On April 12, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury and the IRS published proposed regulations (89 FR 25980 and 89 FR 25829, the “Proposed Regulations”) on the application of Section.
A new nondeductible 1% excise tax imposed on certain stock repurchases (enacted as new section 4501 as part of the Inflation Reduction Act on August 12, 2022) (the "Stock Buy-back Excise Tax") went into effect on January 1, 2023.