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New IRS Section 987 Rules: What Every Business Owner With Foreign Operations Needs To Know
The IRS has finalized new Section 987 regulations that fundamentally change how businesses with foreign operations report currency gains and losses, with compliance beginning for the 2025 tax year. These regulations require taxpayers to calculate cumulative foreign currency positions dating back to 2006 or entity inception, while IRS Notice 2026-17 offers a simplified election that may reduce administrative burden for qualifying businesses. Understanding these changes now is critical to avoid penalties, ens
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MGO CPA LLP
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Proposed Regulations Address CFC Taxable Year And Partial FTC Disallowance On PTEP Distributions
The U.S. Treasury Department and IRS have issued proposed regulations addressing two significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code made under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: the allocation of foreign income taxes following the repeal of the one-month deferral election for controlled foreign corporations, and the new partial foreign tax credit disallowance on certain previously taxed earnings and profits distributions. These regulations introduce four new elections that provide taxpayers with greater flex
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A&O Shearman
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Federal Court Vacates IRS Notice 2025-42, Restoring Five Percent Safe Harbor For “Beginning Of Construction” On Wind And Solar Projects
A federal court has vacated IRS Notice 2025-42, which eliminated the Five Percent Safe Harbor for establishing "beginning of construction" for wind and solar projects seeking federal clean energy tax credits. With less than a month before the July 4, 2026 statutory deadline and an expected appeal, developers face critical decisions about whether to rely on the restored safe harbor or continue with existing compliance strategies under uncertainty.
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Foley Hoag LLP
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