On January 24, 2013, Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the discussion draft of a bill that would tax derivatives under a mark-to-market system of taxation. This truly Copernican proposal would replace our entire federal system of taxing...

On September 17, 2015, the IRS and the Treasury Department issued final, temporary, and proposed regulations under section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code that provide the rules for withholding on “dividend equivalent payments” on derivatives that reference U.S. equity securities. In...