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Internal Revenue Service Corporate Restructuring

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Fenwick & West LLP

Domestication with a Twist: A Tax Case Study

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The Internal Revenue Service’s new private letter ruling (PLR) concerned a domestication of a Foreign Parent corporation under U.S. ownership—with a few notable twists. First, the PLR applied a substance-over-form analysis to...more

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Trust Beneficiary Engages In Like Kind Exchange Using Trust Property

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It is a basic principle of the income tax that the gain or loss realized by a taxpayer from the conversion of property into cash, or from the exchange of property for other property that differs materially in kind from the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Entity Conversion Under State Law Is Not a Modification of Debt

After almost 20 years, the IRS has again ruled that the conversion under state law of a limited liability company (LLC) disregarded for tax purposes to a corporation did not result in a “significant modification” of the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Coronavirus/COVID-19 Update #2

The question is no longer whether the volatility created by the COVID-19 pandemic will deepen the difficulties businesses and other institutions face in the coming months, but by how much and in what ways. In the past few...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

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Restructuring Operations in the Wake of California AB 5? Don’t Overlook the Tax Implications

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Businesses with operations in California have begun to identify options and implement strategies for compliance with Assembly Bill (AB) 5, which imposes the ABC test for identifying whether a worker is an independent...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Five Things You Need to Know About The “Deemed Dividend” Halloween Treat

IRS delivers a surprise in proposing new regs. New rules would generally conform the tax treatment of deemed dividends to the treatment of actual dividends for US corporations that own foreign subsidiaries, creating the...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Debt Dialogue: August 2017 - The IRS Withdraws Proposed ‘Net Value’ Regulations

The IRS announced in July that it has withdrawn proposed regulations (the net value regulations) that provided guidance regarding corporate formations, reorganizations and liquidations of insolvent corporations. Those...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

March Madness: New Private Letter Rulings Address Tax Accounting Issues

In the last few weeks, the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) issued several private letter rulings addressing a variety of tax accounting issues. From bonus depreciation elections to the correct unit of property for...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

IRS to Update 1967 Revenue Ruling Relating to Change of Domicile

The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has announced plans to update Revenue Ruling 67-390, which requires an organization to “re-apply” for tax-exemption if it changes its corporate structure, including in situations...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Second Circuit Upholds Common-Interest Privilege for Borrower’s Sharing of Legal Advice with Consortium of Lenders

The Second Circuit held last week that a borrower did not waive the attorney-client privilege by providing documents to a consortium of lender banks that shared a common legal interest with the borrower in the tax treatment...more

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Focus on Tax Strategies & Developments - June 2015

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In This Issue: - Distinguishing Between Captive Insurance and Related Party Derivatives: Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum 201511021 - Achieving Tax-Free ‘Rollover’ Treatment for Certain Shareholders in Acquisition of...more

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New IRS Rulings Should Provide Greater Certainty for Corporate Restructurings

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On May 5, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued two long-awaited rulings, Rev. Rul. 2015-09 and Rev. Rul. 2015-10, that should ease the lives of corporate tax planners. Each ruling addressed an increasingly common...more

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IRS Rulings Clarify Tax Treatment of Multi-Tier Restructuring Transactions

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By declaring a controversial ruling obsolete, the IRS removes uncertainty surrounding the tax effects of certain corporate restructuring techniques. A pair of revenue rulings the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...more

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