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Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Knesset Committee Approves Bill Easing Tax Relief in Restructuring

The Knesset Finance Committee approved a draft bill for second and third readings to ease the conditions for tax relief during corporate restructuring. The bill was first published in the initial draft bill within the tax...more

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Still the One! – The Use of Private Placement Life Insurance in Tax Planning for Trial Attorneys with Contingency Fee Income

In the Soundtrack of Our Lives, one of the songs that I still get to hear from time to time on Sirius XM, is “Still the One” which was recorded and released by the band Orleans in 1976. I was in the tenth grade just to be...more

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Pra Dizer Adeus (To Say Goodbye) – A Homage to Sergio Mendes and a Little Bit About Tax Planning for PPLI for Trial Lawyers

Litigation attorneys have had the ability to defer contingency fees since 1994. You are hard pressed to find another profession that has this tax advantage. Hedge fund managers have been running and winning the “Death Race”...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Phantom Stock: A Strategic Tool for Equity Incentivization

In the contemporary landscape of talent management, organizations face major challenges in recruiting and retaining top-tier professionals. Equity incentive mechanisms have emerged as a sophisticated strategy to cultivate...more

Williams Mullen

[Event] 2024 Fall Tax Forum - November 20th, Richmond, VA

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Join Williams Mullen attorneys for our Fall Tax Forum on Wednesday, November 20th, where our speakers will present on certain federal income tax issues with respect to real property transactions including 1031 exchanges, drop...more

Mayer Brown

ESOP Update: Installment Sales Rules Save ESOP Footfall in Berman v. Comm’r

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Berman v. Comm’r,  released on July 16, 2024, is a great example of making lemonade when life hands you a lemon. Although the taxpayers lost the federal income tax deferral of a stock sale to an employee stock ownership plan...more

Fisher Phillips

2024 Employee Benefit Limits Plus 6 Best Practices for Employers

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Get Ready For The New Year Ahead - Employees can contribute more pre-tax dollars next year to their retirement savings accounts, including 401(k) and 403(b) plans, according to an IRS announcement made on November 1. Your...more

Gray Reed

The IRS is Attacking Abusive Trust Arrangements

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Recent Government actions suggest that third-party promoters and potentially hundreds of taxpayers may be entering into abusive trust arrangements aimed at unlawfully eliminating or deferring federal income taxes....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Enough Already – Eliminate Downward Attribution and Accidental CFCs

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It’s Complicated- The Code includes a number of complex rules that are aimed at those overseas business and investment activities of U.S. taxpayers that Congress has determined may result in the improper deferral or...more

Perkins Coie

Washington Capital Gains Tax: More Questions, Tentative Answers

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Nearly two years after being enacted by the state legislature, and one year after being struck down by a lower court, the Washington state capital gains tax has been reinstated as constitutional, and the first returns and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Weekly IRS Roundup December 5 – December 9, 2022

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 5, 2022 – December 9, 2022...more

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(A)ESOP's Fables - The Income and Estate Tax-Free ESOP

ESOPs are a great tool for the business owner and employees. The planning technique complimenting the ESOP dramatically enhance the benefits for the Seller making the Seller more willing to enter into the ESOP arrangement....more

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Selling Your Business? Take the Money But Defer the Tax?

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Sale of the Business- Imagine Client has just received an attractive, all cash offer for the sale of their business; there is no financing contingency. The buyer has proposed a cash-free and debt-free deal....more

Oberheiden P.C.

Can You Defer Taxes on Your Crypto Investments? Ten Tips for What You Need to Know

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U.S. taxpayers have an obligation to both report their cryptocurrency transactions to the IRS and pay taxes on it. Individuals who hold on to their cryptocurrencies as an investment are subject to short- and long-term capital...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup December 13 – December 17, 2021

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 13, 2021 – December 17, 2021. December 13, 2021: The IRS published a memorandum...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Tax-Deferred Rollover – Some Considerations

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“I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.” – Pres. Ronald Regan- That line probably describes the exasperation with which many Americans...more

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The 90 Percent Test

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Since coming into effect in January 2018, Subchapter Z of the US Tax Code—also known as the opportunity zone provisions—has enabled investors to pour billions of dollars into a broad array of businesses, from real estate...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Better Act Before The Build Back Better Act

It is said that two things are certain in life: death and taxes. True, but incomplete. What is missing from this short list is a third inevitable occurrence – tax law changes. We now have a new and pressing series of proposed...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Section 987 Practice Unit Reflects a Permissive Attitude Towards Different Methods of Branch Currency Translation

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A few weeks ago, the IRS released a new “practice unit” providing training for its examiners on translation of foreign currency gains and losses of branches (so-called qualified business units, or QBU) under §987....more

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TAKE A CHANCE ON ME! Tax Planning During the Biden Administration

Take a chance on me series discusses niche strategies to achieve tax reduction and deferral. #taxstrategy #ppli #pooledincomefund #maltapensionplan #estateplanning ...more

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TAKE A CHANCE ON ME! Tax Planning During the Biden Administration

Nowotny On Death and Taxes episode ,Take A Chance On Me! focuses on innovative strategies for tax reduction and deferral. Not only are we good at creating the ideas but we're good at implementing the ideas as well. #ppli...more

Cole Schotz

Starting An Active Business In An Opportunity Zone

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This short article outlines the requirements for starting an active business in a qualified opportunity zone (“QOZ”). The US tax legislation that created QOZs was enacted in early 2018, and is intended to encourage...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Cash In Hand, Tax Deferral, Monetized Installment Sales: No, You Can’t Have It All

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Ask the owner of a closely held business to describe their most recently recurring nightmare and you are likely to get an earful regarding the prospect of an increased federal income tax on their profits, an increased federal...more

Stinson LLP

IRS Issues Final Carried Interest Regulations

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The tax treatment of carried interests was changed with the enactment of Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. After issuing proposed regulations last summer, the Internal...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

IRS Final Regulations on Timing of Income Recognition Provide Much-Needed Clarity, But Leave Some Questions Unanswered

On December 21, 2020, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the IRS released final regulations (Regulations) under Section 451 for determining the taxable year in which an amount must be reported as gross income on the...more

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