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Mayer Brown

US Treasury Releases Final Regulations Addressing Domestic Control Determinations Under FIRPTA

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On April 24, 2024, the Treasury Department and the IRS released final regulations under Section 897 that change the rules for determining whether qualified investment entities (QIEs) are domestically controlled under the...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Recent IRS Guidance Focuses on Rules for Qualified Foreign Pension Funds

At the end of 2022, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (together, the “IRS”) issued two sets of guidance – a final rule and a proposed rule – addressing the application of certain provisions of...more

Morgan Lewis

Treasury Issues Final Regulations on FIRPTA Exemption for Qualified Foreign Pension Funds

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The US Department of Treasury recently released final regulations providing guidance on the exception from taxation under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 for “qualified foreign pension funds” under...more

Paul Hastings LLP

New Treasury Guidance on Sovereign Wealth Funds, Qualified Foreign Pension Funds, and REITS and RICs

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On December 28, 2022, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) on the treatment of qualified foreign pension funds (“QFPFs”) for purposes of the exemption from taxation for...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup December 26 – December 30, 2022

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 26, 2022 – December 30, 2022...more

Jones Day

U.S. Treasury Releases Proposed FIRPTA Regulations

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New IRS guidance issued on qualified foreign pension fund exception. On June 6, 2019, the U.S. Treasury released proposed regulations under Internal Revenue Code section 897(l) providing guidance for "qualified foreign...more

Morgan Lewis

New PATH Act Changes Rules for Foreign Investment in US Real Estate and for REITs

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The PATH Act exempts certain foreign pension funds from taxation under FIRPTA and significantly modifies the tax rules applicable to REITs. On December 18, 2015 (Enactment Date), US President Barack Obama signed the...more

Franczek P.C.

IRS to Prohibit Lump-Sum Cashout Windows for Pension Plan Retirees

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As described in a prior alert, the IRS issued Notice 2015-49, which abruptly announces the IRS’s intention to prohibit lump-sum cashout windows for pension plan retirees already in pay status. The IRS intends to prohibit...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Department of Labor Proposes New Fiduciary Regulation and Prohibited Transaction Exemption Relief for Investment Advice...

On April 20, 2015, more than three years after withdrawing a similar proposal that was staunchly opposed by the financial services industry, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published in the Federal Register a proposed...more

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