The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) introduced significant changes to the tax treatment of specified research and experimentation (SRE) expenditures. Historically, companies were able to immediately deduct all costs...more
On July 31, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Ruling 2023-14, which addresses the US federal income tax treatment of cryptocurrency units (commonly referred to as coins or tokens) that are received by...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was enacted more than five years ago, but certain changes under the legislation are only now coming into focus as taxpayers prepare their 2022 tax returns. In particular, there are significant...more
Startups and emerging companies that are reevaluating their cash management policies following recent events in the banking sector should be aware of the implications of such policies on qualified small business stock (QSBS)...more
The Inflation Reduction Act imposes a 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock of publicly traded US corporations (“Covered Corporations”) effected after December 31, 2022 (the “Excise Tax”). On December 27, 2022, the...more
On August 16, 2022, House Resolution 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), was signed into law. An August 11 Cooley client alert explains some of the tax provisions contained in the IRA, including the 1% excise tax on...more
On August 7, 2022, the US Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act (House Resolution 5376), which contains tax, climate and healthcare provisions. The legislation is widely expected to be passed by the House of...more
Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee announced its consideration of federal tax legislative proposals that include reducing the exclusion from income of gain on the sale of qualified small business stock (QSBS) and...more
On July 13, 2017, the US Tax Court issued a decision which may provide non-US investors more flexibility and potentially better tax outcomes with respect to structuring their investments into US LLCs and partnerships....more
On December 18, 2015, as part of passing an omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2016, President Obama signed into law the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (the "PATH Act"). The PATH Act extends, in some cases...more