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Rivkin Radler LLP

The Limited Partner Exclusion From Self-Employment Tax – But Who Is A Limited Partner?

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An Agency Under Siege - The mission statement of the IRS reminds taxpayers that it is their responsibility to understand and meet their tax obligations, while it is the role of the IRS to “enforce the [tax] law with...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

President Trump Seeks to End Carried Interest Tax Preference

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President Trump met with Republican lawmakers on Thursday, February 6, 2025, to outline his tax priorities, including extending the 2017 tax cuts and expanding the state and local tax deduction. Also included among the...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Newly Proposed Regulations on Stock Buyback Excise Tax Largely Adopt Approach From Initial IRS Guidance

On April 12, 2024, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (89 FR 25980 and 89 FR 25829) on the excise tax on stock buybacks enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Final Treasury Regulations Issued Addressing the Application of Section 1061 to Carried Interests

On Jan. 8, 2021, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) issued final regulations (Final Regulations) (T.D. 9945) governing the treatment of “carried interests” (also referred...more

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IRS Issues Guidance Affecting Tax-Exempt Investments in Private Equity Funds

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Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA, December 22, 2017), tax-exempt investors must now calculate unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) separately with respect to each trade or business. As a result, a deduction from one...more

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Private Equity Fund Managers: Annual Compliance Reminders and New Developments

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Summary of private equity firms’ compliance obligations, discussion of notable developments in 2015 and outlook for 2016. US federal laws and regulations, as well as the rules of self-regulatory organizations (SROs),...more

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Proposed Treasury Regulations Address Private Equity Management Fee Waivers and Profits Interests

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The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and Treasury Department recently released proposed regulations under section 707(a)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code) addressing the issuance of certain interests in...more

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Senators Call on IRS to Finalize Management Fee Waiver Regulations

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Yesterday, Senators Franken, Warren, Baldwin and Whitehouse sent Treasury Secretary Lew a letter regarding management fee waiver arrangements. What is a management fee waiver arrangement? It is where a fund manager...more

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