Trump Administration Targets Certain of Obama’s “Midnight” Regulations
As outlined in a previous post, President Trump issued Executive Order 13789 on April 21, 2017, which was designed to reduce tax regulatory burdens. The order instructed Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to review all “significant tax regulations” issued on or after January 1, 2016, and to submit proposals to alleviate the burdens created by those regulations. On July 7, 2017, the IRS published Notice 2017-38, which lists all the regulations identified for possible rescission or modification. July 7, 2017The most significant targeted regulations are as follows:
- Temporary Regulations under Section 337(d) on Certain Transfers of Property to Regulated Investment Companies (RICs) and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Proposed Regulations under Section 2704 on Restrictions on Liquidation of an Interest for Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes
- Temporary Regulations under Section 752 on Liabilities Recognized as Recourse Partnership Liabilities
- Final and Temporary Regulations under Section 385 on the Treatment of Certain Interests in Corporations as Stock or Indebtedness
- Final Regulations under Section 987 on Income and Currency Gain or Loss with Respect to a Section 987 Qualified Business Unit
- Final Regulations under Section 367 on the Treatment of Certain Transfers of Property to Foreign Corporations