The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published final regulations on December 4, 2024, defining “energy property” and rules applicable to energy credits (the investment tax credit, or the...more
12/16/2024
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Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Final Rules ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
IRS ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Tax Credits ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
On November 29, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department and IRS released long-awaited proposed regulations (REG-105479-18) under sections 959 and 961, and certain other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended...more
On August 6, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) issued proposed regulations under section 1503 (the “Proposed Regulations”) that address the interaction between the dual consolidated loss (“DCL”) rules and the...more
On December 28, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2024-16 (the “Notice”), announcing their plan to issue proposed regulations addressing the...more
On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) announced the entry into force of the U.S.-Chile Income Tax Treaty (the “Treaty”). The Treaty provides for reduced withholding tax rates on income such as...more
On December 15, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2024-10 (the “Notice”), providing much needed interim guidance on the application of the Corporate...more
On December 11, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2023-80 (the “Notice”), announcing their intention to issue proposed regulations that will address...more
As discussed in our alert earlier this week, the recently announced proposed reconciliation package—the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, H.R. 5376 (the “Bill”)—would impose a new 15% minimum tax on the adjusted financial...more
On October 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) released final regulations (T.D. 9927) (the “Regulations”) under sections 1502 and 1503 of the Internal Revenue Code...more
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) have issued proposed regulations (REG-112339-19) providing valuable guidance on credits for the sequestration of qualified carbon oxide...more
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) issued proposed regulations (REG-106864-18) addressing the so-called “silo” rule under Section 512(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code,...more
On March 18, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-17 announcing the extension of the due date for the payment of federal income taxes due April 15, 2020 until July 15, 2020, with no interest, penalties or additions to tax...more
On March 18, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-17 announcing the extension of the due date for the payment of federal income taxes due April 15, 2020 until July 15, 2020, with no interest, penalties or additions to tax...more
On December 2, 2019, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued final and proposed regulations (the “Final Regulations” and the “2019 Proposed Regulations,” respectively) regarding the base...more
12/11/2019
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Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Base Erosion Tax ,
Final Rules ,
GILTI tax ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
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Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
REIT ,
TLAC ,
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Related Party Debt Documentation Rules Are Removed and Future Changes to Limit Recharacterization Rules Are Expected -
On October 31, 2019, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made two significant...more
11/5/2019
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Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Debt Instruments ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Preamble ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Required Documentation ,
Section 385 ,
Temporary Regulations ,
U.S. Treasury
On September 9, 2019, the Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) issued proposed section 382 regulations (REG-125710-18) (the “Proposed Regulations”) reversing certain previously...more
9/19/2019
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Change of Ownership ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Mergers ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Sale of Assets ,
Startups ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Venture Capital
On June 14, 2019, the IRS and Treasury finalized the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) regulations (T.D. 9866) and issued proposed regulations (REG-101828-19) that will provide significant relief to investors in...more
6/20/2019
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Corporate Taxes ,
Domestic Partnership ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Tax ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Multinationals ,
Partnerships ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Subpart F ,
U.S. Treasury
On December 13, 2018, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued highly-anticipated proposed regulations (the “Regulations”) regarding the base erosion and anti-abuse tax (generally referred to as the...more
On November 26, 2018, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued highly-anticipated regulations regarding the new section 163(j) limitation on business interest deductions. Section 163(j) was modified as...more
On October 31, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) released proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) under section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,...more
On July 11, 2018, the Treasury Department and the IRS published final Treasury regulations on inversion transactions (the “Final Regulations”). The Final Regulations substantially adopt the temporary Treasury regulations...more
On July 28, 2017, the Treasury Department and the IRS announced in Notice 2017-36 (the “Notice”) that they will delay the documentation rules of Treasury regulation section 1.385-2 to debt instruments issued or deemed to be...more
On July 14, 2016, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued proposed regulations under Section 355 on spin-off transactions (the “Proposed Regulations”) that provide guidance with respect to the spin-off device prohibition...more
On April 4, 2016, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued temporary regulations under Section 7874 on inversion transactions that added some new restrictions and implemented provisions previewed in two prior IRS notices...more
The Treasury Department and the IRS released Notice 2015-79 (the “2015 Notice”) on November 19th to further limit expatriation transactions and to supplement the anti-inversion guidance issued by Treasury and the IRS on...more