Read about proposed Treasury regulations that provide guidance on the application of the stock buyback excise tax to redemptions and M&A transactions.

This past summer, the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed Treasury Regulations (88 FR 40528 and 88 FR 40496) under two key provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) designed to enable taxpayers and tax-exempt entities to monetize certain energy-related federal tax credits. Section 6417  allows certain tax-exempt and governmental entities that historically could not benefit from such tax credits to receive direct payments from the government in lieu of such tax credits. Section 6418 permits taxpayers to transfer all or a portion of certain energy-related tax credits to unrelated parties for cash. By broadening the universe of organizations that are able to make use of energy-related tax credits through the direct pay provisions and creating a more direct pathway for taxpayers interested in financing energy projects to share credits through transferability, these provisions stand to significantly expand the market for investment in energy projects.

Read about the benefits and risks of deferring the conversion of an LLC into a corporation in order to benefit from the qualified small business stock (QSBS) rules of the US tax code.

Read about an IRS private letter ruling, which held that success-based fees in an M&A transaction were incurred by a private equity sponsor rather than by the target. The decision denied the target’s late request for a Safe Harbor Election, which permits a tax deduction of 70% of the success-based fees.

Read about IRS Notice 2023-44, which clarifies the 48C program application process and timeline following amendments to the program under the Inflation Reduction Act and an earlier notice providing application guidelines.

Read about Department of Treasury and IRS guidance regarding qualification for the 10% domestic content tax credit available to certain renewable energy projects under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA).

On November 3, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released three Notices requesting public comments by December 3, 2022, on certain additional aspects of the clean energy tax incentives included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). Treasury and the IRS previously released six Notices, on October 5, 2022, requesting public comments by November 4 on certain other aspects of the energy tax incentives, which are described in our alert. The Treasury and the IRS will consider written comments submitted after December 3 if such consideration will not delay the issuance of guidance. 

Read about new guidance from the IRS, Revenue Procedure 2022-19, which describes simplified procedures that allow S corporations to resolve frequently encountered missteps, often without requesting a time-consuming and costly private letter ruling.

Read Mintz’s summary of important tax provisions included in the recently announced Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. If it is signed into law, the Act will establish a 15% corporate minimum tax; modify the carried interest rule; and expand, extend, and add new energy tax credits.