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Skadden Discusses Shadow Canvassing by 501(c)(4) Organizations

By Ki Hong, Tyler Rosen, Theodore Grodek and Alexa Santry February 6, 2025 by renholding

Nonprofits organized under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) play an ever-growing role in politics and public policy advocacy. This is especially the case following the publication of the Federal Election Commission’s Advisory Opinion 2024-01 (available here), …

Machine Learning and the Future of Tax Valuation

By Jay A. Soled and Kathleen DeLaney Thomas May 20, 2022 by renholding

The tax law handles many computational issues with extraordinary efficiency. Need to compute employment taxes? The Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) lays out the rate for doing so. Need to ascertain the dollar amount deductible for business mileage expenses? Treasury regulations …

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Cahill Gordon Discusses Conflicting Rulings on Labor Department’s Fiduciary Rule

By Bradley J. Bondi, David S. Slovick and Courtney LaHaie April 25, 2018 by renholding

In a March 15, 2018 decision in Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. United States Department of Labor, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated in its entirety the so-called “Fiduciary Rule” promulgated …

Cleary Gottlieb Discusses How Tax Plan Would Affect Executive Compensation

By Michael Albano, Arthur Kohn, Mary Alcock, Caroline Hayday and Kathleen Emberger November 7, 2017 by renholding

The recently proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) includes executive compensation tax reforms that, if enacted, would have significant implications for the way in which companies structure their compensation programs.

The Act was introduced in the U.S. House …

Income Tax in the Brave New World of Zero Interest Rates

By Yair Listokin September 14, 2016 by renholding

The time value of money, measured by the interest rate at which an entity can borrow or invest, plays an incredibly important role in income tax. Every tax teacher emphasizes the value of deferral to taxpayers, explaining that paying a …

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