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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

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IRS Proposes to Classify Basket Contracts as a Tax Avoidance Scheme

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on July 11, 2024, issued proposed regulations that would classify certain basket contract transactions as listed transactions. Taxpayers and material advisers participating in...more

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Section 871(m) and BEAT Qualified Derivative Payment Reporting Phase-Ins Extended Two More Years

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On May 22, 2024, the US Department of Treasury and the IRS issued two important notices—one delaying the full implementation of the withholding rules on dividend equivalent payments, and the other on derivative reporting for...more

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Final IRS Regulations on Transition from LIBOR to Other Reference Rates

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on December 30, 2021, issued final regulations (“Final Regulations”) allowing a tax-free treatment of “covered modifications,” as defined, of certain...more

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Treasury Department, IRS Issue Proposed Rules on Tax Impact of Transition from Libor

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have jointly issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) to address concerns and reduce uncertainty regarding the tax impact of the anticipated...more

A&O Shearman

Tax Guidance on the Transition From Interbank Offered Rates Under OIRA Review

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On August 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of Treasury submitted proposed regulations on the tax consequences related to the phased elimination of interbank offered rates (the “Proposed Regulations”) to the Office of Management...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New 871(m) Regulations Finalize Dividend Equivalent Payment Withholding Rules for Equity Derivatives

On September 17, 2015, the IRS and the Treasury Department issued final, temporary, and proposed regulations under section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (collectively, the “new regulations”) that provide the rules for...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 37

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies Makes Recommendations - On September 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (Advisory...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo Tax Talk - Volume 8, Issue 2

IRS Releases Notices Designating Certain “Basket Contracts” As Listed Transactions And Others As Reportable Transactions Of Interest - On Wednesday, July 8, the IRS released two notices addressing “basket contracts,”...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Final And Proposed Regulations Address U.S. Withholding Tax On U.S. Equity Derivatives

I. Introduction - On Tuesday, December 4, the IRS and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations that, if finalized as proposed, would dramatically increase the extent to which U.S. withholding tax is imposed...more

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