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
The U.S. Treasury finalized regulations (the “Regulations”), providing rules for public companies subject to the 1% excise tax on certain redemptions of their publicly traded stock (the “Stock Repurchase Excise Tax”). The...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
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
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
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
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
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
One of the headline tax changes in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Public Law 117-169, is a 1% excise tax on stock repurchases by public companies. New Section 4501 of the Internal Revenue Code applies a non-deductible...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
On August 12, 2022, the U.S. Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”), which was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022. Alongside sweeping changes to energy, environmental and...more
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, HR 5376 (the “Act”), into law. Among other significant changes, the Act includes a new 1% excise tax on stock repurchase transactions by certain...more
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, HR 5376 (the “Act”), into law. Among other significant changes, the Act includes a new 1% excise tax on stock repurchase transactions by...more