment of “carried interests” (also...more
On May 12, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) issued proposed regulations (REG-104591-18) that address the disallowance of deductions for amounts paid or incurred for...more
On May 13, 2020, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) released regulations finalizing previously proposed regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 385 regarding the...more
On April 24, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) issued proposed regulations (REG-106864-18) addressing the manner in which tax-exempt organizations calculate their...more
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The IRS announced on March 20 in Notice 2020-18 that the due dates for (i) filing federal income tax returns and making federal income tax payments with respect to 2019 that are otherwise due on...more
In its recent decision in Rodriguez v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., No. 18–1269 (Sup. Ct. Feb. 25, 2020), the Supreme Court held that federal courts may not apply the federal common law “Bob Richards Rule” to determine...more
3/12/2020
/ Affiliated-Business Arrangements ,
Appeals ,
Bob Richards Rule ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Consolidated Tax Returns ,
Federal Common Law ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
IRS ,
Jurisdiction ,
Lack of Authority ,
Parent Corporation ,
Remand ,
Rodriguez v Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ,
SCOTUS ,
State Law Claims ,
Tax Allocation Agreements ,
Tax Refunds ,
Vacated
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
1/2/2020
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Dividend-Equivalent Transactions ,
Dividends ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Persons ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
New Regulations ,
Popular ,
Qualified Derivatives Dealers (QDDs) ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Section 871(m) ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Withholding Tax
On Oct. 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24 concerning the tax consequences of virtual currency hard forks, as well as FAQs on the taxation of virtual currency generally. This...more
12/3/2019
/ Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Capital Gains ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Transactions ,
Income Taxes ,
Investment ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Returns ,
Virtual Currency
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
11/18/2019
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Bifurcation ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Debt ,
Debt-Equity ,
Debtor-Creditor ,
Distribution Rules ,
Equity ,
Identity of Interest ,
IRS ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Section 385 ,
Stocks ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
U.S. Treasury
On Oct. 1, the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) issued Revenue Procedure 2019-40 (the Revenue Procedure), which offers guidance relating to ownership by certain U.S. persons of stock in “controlled foreign corporations”...more
Transaction expenses, including fees for legal counsel, accountants, financial advisors, brokers and other third parties, are an ineluctable aspect of mergers and acquisitions. The ability of parties to deduct at least a...more
On Oct. 9, 2019, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) issued proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) providing taxpayers with broad and flexible guidance on the tax...more
10/23/2019
/ Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) ,
Benchmarks ,
Debt Instruments ,
Income Taxes ,
Inter-Bank Offered Rates (IBORs) ,
Interest Rates ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Libor ,
Proposed Regulation ,
REMIC ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Tax Planning ,
U.S. Treasury
On Aug. 14, 2019, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) published proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) regarding the classification of “cloud transactions” for...more
10/7/2019
/ Cloud Computing ,
Data Transfers ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Platforms ,
Digital Services ,
Factoring Transactions ,
IaaS ,
IRS ,
PaaS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SaaS ,
Software ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
U.S. Treasury
On May 23, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS published final regulations (the final regulations) under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). ...more
Background On Oct. 31, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code that will eliminate the adverse tax consequences when a U.S. parent corporation (i)...more
11/16/2018
/ Collateral ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Dividends ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Lenders ,
Parent Corporation ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Section 956 ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Planning ,
Voting Securities
The meteoric rise of cryptocurrencies has created a stir in the financial and investment communities. The Securities and Exchange Commission, along with other regulatory bodies, is taking an active role in policing and...more
In a recent decision, Grecian Magnesite Mining, Industrial & Shipping Co., SA v. Commissioner, the U.S. Tax Court declined to follow Revenue Ruling 91-32, and held that gain on the sale of an interest in an operating...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued regulations last October (the 2016 Regulations) that significantly alter the landscape of allocations of partnership liabilities and the disguised sale rules. The 2016 Regulations...more