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The Wagner Law Group

A New “One Percent” Tax Issue – Proposed IRS Regulations on the Excise Tax on Stock Repurchases

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The Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), in an April 2024 follow-up to IRS Notice 2023-2, issued proposed regulations dealing with the one-percent excise tax under Internal Revenue...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Treasury and the IRS issue final regulations addressing the payment and reporting of the stock buyback tax

On June 28, 2024, Treasury and the IRS filed final regulations regarding the payment and reporting aspects of the stock repurchase excise tax under section 4501 of the Code1 (Buyback Tax) (Final Regulations). The Final...more

Dechert LLP

Stock Repurchase Excise Tax Regulations Finalized: Effect on RICs

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On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations on the reporting of the one-percent (1%) stock repurchase excise tax imposed by new section 4501 of the Internal...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

1% Stock Buyback Tax: US Treasury, IRS Release Proposed Regulations

On April 9, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued long-awaited proposed regulations under Section 4501 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) regarding the 1% stock buyback excise...more

Jones Day

New Guidance from the Treasury Department on 1% Corporate Stock Buyback Tax

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On April 9, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department ("Treasury") issued proposed regulations and reporting requirements providing further guidance on the non-deductible 1% excise tax that was enacted on August 16, 2022 (as Section...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Donor Advised Funds: Proposed Regs Offer Guidance, But Leave Big Questions Unanswered

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For the past 16 years, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy and the Internal Revenue Service’s joint Priority Guidance Plan has included the issuance of regulations relating to donor advised funds (DAFs)...more

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IRS, Treasury Release Proposed Regulations on Donor-Advised Funds

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The US Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published proposed regulations under Section 4966 to provide additional guidance on several issues related to creating and...more

Morgan Lewis

IRS Proposes Regulations for Excise Taxes on Taxable Distributions from Donor-Advised Funds

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The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) recently issued proposed regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 4966 (the Proposed Regulations) that provide important clarifications...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Eyes on Energy Tax Update: Second Quarter 2023

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The second quarter of 2023 saw continued developments as a result of the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), court activity and announcements from federal agencies. Below, we summarize the updates you need...more

Cooley LLP

IRS Announces Transition Guidance for Stock Buyback Excise Tax

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 added Internal Revenue Code Section 4501, which imposes a 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock of publicly traded US corporations effected after December 31, 2022. As described in...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Treasury Department's First Repurchase Excise Tax Guidance Contains Rotten "Easter Eggs"

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS intend to issue proposed regulations addressing application of a new excise tax on repurchases of corporate stock under Section 4501 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). Section...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Notice 2023-2 Provides Helpful Guidance Regarding the Stock Repurchase Excise Tax

On December 27, 2022, Treasury issued interim guidance regarding the new excise tax on stock “repurchases” after December 31, 2022 in the form of Notice 2023-2, which taxpayers can rely on until Treasury publishes additional...more

WilmerHale

New Stock Buyback Tax: Some Questions Answered, Others Remain

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One of the headline tax changes in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Public Law 117-169, is a 1% excise tax on stock repurchases by public companies. New Section 4501 of the Internal Revenue Code applies a non-deductible...more

ArentFox Schiff

Initial IRS Guidance on the Stock Repurchase Excise Tax is a Mixed Bag for SPACs

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which was signed into law on August 16, 2022, enacted a new 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of the stock of publicly traded corporations, codified in Section 4501 of the Internal...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Treasury and IRS Release Favorable Final Regulations on University Excise Tax

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On September 18, 2020, the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue IRS (the “IRS”) issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) under section 4968 of the Internal Revenue Code of...more

Verrill

Proposed Regulations Clarify Application of Excise Tax under Code Section 4960

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Proposed Regulations published by the Treasury Department last month provide helpful clarifications regarding the application of the excise tax under Section 4960 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)....more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Proposed Section 4960 Excise Tax Rules for Tax-Exempts: Highlights and Key Features

The Treasury Department (the “Department”) and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) recently released detailed proposed rules (the “Proposed Regulations”) interpreting Section 4960 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). 85...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Treasury/IRS Release Proposed Regulations on Section 4960 Excise Tax

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The US Department of the Treasury has released long-expected proposed regulations regarding the section 4960 excise tax on certain remuneration or separation amounts paid to the five highest paid employees of a tax-exempt...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Interim IRS Guidance on New Executive Compensation Requirements for Tax-Exempt Entities Creates New Challenges

Under new Section 4960 ("Section 4960") of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("IRC") that was adopted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Tax Act), an excise tax under IRC Section 11 (currently 21...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Treasury and IRS issue interim guidance on executive compensation excise tax under section 4960

On December 31, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2019-09 (Notice) providing comprehensive interim guidance under section 4960 of the Internal...more

Dechert LLP

Final US Treasury Regulations Provide Additional Flexibility in Determining the Tax Implications of Money Market Fund Share...

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Final U.S. Treasury regulations under Section 446 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code’), providing for the use of the net asset value (“NAV”) accounting method for transactions in money market fund...more

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