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In Advice Memorandum 2010-005, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) set out its position that “basket options” conveyed so many attributes of ownership over the securities referenced in these options to the optionee that the...more
La Cour administrative d’appel de Versailles juge qu’un contribuable qui, par des abandons de créances, a renoncé à percevoir une partie du prix de cession des titres qu’il a cédés ne peut demander une réduction du montant de...more
La Cour administrative d'appel de Paris rejette la requête de l'administration fiscale tendant à la requalification en salaires de gains réalisés par la holding personnelle d’un dirigeant lors de la cession de titres acquis...more
The IRS has finally taken a view on the exception to FIRPTA (the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act) for publicly traded stock of a United States real property holding corporation (a “USRPHC”) that is held by a...more
Since the start of the global pandemic this past March, day trading has become a way for some to spend their newfound free time while quarantining at home. For others, day trading has filled the void that was left when sports...more
On July 31, 2020, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") and the U.S. Treasury Department ("Treasury") issued proposed regulations (the "Proposed Regulations") that provide taxpayers with definitional and computational...more
The shock waves from the German authorities’ tax evasion investigation into cum-ex transactions, a complex form of dividend arbitrage, continue to be felt throughout Europe. A large number of UK and European financial...more