On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule to the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that eliminates beneficial ownership...more
3/27/2025
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Compliance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Final Rules ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Entities ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Small Business
In 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) was enacted into U.S. federal law as part of a multi‑national effort to rein in the use of entities to mask illegal activity. The CTA directs the U.S. Department of the...more
12/29/2023
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Corporate Transparency Act ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Full-Time Employees ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Parent Corporation ,
REIT ,
Reporting Requirements ,
U.S. Treasury
This post outlines at a high-level certain provisions under the recently enacted 2017 tax legislation (Pub. L. 115-97, the “Tax Act”) that may affect M&A Transactions. Some of these rules are very complex, particularly in...more
2/12/2018
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Base Erosion Tax ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EBITDA ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
GAAP ,
GILTI tax ,
International Tax Issues ,
Mergers ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Section 956 ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform
On Friday December 22, 2017, the President signed into law H.R.1, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This is the most sweeping change to the US federal income tax laws in over three decades, and it will...more
1/17/2018
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Carried Interest ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EBITDA ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Taxpayers ,
Income Taxes ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions