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YA Global Heads to Appeals Court Over Tax Court Ruling on Offshore Fund’s U.S. Activities

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Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top Last month, YA Global Investments, LP (the “Fund”) filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, seeking review of the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Tax Court’s Decision on YA Global Investments Has Implications for Offshore Entities

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The Tax Court’s decision in YA Global Investments LP v. Commissioner in November sends a warning to the offshore banking, finance and equity investment industries: an offshore entity is engaged in U.S. trade or business when...more

Alston & Bird

YA Global, the Existence of a U.S. Trade or Business, and the Search for Greater Clarity

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Our Federal & International Tax Group examines a long-awaited Tax Court ruling that helps clarify when a non-U.S. company engages in a “U.S. trade or business.”...more

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Tax Court holds that an offshore fund is engaged in a U.S. trade or business

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On November 15, 2023, the U.S. Tax Court held in YA Global Investments v. Commissioner that a non-U.S. private equity fund (YA Global) with a U.S. asset manager that bought equity and convertible debt of U.S. portfolio...more

Lerch, Early & Brewer

Tenth Circuit Affirms Deficiencies, Penalties for Offshore Income

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Harrington v. Commissioner - In Harrington v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, George S. Harrington (Harrington) challenged tax deficiencies and fraud penalties assessed for tax years 2005 through 2010. Originally...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

El IRS Advierte A Los Contribuyentes Contra Las Estrategias De Evasión Fiscal

El IRS concluyó su lista de Estafas de la Docena Sucia (“Dirty Dozen”) del 2022 recomendando a los contribuyentes a estar atentos y evitar ser engañados por las estrategias de evasión fiscal....more

Freeman Law

Challenging FBAR Penalties in Federal Court: FBAR Litigation

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In most cases, IRS exam initiates FBAR assessments. And, after an IRS examiner determines that an FBAR penalty is appropriate, taxpayers are generally afforded pre- or post-assessment appeals rights with the IRS Independent...more

Gray Reed

Non-Willful FBAR Penalties Will be Much Higher in the Fifth Circuit

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On November 30, 2021, the Fifth Circuit parted ways with the taxpayer friendly decision of the Ninth Circuit that non-willful penalties are capped at $10,000 per FBAR filing instead of the $10,000 per unreported bank account...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

FBAR Penalties: Is it per Account or per Violation?

U.S. Taxpayers (includes a citizen, permanent resident, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust and estate) are required to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) if they have...more

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Wealth Management Update - July 2016

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July Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts - The July § 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and...more

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