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IRS Roundup May 15 – June 2, 2025

Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for May 15, 2025 – June 2, 2025....more

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IRS Issues FAQs Regarding Long-Term Part-Time Employees in 403(b) Plans

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The IRS recently issued Notice 2024-73, which provides much-needed guidance on long-term, part-time (“LTPT”) employees in ERISA-governed 403(b) retirement plans. Following passage of the SECURE 2.0 Act, an employee is...more

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Taxing Tangle: U.S. IRS Releases Guidance for Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") has released proposed regulations regarding the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit introduced in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ("IRA"). The proposed regulations provide more...more

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What’s New - Inflation Reduction Act Final PWA Regulations Published

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On June 18, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published its Final Regulations on the Inflation Reduction Act Prevailing Wage requirements ("Final Regulations"). While the Final Regulations generally adhere to the prior...more

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IRS Proposes to Classify Basket Contracts as a Tax Avoidance Scheme

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on July 11, 2024, issued proposed regulations that would classify certain basket contract transactions as listed transactions. Taxpayers and material advisers participating in...more

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IRS Targeting Partnership Basis-Shifting Transaction Schemes

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The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS,” or the “Service”) issued guidance on June 17, proposing new regulations and releasing a revenue ruling to challenge the use of basis-shifting transactions by complex partnerships. In...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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Treasury and IRS Announce New Attack on Partnership Basis-Shifting Structures and Establishment of “Passthrough Working Group” to...

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On June 17, 2024, the IRS announced the formation of a dedicated group in the Office of Chief Counsel specifically focused on developing guidance on partnerships, which is expected to work with a new “passthrough working...more

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Treasury and IRS Release Updated Guidance on Energy Communities

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On June 7, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-48. This notice includes lists of information that taxpayers may use to determine whether they meet certain requirements...more

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New Guidance from the Treasury Department on 1% Corporate Stock Buyback Tax

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On April 9, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department ("Treasury") issued proposed regulations and reporting requirements providing further guidance on the non-deductible 1% excise tax that was enacted on August 16, 2022 (as Section...more

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New IRS Guidance on Long-Term, Part-Time Employee Retirement Plan Participation

New proposed regulations clarify how employers should implement retirement plan eligibility rules for long-term, part-time ("LTPT") employees. While some questions remain, the proposed regulations provide a number of welcome...more

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Treasury Releases First Installment of Long-Awaited Guidance on Donor-Advised Funds

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Over the past several years, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has been preparing guidance concerning donor-advised funds (DAFs), which are accounts owned and controlled by public charities over which individual or...more

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Fenwick Writes Comment Letter on Notice 2023-63 on Amortization of Specified Research or Experimental Expenditures under Section...

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Following the IRS’s issuance of guidance in Notice 2023-63 regarding R&D capitalization under Section 174, a working group of several Fenwick tax group attorneys commented to the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department on...more

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Eyes on Energy Tax Update: Third Quarter 2023

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Eyes on Energy Tax Update is a regular publication of the Holland & Knight Renewable and Alternative Energy Tax Team that provides highlights of important developments. The Renewable and Alternative Energy Tax Team also...more

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IRS Emphasizes Health FSA and Dependent Care Assistance Program Substantiation Requirements

On April 28, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Office of Chief Counsel released guidance reiterating claims substantiation rules for health flexible spending arrangements (health FSAs) under Internal Revenue Code...more

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IRS Releases Guidance on Elective Payments

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On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, the IRS released its long-awaited initial guidance and proposed regulations regarding the newly created direct payment election methodology. The federal government created this new “elective...more

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Treasury Department and IRS Release Long-Awaited Guidance on Credit Transfers

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On June 14, 2023, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released long-awaited guidance (the Credit Transfer Guidance) regarding the transfer of energy transition tax credits under Section 6418, which...more

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Treasury and IRS release domestic content guidance for renewable energy tax credits

On May 12, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2023-38 to provide guidance on the domestic content requirements under IRC sections 45, 45Y, 48, and 48E....more

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Eyes on Energy Tax Update: First Quarter 2023

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Eyes on Energy Tax Update is a regular publication of the Holland & Knight Energy Tax Team that provides highlights of important energy tax developments. ...more

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Overview of Proposed Regulations Superfund Taxes

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On March 29, the IRS and U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) published proposed regulations regarding the recently reinstated Superfund chemical taxes (Proposed Regulations) and set a May 28 deadline for comments. The...more

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The Superfun(d) continues! IRS issues comprehensive Superfund chemical excise tax guidance

On March 27, 2023, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued much anticipated proposed regulations, REG-105954-22 (Proposed Regulations), and additional guidance in the form of Revenue...more

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IRS Releases Guidance on Energy Community Credit Adder

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On April 4, 2023, the Department of Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Notice 2023-29 (the “Notice”) providing a high-level overview of the rules they intend to include in...more

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Treasury Department Issues Section 48D Guidance on CHIPS Act Semiconductor Tax Incentive

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The Chips and Science Act of 2022 (CHIPS Act) added Section 48D to the Internal Revenue Code to incentivize the manufacture of semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment in the United States. The credit is equal...more

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Proposed Tax and Reporting for Digital Assets

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On June 7, 2022, Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the highly anticipated Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the bill), which sets out to create the first complete regulatory and...more

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Proposed Regulations Greatly Expand Guidance on Required Minimum Distributions

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued expansive proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) on Feb. 24, 2022, reflecting the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules as set out in the Setting Every Community Up for...more

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