Notice 2023-2 (the “Notice”) provides guidance regarding the scope and application of the excise tax on buybacks of stock of publicly traded domestic corporations and certain publicly traded foreign corporations (the “Excise...more
On October 7, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) finalized regulations (T.D. 9926) (the “Final Regulations”) with respect to the withholding tax imposed under section...more
10/14/2020
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On October 1, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Procedure 2019-40 (Revenue Procedure) and proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) addressing issues related to the repeal of section 958(b)(4) by the...more
10/3/2019
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
On December 20, 2017, Congress passed the “Tax Cut and Jobs Act,” which was signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017. With some exceptions, the law’s provisions generally are effective for tax years beginning...more
On December 19, 2017, the Senate passed the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017” (H.R. 1) (the “Bill”). The House of Representatives passed the Bill on December 20, 2017. This follows the release by the conference committee of the...more
On November 2, 2017, the House Ways and Means Committee (the “House Committee”) released its plan for comprehensive tax reform: the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017” (H.R. 1) (the “House Bill”). Following a week of hearings,...more
11/20/2017
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The House Committee on Ways and Means released today its proposed legislative language (the “House Proposal”) implementing, in large part, the framework for tax reform issued by the so-called “Big Six” on September 27, 2017....more
The US Tax Court earlier this month issued a decision that rejected a 25-year old IRS Revenue Ruling and held that gain from the sale or other disposition by a non-US person of an interest in a partnership that is engaged in...more
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will recommence issuing private letter rulings concerning whether a distributing corporation’s transfer of stock or securities of a controlled corporation (or “Spinco”) in...more
On January 16, 2014, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service released new temporary regulations on one aspect of corporate inversions under Section 7874 (the “Regulations”) that altered and clarified the...more
In this issue:
- District Court Protects Opinion Work Product Contained in Tax Accrual Workpapers in Wells Fargo
- IRS Restricts Private Letter Rulings for Spin-Offs and Other Corporate Nonrecognition...more