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On December 27, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released Notice 2023-2 (the “Notice”), which provides guidance regarding the application of the 1% excise tax on corporate stock buybacks under recently enacted section 4501 (the “Tax”).[1] Taxpayers may rely on the Notice until proposed regulations are … Continue Reading
On January 18, 2019, the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) regarding the “passthrough deduction” for qualified trade or business income under section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code.[1] The Final Regulations modify proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) that were released in August … Continue Reading
On Friday December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law H.R.1, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This is the most sweeping change to the U.S. federal income tax laws in over three decades, and it will have an effect on every U.S. taxpayer, including real estate investment trusts (REITs) … Continue Reading
On June 13, 2017, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) re-released proposed regulations (REG 136118-15) that provide guidance on the new centralized partnership audit regime. The centralized partnership audit regime was enacted in November 2015 by Section 1101 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, P.L. 114-74, and … Continue Reading
IRS and Treasury Provide Guidance on the Excise Tax on Repurchases of Corporate Stock under Section 4501
“Passthrough Deduction” Regulations Finalized
By David S. Miller, Jo Habenicht, Stuart Rosow, Scott S. Jones, Mary B. Kuusisto, Malcolm Hochenberg, Mitchell Gaswirth, Michael Fernhoff, Martin T. Hamilton, Jamiel E. Poindexter, Jeremy Naylor, Alan Parnes, Amanda H. Nussbaum, Arnold P. May and Richard M. Corn on Posted in IRS, Partnership Taxation, RIC (BDCs), Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Tax Reform, U.S. Legislation
The Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Real Estate
By Michael Fernhoff, Timothy Donovan and Jo Habenicht on Posted in FIRPTA, Real Estate, REITs, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Tax Reform, U.S. Legislation
Proposed Partnership Audit Regulations Reissued in Substantially Identical Form
By Arnold P. May, Annie Kim and Jo Habenicht on Posted in IRS, Partnership Taxation