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Brasília em Pauta – Edição Nº 149

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Prezados e prezadas, O “Brasília em Pauta” é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Superior Tribunal de...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[CLE Hybrid Event] Making Sense of Methane for the Oil and Gas Sector: EPA’s New Methane Tax, Operating Regulations, and GHG...

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released proposed and final rules that will regulate methane emissions from oil and gas operations, implement a methane emissions tax, and change greenhouse gas reporting...more

Gray Reed

Texas Tax Man Catches up with Leasehold Seller

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Texas, famously, does not tax individuals’ income, but it does impose franchise taxes on “taxable entities”, such as limited liability companies. Federal tax law treats them as partnerships unless they elect to be treated...more

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Exxon’s Attempt to Create New Sale/Lease Tax Law Fails

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The principal contention in the tax refund case of Exxon v. United States was whether certain mineral related transactions between Exxon and the countries of Qatar and Malaysia were sales or leases.  Originally Exxon treated...more

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Fifth Circuit Says No Do-Overs in Oil and Gas Tax Dispute

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In some federal tax disputes, if at first you don’t succeed you may not get to try again. A recent Fifth Circuit decision confirms issue preclusion when the parties and the issue are truly the same. See ETC Sunoco Holdings,...more

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Tax Foreclosure on Royalty Did Not Include Possibility of Reverter

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Ridgefield Permian, LLC, et al. v. Diamondback E & P LLC, et al. addresses the scope of a property interest foreclosed upon by a tax suit in Reeves County, Texas. In this post we will shortcut the complicated facts and...more

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Recent Legislative Proposals Could Drastically Change US Energy Taxation

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Over the past number of weeks, a variety of legislative proposals, from both sides of the aisle, have been released that, if enacted, could drastically impact the US energy industry and, in many cases, the taxation of energy...more

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ExxonMobil Discovers That Amended Tax Returns Are Dangerous

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In Exxon Mobil Corp. v. United States of America, from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, ExxonMobil learned the hard way that filing amended tax returns can be very costly....more

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Treasury Releases Long-Awaited Proposed Regulations under Section 45Q

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On May 28, 2020, the Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Section 45Q), which provides a credit for the capture...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Oil Price War and Challenging Debt Markets: Tax Risks and Strategies for Upstream and Midstream Companies

Many upstream and midstream companies are grappling with the prospect of severe liquidity constraints due to the rapid deterioration of both the commodity markets and the debt capital markets. While upstream companies have...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Saudi Arabia is pushing OPEC and its allies to cut oil production in 2019, and it’s doing its own part by exporting 500,000 fewer barrels a day in December than now—all an attempt to “counter the price rout battering the...more

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Mecanismo Virtual para el Cumplimiento de Obligaciones Tributarias en Bogotá

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Por considerarlo de su interés, les recordamos que la Resolución DDI-001381 de 2018 del Distrito de Bogotá estableció el mecanismo virtual de la declaración y pago como mecanismo principal para los impuestos administrados por...more

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Restructuring Oil and Gas Partnership Debt? Tax Planning Is Key

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Tax partnerships, including MLPs, seeking to restructure debt face peril and possibility during challenging times. With the lowest oil prices in more than a decade and the equity markets effectively closed to them, oil...more

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Heritage Loses to Tullow Oil in Tax Indemnity Dispute

On June 14, 2013, the High Court in London ruled that Heritage should pay Tullow Oil c.$313 million under the terms of a tax indemnity relating to the 2010 transaction that saw it acquire Heritage oil licenses in Lake Albert,...more

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