Treasury’s General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue Proposals were released on May 11, 2009. The Explanations cover a number of items of potential interest, including some new proposals and some further detail on previously announced proposals. The proposals relate broadly to the “economic substance” doctrine, carried interests, international tax, financial instruments, corporate tax, insurance companies and products, withholding, information reporting and other administrative provisions, and individual taxes. Selected proposals are highlighted below.


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