On July 23, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Court of Appeals) released a decision in Rawat v. Commissioner (available here). The case considers whether the portion of a non-US...more
8/14/2024
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On July 17, 2024, the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) identifying certain “basket contract” transactions, and transactions that are...more
On April 25, 2024, the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final regulations concerning the definition of domestically controlled qualified investment entities (DC-QIE) (the...more
On April 26, 2024, IRS Chief Counsel, Income Tax & Accounting (IT&A), released a legal memorandum (ILM) addressing the treatment of credit card reward liabilities for which a customer earns rewards that can be redeemed for...more
[unable to retrieve full-text content]On April 25, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations on the transferability of certain tax credits under the...more
In mid-January, the House introduced the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (Act). The Joint Committee of Taxation has released its explanation of the Act, and the House Ways and means Committee has released a...more
1/31/2024
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Businesses have entered 2024 facing the challenge of forecasting future tax obligations and preparing tax filings in a time of uncertainty, not the least of which is created by Congressional indecision on the future of a...more
Not unlike the last minute procedural guidance released at the end of last year addressing Section 174, on December 22, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice...more
On December 1, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released two private letter rulings (PLRs) that considered taxpayer requests to file an extension of time to make a regulatory election within the meaning of Treas. Reg....more
On December 19, 2023, the recently ratified Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Chile for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal...more