On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a reconciliation bill (commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill”), which would restore expensing for domestic research and development expenses incurred in...more
6/6/2025
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Budget Reconciliation ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Budget ,
Income Taxes ,
Life Sciences ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Research and Development ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Incentives ,
Tax Reform
The U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) recently released proposed regulations under §§ 959 and 961 and related Code sections (REG-105479-18, the “Proposed Regulations”) addressing the treatment of previously taxed...more
Bruyea v. United States (Ct. Claims Dec. 5, 2024), is the latest in a series of cases concerning whether a U.S. double tax treaty, in this case Canada's, allows a foreign tax credit for Canadian income taxes against the 3.8%...more
1/2/2025
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Court of Federal Claims ,
Double Taxation ,
Foreign Tax ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
International Tax Issues ,
NIIT ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Treaty
A few weeks ago, the IRS released a new “practice unit” providing training for its examiners on translation of foreign currency gains and losses of branches (so-called qualified business units, or QBU) under §987....more
On December 2, 2019, Treasury and the IRS released final and proposed regulations on the foreign tax credit. As expected, the final regulations finalize the 2018 proposed regulations relating mainly to the Tax Cuts and Jobs...more
1/6/2020
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Earned Income ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Planning ,
U.S. Treasury
We receive many questions from founders, investors and others about qualified small business stock. And it’s no wonder, given the complexity of the concept. In this article, we provide a high-level overview of QSBS. A...more
On October 9, 2019, the IRS released Revenue Ruling 2019-24, which provides guidance with respect to hard forks and airdrops of cryptocurrency, and new frequently asked questions (FAQs), which provide guidance on other...more
10/14/2019
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Blockchain ,
Capital Gains ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Fair Market Value ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Popular ,
Revenue Rulings ,
Transfer Taxes ,
Virtual Currency ,
W-2
Released on November 30, 2018, the foreign tax credit proposed regulations provide a comprehensive new framework for calculating the foreign tax credit in light of several changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA or...more
12/13/2018
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Banking Sector ,
Books & Records ,
CFC ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Taxes ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Banks ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Tax ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Interest Payments ,
IRS ,
Multinationals ,
New Rules ,
Parent Corporation ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Royalties ,
Stocks ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax Returns ,
Taxable Distributions ,
U.S. Treasury
The application of §1248 and §338(g) in the context of the purchase or sale of a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) has long been one of the most complex areas of the tax code. The recently enacted tax reform act — herein,...more
9/18/2018
/ Asset Management ,
C-Corporation ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Taxes ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
New Rules ,
Partnerships ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Shareholders ,
Stock Purchase Agreement ,
Stock Sale Agreements ,
Stocks ,
Tax Code ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deferral ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform
Only certain types of companies qualify under the QSBS rules which are laid out by a statute that aims to encourage entrepreneurial ventures. In this video series, Fenwick tax partner Will Skinner discusses the QSBS rules...more