The Trump administration continues its efforts to relax digital asset regulation, including most recently by exempting decentralized finance ("DeFi") apps and wallets from tax reporting and through Securities and Exchange...more
4/15/2025
/ Cryptocurrency ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Digital Assets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
IRS ,
Offerings ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Tax Liability ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the Ninth Circuit's decision in Moore v. United States, upholding the constitutionality of the mandatory repatriation tax enacted in 2017....more
Proposed regulations addressing new tax reporting requirements for cryptocurrencies and other digital assets have been issued by the IRS and Treasury....more
A new program offers rulings in 12 weeks, even absent a showing of business need.
Revenue Procedure 2023-26, issued July 26, 2023, in replacement of a popular 18-month pilot program under Revenue Procedure 2022-10,...more
8/3/2023
/ Annual Filings ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Fast Track Process ,
Federal Taxes ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Revenue Procedures ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Returns ,
Time Extensions ,
U.S. Treasury
In June 2022, Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the "Bill"), one of most comprehensive responses by Congress to date with respect to digital...more
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The Situation: On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the "Act") was signed into law, enacting a new nondeductible 1% excise tax on certain share repurchases (so-called "stock buybacks"). ...more
On June 7, 2022, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the "Bill"), which proposes a regulatory framework for digital assets across nine titles...more
President Biden's executive order calls for "whole-of-government" approach to studying risks and harnessing potential benefits of digital asset technologies.
On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, President Biden signed a...more
3/11/2022
/ AML/CFT ,
Biden Administration ,
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Transactions ,
Investor Protection ,
Regulatory Agenda
On February 17, 2022, Assembly Bill 2280 was introduced in the California Assembly. AB 2280 offers a long-awaited solution for companies owing past-due property to the State of California....more
On January 14, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") released Revenue Procedure 2022-10, which establishes a "fast-track processing" pilot program for certain private letter ruling requests that are solely or primarily...more
The IRS recently clarified its position on the U.S. income tax treatment of a hard fork. A hard fork occurs when protocols on a blockchain change, causing a "fork" or splintering of the existing blockchain into two distinct...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has removed the United Arab Emirates from its latest "List of Countries Requiring Cooperation With an International Boycott," easing certain tax reporting requirements.
On April 8, 2021,...more
The IRS's first guidance on the taxation of cryptocurrency in five years provides some new insights, but also leaves several issues unresolved.
Jones Day partner Lori Hellkamp discusses Revenue Ruling 2019-24, with...more
The Situation: On June 14, 2019, the IRS and U.S. Treasury released more than 500 pages of proposed, temporary, and final regulations addressing the taxation of U.S.-controlled foreign corporations.
The Development:...more
6/25/2019
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Tax ,
GILTI tax ,
IRS ,
Multinationals ,
New Rules ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Retroactive Taxes ,
Stocks ,
U.S. Treasury
New IRS guidance issued on qualified foreign pension fund exception.
On June 6, 2019, the U.S. Treasury released proposed regulations under Internal Revenue Code section 897(l) providing guidance for "qualified foreign...more
6/13/2019
/ Anti-Abuse Rule ,
FATCA ,
FIRPTA ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
Pension Funds ,
Proposed Regulation
Virtual currencies (often called cryptocurrencies) such as bitcoin are perhaps blockchain's best-known application. As these and other blockchain-based digital assets become more common, and attract more regulatory and...more
5/2/2019
/ Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinCEN ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Planning ,
Token Sales ,
Virtual Currency
On November 26, 2018, the U.S. Treasury released proposed regulations under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, which, as amended by last year's tax reform, generally limits deductibility of net business interest...more
The recently enacted tax reform bill includes a provision that significantly affects how employers settle sexual harassment claims. Section 13307 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provides that no deduction is permitted for...more
Signed into law December 22, 2017, the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" represents the most comprehensive reform to the U.S. federal tax code in a generation. The Act's most notable provisions include significant reductions in both...more
1/16/2018
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Alternative Minimum Tax ,
Base Erosion Tax ,
Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Estate Tax ,
FIFO ,
Foreign Earned Income ,
International Tax Issues ,
Net Operating Losses ,
New Legislation ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
On March 23, 2017, the U.S. Tax Court issued its long-awaited opinion in a transfer pricing dispute involving Amazon's cost sharing arrangement ("CSA") with its Luxembourg subsidiary...
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