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In its ongoing crusade against so-called “basis-shifting” transactions, the Internal Revenue Service has created widespread uncertainty regarding the tax treatment of routine transactions. For example, last year, the IRS...more
On July 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations that would classify “basket contract transactions”, which are derivatives (i) with a term...more
The Treasury Department and IRS have just published proposed Regulations that would identify transactions resembling certain basket contract transactions as listed transactions per the meaning of Section 6011, making them...more
On March 20, 2023, Senators Warren, Sanders, Van Hollen, and Whitehouse addressed a letter to Treasury Secretary Yellen in which they urged Yellen “to use [her] existing authority to limit the ultra-wealthy’s abuse of trusts...more
INTRODUCTION - On July 11, 2018, Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final inversion regulations (TD 9834) which are largely consistent with the temporary (T.D. 9761) and proposed regulations...more
On November 1, 2016, via Notice 2016-66 (2017-47 IRB) (link to notice), the Treasury Department and IRS declared certain captive insurance transactions under Code section 831(b) as “transactions of interest.” Commonly...more
On July 15, 2016, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published proposed regulations that would modify the device and active trade or business requirements for tax-free...more
The IRS and Treasury Department released a package of temporary and proposed regulations on April 4, 2016 ostensibly aimed at further curbing corporate “inversion” transactions. The regulations cover a wide range of tax...more
On September 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued new temporary Treasury regulations addressing the application of Internal Revenue Code Section 956 to certain...more
On July 8, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued two notices (Notice 2015-47, 2015-30 IRB 1, and Notice 2015-48, 2015-30 IRB 1) targeting the use of Basket Option Contracts and Basket Contracts as tax avoidance...more
Parties that enter into “basket option contracts” and “basket contracts” should be aware that the IRS is likely to challenge such transactions and that they have a new obligation to report the transactions to the IRS or face...more