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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Tax Bytes: Week of June 9, 2025

Welcome to this week’s edition of Tax Bytes. Our team of tax lawyers is actively monitoring for federal and international tax developments and issues of note. Each week we pull together the items we deem most important to...more

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Section 899 Implications for Foreign Banks Lending to US Borrowers through US Lending Offices

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In an earlier alert, we described the potential impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill on withholding taxes imposed on loans made by foreign banks to U.S. borrowers. ...more

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Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – April 2025 # 3

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Bank’s Digital Assets Business Strategy Draws Federal Reserve Scrutiny

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The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (the “Philly Fed”) recently executed an agreement (the “Agreement”) with Pennsylvania-based Customers Bank (and its Customers Bancorp, Inc. holding entity) (collectively, “Customers”)....more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - August 2024 # 2

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

AI RFI Issued By U.S. Treasury

On 6/6/24, the U.S. Treasury issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the uses, opportunities, and risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Financial Services Sector. The AI RFI presents nineteen questions that are...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly: July 2024

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The last week of June saw a flurry of legal developments in quick succession. The SEC sued Consensys, the developers of the largest self-custodial digital wallet (MetaMask). The IRS released its digital asset tax rules. The...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - May 2024

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - April 2024 #3

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Worthwhile Proposal for Worthless Debt

In December, Treasury and the IRS issued proposed regulations updating the standard for determining when a debt instrument held by certain banks and insurance regulated entities will be conclusively presumed to be worthless...more

Akerman LLP

Explainer Things: Episode 7

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It's the best of times and the worst of times for our pop-culture loving crew of consumer financial services lawyers. The movies are on a high with record box office receipts and stellar reviews for Barbie and Oppenheimer (or...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

IRS Makes Permanent Its Fast-Track Corporate Private Letter Rulings

On July 26, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Counsel’s Office announced that it would make permanent its pilot program of issuing “fast-track” private letter rulings for requests solely or primarily under the...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - July 2023 # 4

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To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week...more

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Payments Docket - May 2023

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The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation involving the payments industry, features fintechs and nonbanks continuing to face regulatory scrutiny, crypto going bankrupt, and banks are paying for...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

IRS’s Crypto John Doe Summons Expanded While Harper Fights Back

Since at least 2016 the IRS has been ferreting out taxpayers who failed to report their taxable gains from cryptocurrency transactions by issuing John Doe summonses to crypto exchanges and dealers. A John Doe summons enables...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Preguntas que las IF deberían hacer a los Proveedores de Servicios Externos de FATCA y CRS

Guía de la OCDE ofrece a las instituciones financieras asesoramiento sobre la contratación de organizaciones de servicios externos para gestionar el cumplimiento....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The Code to the Rescue! Leveraging the Internal Revenue Code to Help Employees During the COVID-19 Crisis

As we find ourselves in the midst of a national medical and financial crisis, employers are asking what they can do to help employees, and how they can do it in a way that costs less money. Although the President just signed...more

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Look Before You Sign … the Pitfalls of Personal Guaranties

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Limited liability protections afforded by various corporate, limited liability, or limited partnership laws normally insulate business owners from personal liability for their business's debts. However, lenders routinely...more

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2016 Year End Review: Virtual Currency: DOJ and IRS Broadly Seek Virtual Currency Account User Information

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Under Internal Revenue Code section 7609(f), the IRS may issue a “John Doe” administrative summons to discover the identities of unknown taxpayers. A “John Doe” summons can be a powerful enforcement tool because it allows the...more

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