Key Points Internal IRS correspondence in the form of a recent Chief Counsel Memorandum concludes that funds structured as partnerships (e.g., master funds in a standard master-feeder structure) must determine the...more
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The broader application of Section 871(m) has again been delayed, this time until January 1, 2025, and, as a result, investment funds with non-U.S. feeders or investors up the chain should generally expect to...more
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Fund-level liability for a buyer’s failure to withhold upon secondary market transfer of an LP interest in a fund with ECI assets will apply only for transfers on or after January 1, 2023.
Certain...more
8/27/2021
/ Corporate Taxes ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Limited Partnerships ,
Master Limited Partnerships ,
Partnerships ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Secondary Markets ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Liability ,
Transfer of Interest
• The broader application of Section 871(m) has again been delayed, this time until January 1, 2023 and as a result, investment funds with non-U.S. feeders or investors up the chain should generally expect to incur U.S....more
• U.S. and non-U.S. investment funds that are required to file, or file, a U.S. partnership tax return (Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 1065) are generally subject to a new U.S. partnership audit regime that permits the...more
• Proposed regulations issued on October 19 provide welcome guidance to asset managers regarding the formation of qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) that may provide investors with the following three tax benefits: (1)...more
10/25/2018
/ Asset Management ,
Capital Assets ,
Capital Gains ,
Community Development ,
Economic Development ,
Fund Sponsors ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
Low-Income Issues ,
New Rules ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Finance ,
Qualified Opportunity Funds ,
Real Estate Development ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Rollover Equity ,
Safe Harbors ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Benefits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deferral ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Incentives ,
Tax Reform ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Value Appreciation
• Foreign Investor Forms W-8: An update of Forms W-8 on file for non-U.S. investors is generally recommended by December 31, 2018 to ensure that a date of birth (DOB) and non-U.S. taxpayer identification number (Foreign TIN)...more
10/8/2018
/ Asset Management ,
Certifications ,
Common Reporting Standard (CRS) ,
Controlling Person ,
Derivatives ,
FATCA ,
FBAR ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Foreign Investment ,
Form W-8 ,
Gross Proceeds ,
Income Taxes ,
Intergovernmental Agreements ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
OECD ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Section 871(m) ,
Swaps ,
Withholding Tax
• The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff made official statements regarding when a token may or may no longer be a security
• The SEC continued to bring actions related to cryptocurrency offerings against...more
9/24/2018
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banking Sector ,
Bitcoin ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Counter-Terrorist ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Digital Currency ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
FATF ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinTech ,
Income Taxes ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
IRS ,
Jurisdiction ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
National Futures Association ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Token Sales ,
Trading Platforms ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Unregistered Securities ,
Virtual Currency ,
Websites
• The broader application of Section 871(m) has been delayed further until January 1, 2021 and, as a result, investment funds with non-U.S. feeders or investors up the chain should generally expect to incur U.S. withholding...more
9/24/2018
/ Anti-Abuse Rule ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Delays ,
Derivatives ,
Dividend-Equivalent Transactions ,
Equity Investors ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
Foreign Investment ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Qualified Derivatives Dealers (QDDs) ,
Section 871(m) ,
Swaps ,
Tax Evasion ,
Withholding Tax
In response to perceived abuses in taxpayers’ use of swaps and other derivative transactions (e.g., options, futures or forwards) to avoid withholding tax on U.S. source dividends, Congress added Section 871(m) to the...more
8/18/2017
/ Anti-Abuse Rule ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Delays ,
Derivatives ,
Dividend-Equivalent Transactions ,
Equity Investors ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
Foreign Investment ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Section 871(m) ,
Swaps ,
Tax Evasion ,
Withholding Tax
Certain non-U.S. investment funds, including Bermuda funds, which qualify as foreign financial institutions (FFI), must enter into a legal agreement (“FFI agreement”) with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be treated...more
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- Transitional relief for non-U.S. investment funds that have been previously permitted to provide only a sponsor’s GIIN to avoid incurring FATCA withholding ends on December 31, 2016.
- U.S....more
On November 2, 2015, the Bipartisan Budget Act significantly overhauled the audit regime applicable to U.S. and certain non-U.S. investment fund vehicles that are taxed as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In...more
Under transitional relief, certain non-U.S. investment funds, including Cayman Islands funds, that qualify as foreign financial institutions (FFIs), have been permitted to certify their status under the U.S. Foreign Account...more