In December, the Treasury published temporary and proposed regulations clarifying the application of Section 355(e) when the distributing (D) corporation or the controlled (C) corporation has a predecessor (P) or...more
In July the Treasury proposed regulations reinterpreting Section 355 in cases where one of the corporations involved in the spinoff has more investment assets than the other or very little five-year active trade or business...more
On September 14, 2015, the government released Notice 2015-59 and Rev. Proc. 2015-43, both relating to Section 355 spinoffs. They respond to government concerns about spinoff transactions that result in the distributing...more