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Jasper L. (Jack) Cummings, Jr.

Jasper L. (Jack) Cummings, Jr.

About Jasper L. (Jack) Cummings, Jr.

Jack Cummings is counsel in the Federal Tax Group of Alston & Bird in Raleigh and Washington, D.C. He served as IRS associate chief counsel (corporate) and chair of the Corporate Tax Committee of the ABA Section of Taxation.

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Don’t Forget Ruling Guidelines

August 3, 2020 By Jasper L. (Jack) Cummings, Jr.

Take a trip down memory lane as our Federal Tax Group leads you through past IRS ruling guidelines still in effect. Rev. Proc. 2020-1 is a good reference for effective ruling guidelinesEven old ruling guidelines can apply to a “significant issue”Don’t assume there isn’t an IRS ruling guideline Read the full advisory here. [...]Read more

Filed Under: Federal Tax Advisory Tagged With: dividend, IRS, spinoffs, stock

State-Sponsored Liability Limitation Funds

July 1, 2020 By Jasper L. (Jack) Cummings, Jr.

Our Federal Tax Group examines an IRS letter ruling on a company’s ability to take advantage of Section 197 intangibles. What is a liability limitation fund, and how can a company receive payments?What “event” triggers payment?What advantage is gained? Read the full advisory here. [...]Read more

Filed Under: Federal Tax Advisory Tagged With: IRS, liability limitation fund, section 197

Federal Tax Advisory: Disaster Losses

June 1, 2020 By Jasper L. (Jack) Cummings, Jr.

With taxes, the present can affect the past. Our Federal Tax Group takes note of a little-known rule that could allow disaster losses from 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic to be used as losses for 2019. An introduction to Section 165(i)The expansion of Section 165(i)Expect guidance from Treasury Read the full advisory here. Alston & Bird has formed a multidisciplinary response and relief team to advise clients on the business and legal implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19). [...]Read more

Filed Under: Federal Tax Advisory Tagged With: covid-19, Section 165, Treasury

Tax Determinations in Bankruptcy

May 5, 2020 By Jasper L. (Jack) Cummings, Jr.

For the May federal tax advisory, we considers the unclear tax powers of the bankruptcy courts and how the IRS won’t take any determinations too kindly. Prepetition tax claimsThe IRS’s constitutional and statutory defensesBankruptcy court powers in the Code Read the full advisory here. [...]Read more

Filed Under: Federal Tax Advisory Tagged With: bankruptcy courts, IRS, Prepetition Tax Claims. the Code

Downward Stock Attribution for CFC Purposes

April 2, 2020 By Jasper L. (Jack) Cummings, Jr.

Missing piece to CARES? Our Federal Tax Group excavates this missing piece and investigates how it would have restored what was repealed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Restoration of Section 958(b)(4)
New Section 951B
A newly minted controlled foreign corporation (CFC) regime

Ready full advisory here. [...]Read more

Filed Under: Federal Tax Advisory, Tax Reform Tagged With: CARES Act, CFC, Gross Income of Foreign Controlled United States Shareholders, Section 2209, Section 951B, Senate bill, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, tax reform, TCJA

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