WORD OF THE DAY® for Hedge Funds – Accelerated Share Repurchase
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
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
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
In prior bulletins from February 2023 and December 2022, we described a notice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that outlined the rules that the IRS intended to issue with respect to the 1% stock buyback excise tax....more
On April 12, 2024, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS published proposed regulations regarding the application of the stock repurchase excise tax under § 4501 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Proposed Regulations”)....more
On April 9, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued two sets of proposed Treasury Regulations related to section 4501, REG-115710-22, which provides guidance on...more
On April 12, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury and the IRS published proposed regulations (89 FR 25980 and 89 FR 25829, the “Proposed Regulations”) on the application of Section 4501, which imposes a 1% excise tax on...more
Following the release of initial guidance in the form Notice 2023-2, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and IRS issued proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) under the Section 4501 stock repurchase excise...more
The government released proposed regulations this month implementing the excise tax imposed on repurchases of corporate stock that was enacted in 2022. Although these regulations provide some welcome clarity as to the scope...more
On April 12, 2024, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (89 FR 25980 and 89 FR 25829) on the excise tax on stock buybacks enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of April 8, 2024 – April 12, 2024. April 8, 2024: The IRS released Internal Revenue Bulletin 2024-15,...more
On April 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued long-awaited proposed regulations under Section 45011 relating to the one percent stock buyback excise tax. This...more
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
On June 29, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Announcement 2023-18 (the Announcement), which provides transitional guidance with respect to the stock repurchase excise tax under section 4501 (the Buyback Tax)....more
Increased equity market volatility provides issuers with opportunities to repurchase shares at attractive prices. At the same time, issuers must consider how recent changes to the tax treatment of stock buybacks, potential...more
In our blog post dated August 22, 2022, we discussed the one percent (1%) excise tax on certain stock repurchase transactions by certain publicly traded corporations enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the...more
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
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
The 1% excise tax on certain stock buy-back transactions (the Excise Tax) that was enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) went into effect on January 1, 2023. You can find more information about the...more
New Section 4501 of the Internal Revenue Code imposes a 1% excise tax on certain corporate stock repurchases or “corporate buybacks” in excess of $1 million in the taxable year. The new tax is imposed on the fair market...more
On December 27, 2022, the US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2023-2 (the “Notice”), which provides taxpayers interim guidance (until regulations are issued) on how the new 1% excise...more
The “Inflation Reduction Act” introduced Section 4501, which contains a new one percent excise tax on certain stock repurchases and economically similar transactions undertaken by publicly traded U.S. corporations and certain...more
The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) and the excise tax on stock repurchases, each enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, will soon become effective — for the CAMT, for taxable years beginning after...more
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the ‘‘Act’’), which aims to mitigate climate change, lower health care costs, and reduce the national deficit. The Act’s spending...more
If you thought the recent price increase at your neighborhood store was inflation’s last flop, think again. The Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”), which was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022, is estimated to...more