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For anyone operating in the commercial real estate sector in Georgia, one of the most impactful legislative developments of 2025 is the enactment of HB 586, which amends the state's intangible recording tax. Historically,...more
Withholding Tax Rules Under Current Law - Current US tax law provides for a 30% withholding tax on interest paid by a US borrower to foreign lenders. However, many foreign lenders are exempt from this tax, either under the...more
When I draft a new 401(k) plan for a client, one of the first provisions I’ll recommend—including with some reluctance—is a loan feature. Not because I enjoy dealing with it. On the contrary, it’s an administrative pain. But...more
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
It is not uncommon for family members to lend a helping hand to one another through intrafamily loans. While loans can benefit family borrowers who may not qualify for a traditional loan or who need flexible payment...more
Every year, foreign lenders make thousands of loans to U.S. entities. The U.S. withholding tax on the related interest payments has been generally stable since 1984. The general rule is that interest paid under these loans...more
In Norwich v. Comm’r, the taxpayer mistakenly received $7.5 million[2] as a result of various bank errors between 2007 and 2014. Not knowing that the cash was incorrectly released to it, the taxpayer reported those amounts as...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and today I'm joined by David Sacarelos, a principal at Baker Tilly. We do a deep dive into the penalties under the Internal Revenue Code sections...more
A parent will sometimes transfer money to a child to enable the child to make an investment that the child could not otherwise make on their own. For example, the child may have identified an attractive business opportunity...more
Many successful business owners attribute some part of their success to their community. For some of these owners, it is not enough to simply acknowledge this “debt”; they feel an obligation to share some of their financial...more
In Syngenta Holding Limited v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 998 (TC) (“Syngenta”), the UK’s First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) denied a deduction for interest on an intra-group loan on the basis that the loan had an unallowable purpose for the...more
1. General - 1.1 Main Sources of Law - Under Canada’s federal constitution, laws relating to real estate fall almost exclusively within provincial jurisdiction. Specifically, each Canadian province enacts its own...more
On November 24, 2023, the IRS released PLR 202347001, ruling that certificates issued from an “exchange trust” qualify as stripped bonds or stripped coupons within the meaning of Code Section 1286. The taxpayer in the...more
The recent Upper Tribunal (“UT”) decision in JTI Acquisitions Company (2011) Ltd v HMRC [2023] UKUT 194 (TCC) has further illuminated the interpretation and application of the “unallowable purposes” rule in the UK’s loan...more
What Was Intended? Transactions between commonly controlled, closely held businesses are often conducted in an informal manner. This is unfortunate because, in the absence of documentation, it is sometimes difficult to...more
Welcome to February’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. The month has seen interesting cases on the “entitlement” to income and the single and multiple supply tests for VAT as well as announcement of the publication date for...more
Through our extensive experience representing underwriters and sponsors in connection with CFOs and Rated Feeders, we’ve identified a number of key issues and considerations that should be addressed when contemplating a CFO...more
Last Friday, December 30, 2022, during the final hours of the 117th Session of Congress, the House Ways and Means Committee – through which all tax legislation passes – released redacted versions of six years of Mr. Trump’s...more
On June 21, 2022, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (“LSTA”) published its final form documents for loan parties amending credit agreements to replace London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) with Term Secured...more
The Treasury Department’s General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2023 Revenue Proposals (the “Greenbook”), which elaborates on revenue proposals in President Joe Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Proposal,...more
On March 8, 2022, President Biden signed Executive Order 14067, “Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets.” The order set national policy for digital assets emphasizing six priorities. Those priorities were consumer...more
Head-Scratchers- The Code is chock-full of provisions that will challenge the intellectual capacity, not to mention the patience, of most tax professionals. The complexity of these rules does not arise out of some sadistic...more
The latest quarterly reporting shows that America’s biggest banks—among them, JPMorgan, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo—are taking self-imposed hits now in anticipation of a “wave of loan losses” later. Those three are...more
In Bordelon v. Commissioner, the Tax Court addressed the circumstances under which an individual’s personal guarantee of a loan to his single-member LLC established sufficient amounts at risk to enable him to claim more than...more
As the world continues to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies are assessing their liquidity position, general balance sheets, near-term interest payments and debt maturities. One way companies with outstanding debt...more