Jeffrey Lash

January 13, 2021, Tax Withholding & Reporting Blog

With retroactive effect, EU Council Directive DAC 6 is now largely inapplicable in the United Kingdom.  DAC 6, which came into force on June 25, 2018, requires certain intermediaries (including those who provide legal, tax, or consultancy services) or taxpayers to disclose information related to cross-border tax planning.  Our prior coverage of DAC 6 may...… ...

October 13, 2020, Tax Withholding & Reporting Blog

On October 2, 2019, Treasury and the IRS issued proposed regulations relating to the repeal of section 958(b)(4) by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”).  On September 22, 2020, Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations largely following the proposed regulations, along with additional proposed regulations. Section 958(b)(4) Prior to repeal under the TCJA,...… ...

October 2020

Covington is pleased to offer this series of prerecorded webinars focused on recent tax developments. Registration is required for each seminar. We hope you will find the programs to be of value and encourage you to contact presenters with any questions you may have. CLE: Each program is an intermediate/advanced level program. Lawyers who have been admitted to ...

July 9, 2020, Tax Withholding & Reporting Blog

At the end of June, the European Union (“EU”) amended EU Council Directive 2011/16/EU and its cumulative amendments (referred to in the aggregate, as the Directive on Administrative Cooperation “DAC 6” or the “Directive”) to give EU Member States the option to defer imminent DAC 6 reporting deadlines by up to six months due to...… Continue Reading

November 7, 2019, Tax Withholding & Reporting Blog

On November 6, the IRS issued its final reminder alert that the deadline for all Qualified Intermediary (“QI”) (including Qualified Derivatives Dealer (“QDD”)), Withholding Foreign Partnership (“WP”) and Withholding Foreign Trust (“WT”) applications for the 2019 year is November 15, 2019. In general, a QI agreement allows a foreign intermediary to simplify its ...

October 10, 2019, Tax Withholding & Reporting Blog

On August 9, 2019, Treasury and the IRS issued proposed regulations under section 861 of the Code to clarify how transactions involving digital content and cloud computing are classified for tax purposes.  The new rules propose to revise and expand upon Treasury Regulation § 1.861-18 regarding digital content transactions and establish new Treasury Regulation ...