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IRS Targeting Partnership Basis-Shifting Transaction Schemes

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The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS,” or the “Service”) issued guidance on June 17, proposing new regulations and releasing a revenue ruling to challenge the use of basis-shifting transactions by complex partnerships. In...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

The IRS Is Targeting Partnership Transactions: Is Your Representative Ready?

Earlier this week, Treasury and the IRS issued guidance to halt the use of partnership rules in the Internal Revenue Code to engage in abusive basis-shifting transactions whereby tax basis is stripped from certain assets and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Where Are We On The New Elective PTE Tax Regime?

Earlier this year, Alabama became one of 19 or so states to enact a pass-through entity tax as a workaround to the so-called "SALT Cap" enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which limits the deductibility of...more

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Tax Increases In Sight? Time To Sell The Business? Focus On Economics

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Not Good- As Mr. Biden settled into the White House, and as the Democrats began planning how to best utilize their slim Congressional majority to enact and pay for their sweeping legislative agenda, the principal concern...more

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“Opaque Income Sources” + “Tax Gap” = More Enforcement + Tax Hikes = Anyone’s Guess

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Tax Gap- In a report released last week, the U.S. Treasury Department explained that the so-called “tax gap” – i.e., the difference between the amount of federal income taxes owed by taxpayers for a taxable year and the...more

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Did the IRS Bless the Passthrough Entity Workaround to the $10K SALT Cap?

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For three years, states and taxpayers have been looking for novel ways to get around the federal TCJA's $10,000 cap on deducting state and local taxes. The IRS just released Notice 2020-75, which appears to bless states'...more

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SALT CAP Workaround – An IRS Holiday Gift

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The 2017 Tax Act made life harder on individuals living in high tax states (such as New York, New Jersey, and California) by limiting the deduction for state and local taxes (“SALT”) to $10,000. In an attempt to circumvent...more

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IRS Provides Certainty Regarding Deductibility of Connecticut Pass-Through Entity Tax Payments

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One of the most controversial individual income tax changes enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) is the $10,000 cap on the deduction for state and local income and property taxes (“SALT”) for federal income tax...more

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Treasury Announces Pass-Through Entities Will Not Be Subject to SALT Deduction Cap

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In a surprising—but taxpayer-friendly—development, Treasury announced in Notice 2020-75 (available here) that it will be issuing proposed regulations that allow partnerships and S corporations to deduct certain state and...more

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IRS to Allow “Workaround” to Deduction Limits for State and Local Income Taxes

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017 Tax Act) limited the deduction of state and local taxes to $10,000 for individuals. Several states, including Connecticut, New Jersey and Maryland, have passed legislation that imposed income...more

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New Treasury and IRS Regulations Bless SALT Deductions for Pass-through Entities

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Monday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a press release and related notice regarding proposed regulations which clarify that the $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT)...more

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Highlights From The Proposed Carried Interest Regulations

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The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service recently released proposed regulations under Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.1 Congress enacted Section 1061 in 2017 in order to...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Fund Managers and Family Offices Get Some Clarity on Carried Interests with Issuance of Proposed Treasury Regulations

On August 14, 2020, the IRS published Proposed Treasury Regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code to close the “carried interest loop hole” through which managers of investment...more

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Overview of the Carried Interest Rules and the Proposed Regulations

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On July 31, 2020, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") and the U.S. Treasury Department ("Treasury") issued proposed regulations (the "Proposed Regulations") that provide taxpayers with definitional and computational...more

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Proposed Carried Interest Regulations: Treasury Carries the Ball, Giving Precious Few Points to Fund Managers

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) on July 31, 2020 issued long-awaited proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) providing guidance under section 1061...more

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Nelson: IRS Prevails In Defined Value Provision Case

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On June 10, 2020, in Nelson v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2020-81, the Tax Court ruled in favor of the IRS and against a taxpayer who attempted to use a defined value provision to value a transfer of assets. The taxpayer’s...more

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 “Passthrough Deduction” Regulations for RICs Finalized with No Major Changes

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On June 24, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) on the application of the “passthrough deduction” under Section...more

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Proposed Guidance on the Production Sourcing Rules under New Section 863(b)

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) repealed the long-standing “50/50” sourcing rule for United States exporters of manufactured products. Under the new rules, which source income of a “producer” solely to the place of...more

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Treasury Releases Final Regulations On Qualified Opportunity Zone Program

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The U.S. Department of Treasury published Final Regulations for the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program on January 13, 2020, which answer many, but not all, of the questions arising from the Proposed Regulations released...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

IRS Provides Additional Clarity Regarding Donations to Scholarship Granting Organizations - SALT Alert: Alabama Edition

On December 16, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations... that provide some good news and needed clarification for C corporations, individuals, and S corporations and other...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A More Viable SALT Cap Workaround? Pass-Through Entity-Level Taxes - Bloomberg Tax

Now that the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have issued ?nal regulations to address at least some variations of so-called ‘‘SALT cap workarounds’’ to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s limitation on individual...more

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Treasury Department Issues Final Regulations Limiting Charitable Deductions – Potential Impact on Alabama Donors? - SALT Alert:...

Now that the dust has settled following the issuance of the final “SALT cap workaround” regulations by the Treasury Department, here’s a summary of those regulations, the IRS guidance issued in connection with the final...more

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New Treasury Regulations Revise Taxation of U.S. Persons Owning Foreign Corporations - Guidance Will Impact Minority Partners in...

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Highlights - • In an unanticipated development, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued regulations (New Guidance) that significantly modifies the taxation of U.S....more

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Update on Qualified Opportunity Zones: Second Set of Guidance Issued

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OVERVIEW OF QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM - The Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program, introduced in 2017’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is a new incentive program for investments in over 8,700 QOZs located in all 50...more

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Comments on Proposed 199A Regs Regarding Qualified REIT Dividends Due Soon

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Comments are due on April 9, 2019 with respect to the recent proposed regulations regarding eligibility of qualified REIT dividends for the qualified business income deduction under Code Section 199A. On January 18, 2019...more

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