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Final Regulations on Domestically Controlled REITs

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On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued final regulations on the definition of “domestically controlled” real estate investment trusts (“REITs”)...more

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Proposed Treasury Regulations Reverse Guidance on Domestically Controlled REITs

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Dec. 29, 2022, published proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) under Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Code). The Proposed Regulations...more

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IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on Section 951(a)(2)(B) Planning

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Introduction: Consolidated Groups and Section 951(a)(2)(B) Tax Planning - On December 9, 2022, Treasury and the IRS released proposed regulations that are intended to stop certain U.S. shareholder tax planning under...more

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Proposed Regulations Change PFIC Elections for Partnerships

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On January 24, 2022, the IRS issued proposed regulations that impact certain elections available to U.S. taxpayers with respect to their indirect interests in passive foreign investment companies (PFICs). Pursuant to the...more

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GILTI High-Tax Exclusion: An Additional Planning Tool for Noncorporate US Shareholders

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An individual or trust US shareholder of a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) faces harsh treatment under the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) regime. These tax implications have forced these taxpayers to pursue...more

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The GILTI High-Tax Exclusion and the Tested Unit Standard: New Administrative Burdens Await for Taxpayers

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On July 23, 2020, the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final regulations addressing the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) high-tax exclusion (85 FR 44620) (the “Final...more

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Proposed Regulations Would Conform Subpart F High-Tax Exception to GILTI High-Tax Exception

On July 20, 2020, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (REG-127732-19) (the 2020 Proposed Regulations) that would conform the historic Subpart F...more

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Section 1446(f) Proposed Regulations: Key Guidance on Partnership Interest Transfers by Non-U.S. Persons

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On May 13, 2019, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Treasury Department published proposed regulations providing guidance on the rules imposing withholding and reporting requirements under the Code on dispositions...more

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Newly Proposed US Tax Regulations Open Possibility of Full Credit Support from Foreign Subsidiaries

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On October 31, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") proposed new regulations under Section 956 of the Code (the "Proposed Regulations") that are likely to enhance the availability of...more

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Plot Twist – Proposed Regulations Mean Section 956 Did Not Actually Survive Tax Reform Intact

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Our International Tax Group takes stock of new proposed regulations that try to keep Section 956 relevant despite the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act....more

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Proposed Treasury Regulations Impact “Deemed Dividend” Tax Rules in Financing Transactions

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Following tax reform at the end of 2017, cash dividends from a foreign corporate subsidiary to a domestic corporate 10 percent shareholder are exempt from U.S. income tax because the shareholder is permitted a...more

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U.S. Corporate Financing Transactions Facilitated by IRS Proposed Regulation

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• The Internal Revenue Service has issued a proposed regulation that in many cases should eliminate the detrimental U.S. tax consequences to a U.S. corporation under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code when the...more

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New Proposed Treasury Regulations May Eliminate Adverse Tax Consequences on Use of Foreign Credit Support for US Corporate...

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But Holding Period and Other Requirements Add Complexity - On October 31, 2018, the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) that would eliminate, in most...more

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New Proposed Rules Limit the Negative Tax Consequences of Section 956 "Deemed Dividends" - Certain Foreign Guarantees and Stock...

On October 31, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations (the "Proposed Regulations") under Section 956 that could substantially increase the collateral packages made available by US corporate borrowers...more

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IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Reducing Income Inclusions under Section 956 for Certain U.S. Corporations

On October 31, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations (the "Proposed Regulations") that would generally reduce the amount that a corporate U.S. shareholder is required...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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

GILTI by consolidation

Public Law 115-97 (the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)) added a new foreign income inclusion rule for global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) under section 951A. On September 13, 2018, the Department of the Treasury...more

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Reorganization Of Insolvent Corporations: Has A New Day Dawned? Nope

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Withdrawal of Proposed Regulations- Earlier this year, the President directed the Secretary of the Treasury to review all “significant tax regulations” issued on or after January 1, 2016, and to take steps to alleviate the...more

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New Spin-Off Regulations Proposed

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In July the Treasury proposed regulations reinterpreting Section 355 in cases where one of the corporations involved in the spinoff has more investment assets than the other or very little five-year active trade or business...more

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Proposed Regulations under Section 355 Clarify Device and Active Trade or Business Requirements for Tax-Free Spin-offs

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On July 15, 2016, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published proposed regulations that would modify the device and active trade or business requirements for tax-free...more

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Section 355 Guidance: More Clarity and New Tests on Device, Active Trade or Business and Distribution of Control

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The recent guidance under section 355 is a significant attempt by the IRS to clarify in a formal way what it historically has been able to do on a case-by-case basis through the private letter ruling process....more

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IRS Proposes Updates to Rules for Deemed Distributions of Stock and Stock Rights

On April 13, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations under Section 305(c) of the Internal Revenue Code that would resolve certain issues relating to the amount and timing of deemed distributions...more

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Alert: Treasury Department Expands Anti-Inversion Rules, Earnings Stripping Rules

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On April 4, 2016, the United States Department of the Treasury issued temporary regulations that expand the scope of transactions subject to the rules designed to eliminate the US tax benefits of "inversions." The temporary...more

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