On September 25, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) released a statement announcing a study of the "active trade or business" test for tax-free spin-offs under Section 355 (the ATB Test), as applied to...more
On July 11, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) issued final regulations under Section 7874 and related sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the Code)...more
After releasing summaries and various Chairman's marks, the Senate Finance Committee ("SFC") approved its tax reform bill, the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act," on November 16, 2017 and released the legislative text of the bill to the...more
On November 2, 2017, the House Committee on Ways and Means, led by Republican Chairman Kevin Brady, released H.R. 1, the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act." The House Committee is expected to mark up the bill beginning on November 6,...more