The Cayman Islands has been placed on the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions as a result of a failure to introduce new laws relating to private funds within the necessary timescale. The Cayman Islands government has, however, already contacted EU officials to begin the process of being removed from the EU list, which is
Tax associate Bob Kane authored an article published by Tax Notes Federal that examines whether Example 9 of reg. section 1.1361-5(b)(3) governs the disposition of a qualified subchapter S subsidiary in a nonrecognition transaction.
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On December 19, 2019, in a split decision in Texas v. United States, the Fifth Circuit held that the Individual Mandate (“Mandate”) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) became unconstitutional when Congress zeroed out the penalty, but vacated the district court’s decision that the ACA itself was unconstitutional without the Mandate.
In a recent Tax Journal article, Andrew Howard examines UK tax trends over the last decade.
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In this Ropes & Gray podcast, Isabelle Farrar, an associate in the tax controversy group, is joined by Elizabeth Smith, counsel in the tax controversy group, and Jennifer Romig, a partner in the health care group, to discuss the state taxation of digital products, an evolving area in several states. Specifically, they will discuss
Tax partner and tax controversy group co-founder Kat Gregor, senior tax attorney Ariella Mutchler and tax & benefits associate Ningzhou Shen co-authored an article recently published by Law360 titled “OECD Digital Tax Plan Shifts Tax Risk For Asset Managers.”
The piece examines how the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s digital tax plan shifts
Eleven years after its portfolio company’s bankruptcy triggered a multiemployer pension plan’s demand that funds sponsored by private equity firm Sun Capital Advisors, Inc. (“Sun Capital”) pay the portfolio company’s $4.5 million ERISA withdrawal liability, Sun Capital has won a long-sought victory. On November 22, 2019, a three-judge panel of the First Circuit held that