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Treating Compliance Like an Asset
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#Risk New York Speaker Series – Exploring Future Regulatory Trends and Compliance Strategies with Rory McGrath
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SCOTUS Clean Air Act Cases: What’s New?
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Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for June 18, 2025 – July 11, 2025. “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” tax provisions - On July 4, 2025, US President Donald...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
Check out our summary of recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance for February 17, 2025 – March 14, 2025. Editors’ note: With the change in presidential administrations, the IRS has undergone significant transition...more
On February 13, 2025, a Tennessee federal district court handed FedEx Corporation its second win in a refund action involving the application of foreign tax credits to what are known as “offset earnings.”[1] Offset earnings...more
On March 11, 2025, under the auspices of the Congressional Review Act (CRA), the U.S. House of Representatives approved a joint resolution (H.J. Res. 25) officially disapproving of recently finalized regulations that would...more
Since the proposed dual consolidated loss (DCL) and disregarded payment loss (DPL) rules were released in August 2024, taxpayers have been wondering whether these controversial regulations would be finalized before the end of...more
This article focuses on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. (2024) and how it might apply to Split Dollar life insurance and possibly resurrect one of my favorite life...more
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code prohibits a publicly held corporation from taking compensation-related tax deductions with respect to the compensation of a “covered employee” to the extent the compensation exceeds...more
Did you know that you do not need to mail Form 1095-Cs if a notice is posted by March 3, 2025? At the end of last year, a new law was enacted that would allow employers to provide Form 1095-C only if requested, so long as the...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have published final regulations concerning the low-income communities bonus credit program under Section 48E(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued Notice 2025-08 (the “First Updated Elective Safe Harbor”), offering new guidance on the bonus credit for projects using domestically produced...more
Section 6751(b), designed to ensure supervisory oversight amid rising penalty assertions in settlement negotiations, has been contentious due its ambiguity, and the final regulations may not resolve the debate....more
In 2024, several significant tax developments emerged that are set to impact the private fund industry in 2025. These changes include pivotal US Tax Court (Tax Court) opinions, updates to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) forms,...more
On 1/21/25, the IRS issued Bulletin Issue Number: 2025-02 to remind the FATCA Responsible Officer that Certifications are due 7/1/25 for the Certification period ending December 31, 2024. The Bulletin also provided a...more
On January 16, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations ( 90 FR 4691) under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 162(m) generally limits the deductibility of compensation paid in any...more
Under Section 6417 of the Code, as enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), certain taxpayers that fall within the statutory definition of "applicable entities" are allowed to elect to receive a direct payment (i.e.,...more
The IRS released on Dec. 30, 2024, final regulations on Sections 1.150-3 and 1.1001-3(a)(2) (the Regulations) regarding the reissuance and retirement (debt extinguishment) of tax-exempt tender option bonds....more
The final regulations adopt the general framework established in the proposed regulations issued in December 2023, but with several significant modifications....more
On January 14, 2025, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (T.D. 10030) implementing section 7803(e) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 7803(e) was...more
Last month, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations updating the rules for tax professionals who practice before the IRS. These rules, which are contained in...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations that significantly impact the reporting requirements for brokers involved in digital asset transactions. The stated aim of...more
Section 305 of SECURE 2.0 added rules for self-correcting a new category of retirement plan errors under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“ECPRS”). Specifically, Section 305 allows an “eligible inadvertent...more
On November 20, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) to allow certain unincorporated organizations owned by specified “applicable...more
On November 5, 2024, Judge Goeke of the United States Tax Court issued an order granting the petitioners’ Motion for Reconsideration of Findings (Motion) in Schwarz v. Commissioner. On May 13, 2024, the Tax Court released...more
On November 7, 2024, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) released Form 15620,1 which standardizes elections under section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code,” and such elections,...more