On April 25, 2024, the IRS and Treasury issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) addressing whether a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) or a regulated investment company (a “RIC”) will constitute a...more
Developers of renewable energy projects prior to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) were able to enter into joint ventures and leasing arrangements with other private companies that had a sufficient tax liability...more
8/17/2023
/ Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
U.S. Treasury
On December 29, 2022, the IRS and Treasury issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) addressing (1) whether a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) or a regulated investment company (a “RIC”) will constitute...more
On December 27, 2022, the IRS and Treasury issued Notice 2023-2 (the “Notice”), which provides guidance relating to the application of the new excise tax on repurchases of corporate stock (the “Stock Buyback Tax”) under...more
12/30/2022
/ De Minimus Quantity Exemption ,
Fair Market Value ,
Guidance Update ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Minority Shareholders ,
Netting Agreements ,
REIT ,
Share Buybacks ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Valuation
The recently proposed “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” includes a proposal (the “carried interest proposal”) to amend the rules under section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) relating to the...more
On December 19th, 2019, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued regulations (the “Final Regulations”) under Section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”)[i] finalizing,...more
12/31/2019
/ Capital Gains ,
Capital Gains Tax ,
Community Development ,
Economic Development ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Popular ,
Qualified Opportunity Funds ,
Real Estate Development ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Tax Deferral ,
U.S. Treasury
In a recent taxpayer win, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota granted summary judgment in an $11.5 million refund claim brought by the Mayo Clinic (“Mayo”) on the basis that certain Treasury...more
On May 22, 2019 the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service released regulations (the “Final Regulations”) finalizing and making certain technical changes to proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”,...more
5/29/2019
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Dividends ,
Final Rules ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Section 956 ,
Subsidiaries ,
U.S. Treasury
On October 31, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) which likely will facilitate (i) the making of loans by foreign corporate subsidiaries to a U.S. parent...more
On January 23, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Revenue Procedure 2018-12 (the “Revenue Procedure”) detailing a safe harbor that will permit taxpayers to utilize average-price methods for purposes of...more
The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has changed certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) pertaining to the deductibility of amounts paid to Government entities for violations of law. Section 162(a) of the Code has...more
On September 29, 2017, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas struck down a 2016 temporary regulation designed to limit corporate inversions(the “Rule”). Rule was simultaneously issued as a...more
In Technical Advice Memorandum 2017-29-020 (July 21, 2017) (the “TAM”), the IRS denied claims by two tax equity investors (the “Investors” or each an “Investor”) for renewable energy tax credits on grounds that the...more