Tag: mergers and acquisitions

By Lynn K. Ching The federal tax code provides for tax free mergers and acquisitions in certain situations. In tax-free mergers, the acquiring company uses its stock as a significant portion of the consideration paid to the acquired company. The purpose of the statutory non-recognition of gain or loss from reorganization transactions, as indicated by the legislative history, was in part to prevent losses being established by bondholders, as well as stockholders, who received new securities without substantially changing their original investment. (All) Four conditions must be met to qualify a transaction for tax-free treatment under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 368. 1. Continuity of Ownership Interest doctrine - The continuity of ownership interest rule was introduced by the United States Supreme Court in Pinellas Ice & Gold Storagw v.…

By Anthony Diosdi IntroductionIf a U.S. corporation is liquidated and its assets are distributed to foreign shareholders, U.S. federal income tax will be imposed on the gain realized by the distributing corporation except to the extent that a tax-free-exchange provision provides otherwise. If the stock or assets of a U.S. corporation are acquired by a foreign corporation in exchange for stock of the foreign corporation, gain realized by U.S. shareholders and the U.S. corporation will also be subject to tax, except to the extent that the gain is sheltered by a tax-free-exchange provision provided by the Internal Revenue Code. Under the Internal Revenue Code, taxable gains typically realized in exchange of property in connection with a variety of transactions involving only U.S. corporations will result in a tax-free-exchange. However, when…