Had [the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act] been enacted, [it] would have impacted the investment fund industry in many ways, including the conversion of many foreign "blocker" entities into US corporations. The bill did not get traction but now it is... Read More
... [Notice 2011-34 FATCA] guidance comes in the form of another voluminous notice... which, in addition... Notice 2010-60, comes to a... possible 100-150 page proposed regulation, counting the preamble. It seems paradoxical... when everybody is talking... Read More
...[A]n article... by Lee Sheppard titled "Danilack Warns Multinationals on FATCA and GRAs" ...reports on deputy commissioner (international) Michael Danilack's views on FATCA and raises some questions... "What if private equity funds... Read More
I posted not long ago on this blog that a new voluntary disclosure program is in the cards. It appears that the new program will be officially anounced very soon. Few days ago Kristen A. Parillo had a piece on TNT reporting some of the details of this... Read More
So the 31 CFR §103.24 FBAR regulations became final on February 24,2011. The regulations are effective as of March 28, 2011. I personally had a modicum of hope that the final version would exempt interest in private equity, venture capital and hedge... Read More
In PLR 201111002 the Service Approves an Alternative Method for Basis Recovery in a No-Cap Earnout Earnouts are very common in private equity and venture capital deals. The fund could be exposed to the earnout as a seller or a buyer of a portfolio... Read More
For those who do not remember, last year Pete Stark, a D- Cal Representative introduced H.R. 5783, the Investing in Our Future Act of 2010. That bill basically provided that currency transactions will be subject to a 0.005 percent tax on the value of... Read More
... Investment fund participants ought to be familiar with the passive foreign investment company (PFIC) and [qualified electing fund] QEF rules. These are anti-deferral rules that could cause the investor to have reporting obligations and more importantly... Read More
The Administration just came out with its 2012 budget and as expected, the budget contains, again, a proposal to tax carried interest. The main difference from last year's proposal is the change from "service partnership interest" (SPI)... Read More
CCA_2011032112062926 Chief Counsel was asked whether it is appropriate to levy on the assets of a single member LLC to satisfy the owner's tax liability and the answer was No. However, CC also suggested that a reverse piercing veil approach may be... Read More
As mentioned a few times on this blog, Congress codified the economic substance doctrine last year as part of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. One of the aspects of the new law is the introduction of a strict liability penalty... Read More
... The question that is on many fund tax advisors' minds is whether passive investors in funds should fall within the trading safe harbor if the fund engages in certain types of loan acquisitions. The NYSBA commented last year that the issue should... Read More