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Section 899 Implications for Foreign Banks Lending to US Borrowers through US Lending Offices

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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

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UK Government announces update on new carried interest tax regime

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On June 5, 2025, the UK Government announced the result of their recent consultation process regarding their plans to bring carried interest within the income tax regime from April 2026, subject to an effective tax rate of...more

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Senator Tillis Introduced a Bill Taxing Proceeds of Litigation Financing Agreements

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Senator Thom Tillis introduced a bill (called the “Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act”) that would impose additional significant taxes on litigation funding investments. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OH) introduced a similar bill...more

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The Big Beautiful Bill and the Effects on Bank Lending Into the US

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Every year, foreign lenders make thousands of loans to U.S. entities. The U.S. withholding tax on the related interest payments has been generally stable since 1984. The general rule is that interest paid under these loans...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Norwich v. Comm’r: Private Credit Firm Prevails in Tax Dispute to Reverse Over-Reported Income

In Norwich v. Comm’r, the taxpayer mistakenly received $7.5 million[2] as a result of various bank errors between 2007 and 2014. Not knowing that the cash was incorrectly released to it, the taxpayer reported those amounts as...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The Salaried Members Rules and the 'Significant Influence' Test – Does the BlueCrest Case Affect Me (As a Partner) or My Firm?

Salaried Members Rules - Limited liability partnerships or "LLPs" are common corporate vehicles utilised by the financial services sector to establish UK investment management operations and other financial businesses and,...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

Mayer Brown

Exploring the Unexpected and Often Unwelcome Federal Income Tax Consequences of Debt Modifications

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As a number of debt instruments issued several years ago in a relatively low interest rate environment now have their maturity date approaching in a much higher interest rate environment, borrowers are increasingly seeking to...more

Gray Reed

Release the Kraken Tax Transaction Information

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On June 30, 2023 the District Court in the Northern District of California granted a petition to enforce the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken to release customer information.  Specifically, Kraken was ordered to produce the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Playing the Waiting Game on Crypto Tax Reporting

As previously discussed here, the IRS published guidance in December 2022 effectively postponing the January 1, 2023 effective date for certain digital asset broker reporting rules until final regulations are promulgated. To...more

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BlueCrest FTT Decision –  Salaried Member Rules and Asset Managers

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The recent decision of the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) in BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP v HMRC (29 June 2022) is the first time the UK’s salaried member rules (the Rules) have been considered in the context of an asset...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

New Crypto Reporting Requirements Aim to Address Tax Gap

As cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin rise in popularity, government regulators repeatedly try, and often fail, to control its use as a tax shelter. Agencies such as the IRS struggle with determining the best way to tax...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

New Tax Rule Changes Reporting Requirements For Venmo, Paypal, Cash App

A new tax rule will see the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gain information on income small businesses receive via transactions on popular payment applications. As of Jan. 1, 2022, businesses that accept more than $600 per...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

IRS Puts Brokers On The Hot Seat for Crypto Tax Reporting

Definition of a broker is debated The Biden Administration’s 2021–2022 Priority Guidance Plan (the Plan) supports a push from the IRS and the US Treasury to more closely scrutinize the virtual currency industry....more

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Sovereign Wealth Funds Update: Tax Aspects of Private Fund Investments: Selected US, EU, and UK Considerations in the Current...

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Despite the market disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, sovereign wealth funds continued to make significant capital commitments to private funds during 2020, on a global basis. As the world emerges from the pandemic,...more

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