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Tax-Loss Harvesting Part III: Investment Strategies

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Taxpayers invest to make money and hope to earn a decent return on their investments. Tax-loss harvesting can be used as part of a taxpayer’s overall investment strategy without affecting investment  returns, while offsetting...more

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French Tax Administration Issues Draft Comments on Management Package Tax Reform

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On July 23, 2025, the French Tax Administration released its initial draft guidance in the BOFiP (Bulletin Officiel des Finances Publiques) (the “Tax Comments”) on the new tax regime for Management Packages introduced by the...more

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Tax-Loss Harvesting Part II: The Wash Sales Rule

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At the beginning of this series, I mentioned briefly that taxpayers can use tax-loss harvesting approaches in tandem with a number of investment strategies, which we will go into in more detail in Part III. Many of these...more

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Tax-Loss Harvesting Part I: Overview

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What is tax-loss harvesting? “Tax-loss harvesting,” in its simplest form, is the sale of a capital asset at a loss to “mop up” tax that would otherwise be due on capital gain from the sale of another capital asset. Capital...more

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Régime fiscal de faveur des BSPCE : non éligibilité en l’absence de rémunération du bénéficiaire

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La Cour administrative d’appel de Nancy précise la définition d’activité permettant de bénéficier du régime de faveur des BSPCE (CAA Nancy, 15 mai 2025, n° 22NC03173)....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Economic Ownership of Shares Transferred as Collateral

Dividends from shares are taxable for shareholders, even if the dividends do not remain with them economically. This (not entirely new) finding can be gleaned from a recent Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) ruling in which the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Tax Court Calls Bluff on Hedge Fund’s Basket Option Contracts

The Tax Court recently held that a hedge fund’s basket option contracts were in substance tax ownership of the underlying basket securities. The hedge fund, through its affiliated entities, entered into 10 basket option...more

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Principales mesures issues de la Loi de finances pour 2025

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Du fait de l'entrée en vigueur de la Loi de finances pour 2025, l'équipe fiscale de Mayer Brown revient sur les principales dispositions applicables en matière de fiscalité de l'entreprise (1) et de fiscalité patrimoniale...more

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A bold shot in the arm for Singapores Equities Markets

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The Equities Market Review Group has issued its first set of measures to strengthen the competitiveness of Singapore’s equities markets. The measures seek to (1) increase investor demand and the supply of quality listings on...more

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La prise en compte des reprises et dotations des provisions pour dépréciation de titres de participation pour le calcul de la...

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Dans une décision mentionnée aux tables du Recueil Lebon, le Conseil d'Etat affirme la légalité de la doctrine administrative du 3 avril 2024, selon laquelle doivent être prises en compte, pour le calcul de la plus-value...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Reminder about Annual ISO/ESPP Reporting in January 2025 and New Section 83(b) Election Form

Annual Reporting on ISO/ESPP Transactions - As originally discussed in our December 16, 2010 blog article, the IRS issued final regulations in 2009 under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) that require...more

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Taxation of Foreign Currency Transactions Part V: Hedged Executory Contracts

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What is a hedged executory contract? A “hedged executory contract” is another type of transaction that is eligible for integration under Code Section 988(d). A hedged executory contract results when a taxpayer enters into an...more

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A Comprehensive Guide to the Deductibility of Digital Asset Losses

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In November 2023, almost 11,000 cryptocurrencies and digital tokens were listed on CoinMarketCaps.com. In addition, tens of thousands of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are sold daily on various crypto exchanges and NFT platforms....more

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NFTs: Gateway to Financial Independence or Litigation Risk?

NFTs—or “nonfungible tokens”—are everywhere. What was once seen as a collectors’ item for crypto geeks and LeBron James TopShop fanatics is now gaining popularity with a much wider audience. Take the recent example of the...more

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Responding To The Democratic Party’s Tax Plans

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The Convention- The Democratic Party’s “virtual” convention last week seems to have gone pretty well. All the stars of the Party’s firmament were on hand and spoke in “virtually” one voice in their assessment of the...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Is Virtual Currency worth the Risk?

We have read that Virtual Currency (VC) is a “speculative asset” that under certain circumstances may be used to pay for goods or services or be held for investment; and that its sale, exchange or use has tax consequences...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Who will have the last word with Virtual Currency? IRS, FinCEN, SEC, OFAC or the CFTC?

Virtual Currency (VC) investors are currently investing without clarity regarding which Government Agency(s) has the final word with respect to the treatment of VC. US Agencies: IRS, FinCEN, SEC and CFTC – have expressed...more

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