Cayman Islands investment entities are currently subject to three separate regimes relating to financial account information reporting: U.S. FATCA, U.K. FATCA and the OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS). Although these...more
On March 4, 2014, President Obama issued his Administration’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget, which includes a proposal to tax carried interests (also known as “performance allocations” or “incentive allocations”) in investment...more
In September 2013, Massachusetts enacted legislation to retroactively repeal the extension of the 6.25 percent Massachusetts sales and use tax to certain types of computer system design and software modification services...more
In light of last week’s news that Massachusetts lawmakers intend to retroactively repeal the controversial “tech tax”, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (“MDOR”) yesterday announced that it is deferring the September 20...more
On September 12, 2013, Massachusetts legislators announced their intention to repeal (with retroactive effect) the recent expansion of the 6.25 percent Massachusetts sales and use tax to certain types of previously untaxed...more
On July 12, 2013, the IRS issued new guidance regarding FATCA, the new U.S. tax regime designed to combat offshore tax evasion by U.S. taxpayers. In particular, the IRS (1) revised certain elements of the timeline for FATCA...more