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IRS and Treasury Announce Withdrawal of Related Party Basis Shifting Regulations

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On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Notice 2025-23 (the “Notice”), announcing its intention to withdraw the recently released final regulations final regulationsthat classify certain...more

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IRS Cracking Down on "Basis-Shifting" in Related-Party Partnership Transactions

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS recently issued guidance aimed at curtailing purportedly abusive basis-shifting transactions utilized by businesses taxed as partnerships. This guidance represents additional...more

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IRS, Treasury Look to Challenge So-Called Basis-Shifting Transactions, But It Won’t Be Easy

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The Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced the latest chapter in the long-trumpeted enforcement initiative aimed at large partnerships. The guidance, summarized below,...more

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Partnership Losses on Related Party Sales – The IRS Provides Some Clarification

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Few individual owners of a closely held business would be surprised if you explained to them that the IRS and the Federal courts generally will subject many transactions between certain “related” persons to heightened...more

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Final and Temporary Debt-Equity Regulations Under Section 385 Implement Highly Favorable Changes

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On Oct. 13, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final and temporary regulations under Section 385 governing the treatment of certain instruments as debt or equity...more

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Attention Taxpayers: New IRS Rules May Deem Debt to Be Stock

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In April, the IRS proposed rules that would treat debt between related corporations as stock for U.S. tax purposes. These rules would apply to all corporations (including regular C corporations, S corporations, foreign...more

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Proposed Section 385 Regulations May Dramatically Impact Portfolio Debt Planning

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On April 4, 2016, the IRS and Treasury issued proposed regulations under Section 385 (the “Proposed Regulations“). The Proposed Regulations, which were thought to have been a response to post-inversion earnings stripping...more

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New "Inversion" Proposed Regulations Inspired By The Pfizer/Allergan Deal May Impact Corporate Tax Planning Strategies

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The Treasury Department has recently promulgated proposed regulations dealing with so-called inversion transactions. Inversion transactions are ones in which a U.S. corporation changes its domicile to a nation with a more...more

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IRS Rules Could Treat Related Party Debt as Stock

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Multinational groups can strip U.S. earnings away from U.S. taxation by having a domestic corporation issue debt and pay earnings out to foreign affiliates as deductible interest. This strategy could be used after an...more

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Is it Debt or is it Not? Proposed Treasury Regulations Would Significantly Change Debt vs. Equity Analysis

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Earlier this month, the IRS and Treasury Department proposed new Treasury regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under Section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Proposed Regulations would significantly modify the tax...more

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State Tax Fallout From Federal Proposed Related-Party Debt Regulations

Recently proposed Treasury regulations under IRC § 385 (the Proposed Regulations) would create sweeping changes to the federal income tax treatment of related-party debt. The Proposed Regulations could also have far-reaching...more

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Treasury Issues Stringent Inversion Regulations, Proposes Far-Reaching Related-Party Debt Rules

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New regulations expand prior guidance reducing tax benefits of inversions. Proposed debt-equity rules will impact even routine intercompany transactions. On April 4, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and...more

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Treasury Targets Related-Party Debt with Proposed Regulations to Treat Debt as Equity

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Proposed regulations would establish a sweeping framework to treat debt as equity in an effort to curb the use of “excessive” related-party debt. On April 4, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the...more

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Sweeping Changes Proposed to Tax Treatment of Related-Party Debt May Impact Private Funds

Recently proposed Treasury regulations under IRC § 385 (the Proposed Regulations) would potentially treat related-party debt, in whole or in part, as equity for U.S. tax purposes. The Proposed Regulations generally apply to...more

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Proposed IRS Debt-Equity Regulations: Aimed at PostInversion “Earnings Stripping,” But May Also Impact Ordinary Related-Party Debt

On April 4th, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under Section 385 which could dramatically change how related-party indebtedness is treated for federal income tax...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Taking Stock in Related-Party Debt: Regulations Propose Sweeping Changes

On April 4, the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations under IRC § 385 (the Proposed Regulations) that are intended to combat perceived concerns associated with indebtedness between...more

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