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Talk tax quarterly news

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 22 2011

Just as we were going to press bemoaning the impending January 1, 2013 effective date of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department announced an extension of the new provisions’ withholding and reporting requirements

IRS issues guidance on registered bonds days before repeal of bearer bond exception

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 9 2012

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), which was enacted as part of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, ends the practice by U.S. issuers (and controlled foreign corporations) of selling bearer debt to foreign investors under “TEFRA C” and “TEFRA D” after March 18, 2012

IRS guidance on REMICs and REITs with respect to the Home Affordable Refinance Program

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 2 2012

In late December, the IRS issued guidance (Notice 2012-5 and Rev. Proc. 2012-14) that relaxed the real estate mortgage investment conduit (“REMIC”) and real estate investment trust (“REIT”) rules to accommodate refinanced “underwater” loans in Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) sponsored single family mortgagebacked securities

FinCEN and IRS extend certain FBAR filing deadlines

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 20 2011

During the past few weeks, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released three notices affecting the filing of Form TD F 90-22.1 “Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts” (“FBAR”), which are discussed below