IRS Releases Final and New Proposed Regulations That Define “Dividend Equivalent” for U.S. Withholding Tax Purposes

On December 5, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) finalized temporary regulations and issued new proposed regulations under Section 871(m), the Internal Revenue Code provision that treats “dividend equivalents” paid under securities lending...
By: Morrison & Foerster LLP

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