Newsletters

05.23.16

Partners Are Not Employees, Yet

Recently the IRS issued guidance in the form of temporary and proposed regulations clarifying that individuals who are partners in a partnership that itself owns a disregarded entity are not to be treated as employees of the disregarded entity for various tax law purposes.


02.12.16

PATH Act Amends FIRPTA

Congress enacted the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) in 1980 to impose U.S. income tax on certain foreign persons that invest in United States real property interests (USRPI).


01.26.16

The Built-In Gains Tax

Many business owners are aware that, if a business is operated through a C corporation, the corporation pays tax on the profits and, when the profits are distributed to the shareholders in the form of dividends, the shareholders pay tax on the dividends.


11.18.15

Keeping Faith With Your Investment Banker

Fairness opinions are a long-established fixture of the public M&A deal process.


12.22.14

President Signs Extender Tax Breaks at Year End

There is a group of approximately 50 tax provisions that are enacted as temporary measures, but which Congress routinely reenacts.


08.12.14

Manatt Ranked Among Top Firms in Corporate Control Alert 2014 Six-Month Banker Representations List

Manatt is pleased to announce its ranking among the top law firms in Corporate Control Alert’s 2014 Six-Month Banker Representations list for number of deals.


05.07.14

Virtual Currency & IRS Reality

The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Notice 2014-21 to provide guidance for the tax treatment of virtual currency, such as Bitcoin.


12.04.13

1031 Exchanges: Exchanging Out of California? Do Keep In Touch

As we have noted previously, many property owners are aware that one can sell investment property and reinvest the sales proceeds in like-kind investment property without having to pay tax on the sale.


10.28.13

Governor Signs Bill Providing Retroactive Tax Relief to Sellers of Qualified Small Business Stock

On October 4, 2013, Governor Brown signed into law California Assembly Bill 1412 (Stats. 2013, ch. 546) (AB 1412), which provides tax relief to those individual taxpayers affected by the decision in Cutler v. Franchise Tax Board, 208 Cal. App. 4th 1247 (2012).


09.04.13

The New NYSE and Nasdaq Listing Standards: What Should Companies Be Doing?

It has been nearly two months since the NYSE and Nasdaq listing standards became effective that require compensation committees to assess the independence of their consultants, legal counsel and other advisors.