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On February 6, 2025, the Trump Administration announced various tax and budgetary priorities discussed further here, including closing the “carried interest loophole.” On the same day, Democrats in the House and Senate...more
On October 10, Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA) introduced the Bill Pascrell Ending Tax Giveaway Act with the goal of “closing the controversial carried interest loophole.”...more
This is The End- I have dreaded the year end for as long as I can remember. As a teenager and then as a young adult I associated the final quarter of the year, and especially the period beginning on Thanksgiving and...more
Summer Break? After the last couple of weeks, I’m looking forward to Congress’s summer vacation. I’m pretty sure our elected representatives feel the same way, though it is unclear at this point when they will be heading...more
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced key tax reform proposals on September 15 that would increase taxes for corporations and high-income individuals. Several tax reform proposals are under consideration as part of...more
The U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service recently issued final regulations (“the Final Regulations”) regarding certain aspects of so-called carried interest under Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue...more
On January 7, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) providing guidance on Section 1061 of the Internal...more
On January 7, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury released final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) implementing the provisions of Section 1061 of the U.S. Internal Revenue...more
The regulations are proposed to be effective when finalized, but taxpayers may generally rely on them if applied fully and consistently. What Is (and Is Not) Covered? The three-year restriction applies with respect to...more
On August 14, 2020, the IRS published Proposed Treasury Regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code to close the “carried interest loop hole” through which managers of investment...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued proposed regulations under section 1061, a provision enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) that recharacterizes certain net long-term capital gain with...more
Treasury and the IRS released proposed regulations under Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) on July 31, 2020, that require certain taxpayers to satisfy a three-year holding period, rather than a one-year...more
Introduction and Background - Treasury and the IRS issued proposed regulations on July 31, 2020 under Section 1061 of the Code (Proposed Regulations). Section 1061 effectively creates a three-year holding period...more
On July 31, 2020, the IRS and Treasury released the long-awaited proposed regulations on the new carried interest rules in Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) that became law as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more
On July 31, 2020, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") and the U.S. Treasury Department ("Treasury") issued proposed regulations (the "Proposed Regulations") that provide taxpayers with definitional and computational...more
The U.S. Department of Treasury published Final Regulations for the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program on January 13, 2020, which answer many, but not all, of the questions arising from the Proposed Regulations released...more
The Treasury Department has now released a second round of proposed regulations on the Qualified Opportunity Zone (“QOZ”) provisions under Internal Revenue Code Section 1400Z-2....more
In December 2017, as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), Congress established a new tax incentive program to promote investment in certain low-income communities designated by the IRS as qualified opportunity zones....more
Introduction - On April 17, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued a second set of proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under section...more
Those following the developments in the world of Qualified Opportunity Zones—those tax benefits derived from investing in economically disadvantaged areas—will already know that the highly anticipated second set of proposed...more
New development: The IRS has issued guidance that the exception to the new 3-year hold requirement for carried interests held by “corporations” does not apply to S corporations. As previously discussed, the 2017 Tax Cuts...more
On March 1, the IRS and Treasury announced their intent to issue regulations addressing the new carried interest rules enacted as part of tax reform. More specifically, they intend to clarify that the new rules apply to...more
Prior to the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), one of the more controversial and hotly-debated tax benefits was the so-called “carried interest,” which allowed certain fund managers and venture capital firms...more
Jackson Walker partner Nate Smithson has prepared an updated guide to tax reform which reflects the senate’s newly-proposed tax bill. The guide covers tax brackets, deductions, capital gains, and other relevant topics in tax...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more