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On May 22, 2024, the US Department of Treasury and the IRS issued two important notices—one delaying the full implementation of the withholding rules on dividend equivalent payments, and the other on derivative reporting for...more
On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that the Income Tax Treaty between the United States and Chile (the “Treaty”) entered into force. The Treaty was originally signed in February of 2010, and, after...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On July 31, 2020, the US Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) published long-awaited proposed Treasury regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) that provide detailed guidance on the new Code Section enacted...more
On Dec. 16, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (the new regulations) governing a narrow aspect of rules applicable to withholding on “dividend equivalent payments” made to foreign persons. The new...more
Section 956 final regulations confirm those eligible for territorial dividend exemption can benefit from foreign guarantee and collateral support without incurring US tax. On May 23, 2019, the US Treasury and Internal...more
On May 23, 2019, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (TD 9859) (the Final Regulations) modifying the application of section 956 of the Internal Revenue...more
On May 22, 2019 the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service released regulations (the “Final Regulations”) finalizing and making certain technical changes to proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”,...more
Proposed Treasury Regulations have been published that will permit many U.S. corporate borrowers to provide a lender with a greater collateral package in respect of its foreign subsidiaries without an adverse tax consequence...more
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
n October 31, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) proposed new regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) that are likely to allow many controlled foreign corporations...more
Until the issuance of the Proposed Regulations described below, under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC) and Treasury Regulations thereunder, deemed dividends were potentially created when a U.S. borrower...more
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
The “deemed dividend” rule, the source of much wrangling between multi-national borrowers and lenders over the years, may be on its way out....more
On October 31, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) modifying the application of section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code of...more
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
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
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
Congress released the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" on late Friday evening, Dec. 15, 2017. This version of the bill is the result of a conference committee process to marry the different bills previously passed by the U.S. House of...more
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
New regulations expand prior guidance reducing tax benefits of inversions. Proposed debt-equity rules will impact even routine intercompany transactions. On April 4, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and...more
Proposed regulations would establish a sweeping framework to treat debt as equity in an effort to curb the use of “excessive” related-party debt. On April 4, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the...more
Final and Temporary Dividend Equivalent Regulations Issued – Some Good, Some Bad, And Some Ugly: On September 17, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released final and temporary regulations under Section 871(m),...more
On September 17, 2015, the IRS and the Treasury Department issued final, temporary, and proposed regulations under section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (collectively, the “new regulations”) that provide the rules for...more
I. Introduction - On Tuesday, December 4, the IRS and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations that, if finalized as proposed, would dramatically increase the extent to which U.S. withholding tax is imposed...more
The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today (available here) that they are delaying the implementation by two years—until January 1, 2016—of final expanded regulations governing the...more