Mark your calendars to join us for our year-in-review program that will cover key tax and employee benefits issues affecting the state and local, federal and international legal landscape. We will conclude our program with...more
12/2/2022
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Employee Benefits ,
Events ,
Federal Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Local Taxes ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning
Recent tax proposals may bring significant changes to the US federal, international and state and local tax landscape.
Join us for our first nationwide Tax in the City® program for a discussion on the key proposed changes...more
10/21/2021
/ Business Taxes ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Taxes ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Local Taxes ,
Multinationals ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SALT ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Legislation ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform ,
Webinars
The final debt-equity regulations issued on May 13, 2020, finalize proposed section 385 regulations issued in 2016 without any substantive changes to the existing debt-equity regulations, and withdraw the temporary section...more
In a long-awaited decision, the Tax Court recently held that gain realized by a foreign taxpayer on the sale of a partnership engaged in a US trade or business was a sale of a capital asset not subject to US tax, declining to...more
IRS Updates Administrative Appeals Process for Cases Docketed in Tax Court -
In Notice 2015-72, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided a proposed revenue procedure to update Rev. Proc. 87-24, 1987-1 C.B. 720, which...more
12/16/2015
/ Administrative Appeals ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Estate Tax ,
Good Faith ,
Income Taxes ,
Insurance Contracts ,
IRS ,
Multistate Tax Compact ,
Retroactivity ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Litigation ,
Tax Shelters ,
WA Supreme Court
Regulatory Developments Under § 367 Affecting Transfers of Appreciated Property to Foreign Corporations -
Introduction:
On September 14, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue...more
10/5/2015
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Amended Regulation ,
BEPS ,
Clawbacks ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Goodwill ,
Intangible Property ,
IRC Section 367 ,
IRS ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Section 482 ,
Stock-Based Compensation ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Reform ,
Transfer Pricing ,
Transfers ,
U.S. Treasury
On September 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Temporary Regulation § 1.954-2T concluding that third party arrangements cannot be taken into account for...more
9/25/2015
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Officers ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Employees ,
IRS ,
New Regulations ,
Ordinary Business Exception ,
Rent ,
Royalties ,
Safe Harbors ,
Subpart F ,
Third-Party ,
U.S. Treasury
On September 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued new temporary Treasury regulations addressing the application of Internal Revenue Code Section 956 to certain...more
9/22/2015
/ Anti-Abuse Rule ,
Anti-Avoidance ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
New Regulations ,
Partnerships ,
Section 956 ,
Shareholders ,
Tax Avoidance ,
U.S. Treasury
On August 6, 2015, 18 years after U.S. Congress authorized regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 721(c), the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2015-54 announcing...more
8/25/2015
/ Capital Gains ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Intangible Property ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
New Regulations ,
Partnerships ,
Property Transaction Taxes ,
U.S. Treasury
In This Issue:
- Distinguishing Between Captive Insurance and Related Party Derivatives: Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum 201511021
- Achieving Tax-Free ‘Rollover’ Treatment for Certain Shareholders in Acquisition of...more
On May 18, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruled that an employer’s wholly owned captive insurance subsidiary could reinsure the employer’s retiree medical benefit risks and still qualify as insurance for federal tax...more
In a newly released Chief Counsel Advice, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Chief Counsel treated a collaboration arrangement relating to the development and commercialization of a drug as a deemed partnership for...more