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French Tax Administration Issues Draft Comments on Management Package Tax Reform

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On July 23, 2025, the French Tax Administration released its initial draft guidance in the BOFiP (Bulletin Officiel des Finances Publiques) (the “Tax Comments”) on the new tax regime for Management Packages introduced by the...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Comparative Summary of Equity Incentive Plans for Private Companies

Equity incentive plans are a powerful tool for encouraging and rewarding a company’s employees and leadership, who may include prospective investors, through different kinds of equity interests and structures. Different...more

Mintz

Big Changes for QSBS: What the 2025 Trump Tax Bill Means for Founders and Investors

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a sweeping tax reform package that includes major updates to the Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) rules under Section 1202 of the...more

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Cannabis ESOPs Provide Solutions for Operators

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As we enter Q2 of 2025, the cannabis industry has become increasingly pessimistic about the elimination of Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code, whether via rescheduling or otherwise. Rescheduling appears unlikely in the...more

Hogan Lovells

The French Finance Act for 2025 reforms the tax and social security regime of management packages and amends the regime applicable...

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The French Finance Act for 2025 radically overhauled the tax and social security treatment of management packages. The BSPCE regime is also subject to some amendments. Key changes and features you need to be aware of: a...more

Morgan Lewis

PLF 2025 Adopted in France

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The PLF 2025, definitively adopted by the Senate on 6 February 2025 following a months-long process, is currently being examined by the French Constitutional Council....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Legal Ninja Snapshot: #ESOP & Flips — U.S. ESOPs May Become Available for the Employees of the German Subsidiary

Much has been written about the unsatisfactory tax situation of German employees when it comes to equity-based employee stock (option) programs ("ESOP"). Historically, employees were taxed at the time of issuance of shares...more

Mintz - Tax Viewpoints

Canada’s Federal Budget 2024: More Changes to the Stock Option Rules = More Headaches for Employers

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Much of the talk about Canada’s federal budget released on April 16, 2024 (“Budget 2024”) has been concentrated on the increase to the capital gains inclusion rate, highlighted by criticism from the business community that...more

Mayer Brown

Requalification des gains issus de Management Packages en salaires et interposition d'une holding personnelle : nécessité pour...

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La Cour administrative d'appel de Paris rejette la requête de l'administration fiscale tendant à la requalification en salaires de gains réalisés par la holding personnelle d’un dirigeant lors de la cession de titres acquis...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

IRS Announces Intention to Issue Guidance on NFTs

On March 21, 2023, the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2023-27, which announced that Treasury and the IRS intend to issue guidance related to the treatment of certain...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Stock Options: To Qualify, or Not to Qualify? That is the Question.

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Options to purchase stock of an employer continue to be a popular form of equity-based compensation, particularly among start-ups and other privately-held companies. ...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Because You Care: Making The Most Of Your Business Transition

As a business owner, you care about your business, your employees, and your customers. Deeply. And as a parent, grandparent, spouse or sibling, you care about your family. But when it comes time to transition your business,...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Public Company Employee Stock Options: New Limits on Capital Gains-Like Treatment

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For many public corporations, employee stock options have historically represented the "holy grail" of equity-based employee compensation. While providing an opportunity for employees to share in their employer's growth in a...more

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Knock Yourself Out Resuscitating Taxpayers With Buyer’s Remorse!

One of the feelings that all of us living on the Planet including those who have walked before us, experience is the remorse for actions taken or sometimes not taken, i.e., buyer's remorse. Individual taxpayers report their...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Section 83(i): Considerations and Pitfalls for Private Employers

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• Now that the IRS has issued additional guidance on the practical considerations of the election to defer compensation allowed by Section 83(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, it has become clearer that...more

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Tax Law Changes Under The Tax Cuts And Job Act

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On December 15th, the congressional conference committee charged with reaching a consensus on the competing versions of the Senate and House tax reform bills released its conference report containing the language of the final...more

Proskauer - Tax Talks

The Senate Finance Committee’s proposal for tax reform, and how it compares with the bill passed by the House Committee on Ways &...

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UPDATE: The Senate Finance Committee last night released a revised version of the Chairman’s Mark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. We are reviewing these changes and will release an update soon... On Thursday, November 9, the...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Seattle’s New Income Tax May Affect Many More People Than Initially Thought, Including People Living Outside the City

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When Seattle passed its new income tax on July 10, many Washingtonians took note, but quickly moved on. The tax appeared to apply only to Seattle residents earning more than $250,000 for individuals or $500,000 for married...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Camp Goes All-In with Comprehensive Tax Plan: Highlights, Tax Reform Status and Impact on Taxpayers

On February 26, Representative Dave Camp (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, released his much-awaited comprehensive tax reform plan (the “Camp Proposal”). That proposal seeks to cut marginal tax rates...more

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