The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations on May 7 that would expand tax withholding and reporting requirements in certain sales or exchanges of interests in partnerships engaged in one or more US...more
The Internal Revenue Service issued new instructions for the Employer Identification Number application process in December 2017. Unless an applicant is a government entity, the applicant’s “responsible party” must now be an...more
New tax provisions have significant impact on structuring mergers and acquisitions.
In light of the recent passage of HR 1 (the Act) and ensuing sweeping changes to tax law in the United States, certain tax-related aspects...more
New provisions will have a significant impact on secondary sales of fund interests and partnership M&A transactions.
On December 22, 2017, US President Donald Trump signed into law the sweeping tax reform bill H.R. 1 (the...more
Adopting the Senate’s approach, tax reform legislation will not require governmental pension plans to be subject to unrelated business income tax, and tax-exempt entities subject to tax on unrelated business taxable income...more
House bill, if enacted, will alter tax analysis with respect to fund investments.
On November 2, House Republicans released their draft tax reform bill. Of particular interest to government pension plans is a provision...more