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Proposed Regulations Issued on Reporting Obligations for Basket Contract Transactions

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On July 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations that would classify “basket contract transactions”, which are derivatives (i) with a term...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S. Withholding on Synthetic Trades over U.S. Equities – Additional Delay of Full Implementation until 2021 (Notice 2018-72)

• The broader application of Section 871(m) has been delayed further until January 1, 2021 and, as a result, investment funds with non-U.S. feeders or investors up the chain should generally expect to incur U.S. withholding...more

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U.S. Withholding on Synthetic Trades over U.S. Equities—Further Delay of Full Implementation Until 2019 (Notice 2017-42)

In response to perceived abuses in taxpayers’ use of swaps and other derivative transactions (e.g., options, futures or forwards) to avoid withholding tax on U.S. source dividends, Congress added Section 871(m) to the...more

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