The Department of the Treasury and IRS provided two New Year’s Eve presents to the tax-exempt bond community. One was the finalization of the public notice regulations, and the second was the issuance of the proposed reissuance regulations, both of which have been long promised, and both of which were published in the Federal Register … Continue Reading
The Department of the Treasury and IRS provided two New Year’s Eve presents to the tax-exempt bond community. The first is the finalization of the public notice and approval regulations, commonly referred to as the TEFRA Regulations (the Final Regulations), and the second is the issuance of the proposed reissuance regulations. Both developments have been … Continue Reading
On Dec. 13, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) that provide certain guidance and relief from the regulatory burden associated with Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), commonly referred to as Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), as well as with respect … Continue Reading
As commercial real property owners in Florida are likely aware, the Sunshine State imposes its sales tax on rental payments for the lease of real property. The general 6 percent state-level tax was reduced to 5.8 percent for 2018. The legislature passed a law to further reduce the state-level rate to 5.7 percent for occupancy … Continue Reading
On Nov. 26, 2018, the IRS issued proposed regulations under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) § 163(j) enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the Proposed Regulations). Generally, IRC § 163(j) limits certain taxpayers’ business interest expense deduction to the sum of (i) the taxpayer’s current year business interest income, (ii) 30 … Continue Reading
On Nov. 29, 2018, the IRS released a memorandum with new procedures for all voluntary disclosures following the end of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) on Sept. 28, 2018. The new voluntary disclosure procedures apply to both domestic and offshore voluntary disclosures. What’s Changed? Background OVDP was initiated in 2009 and designed to bring taxpayers with … Continue Reading
