Section 1256 generally requires that certain contracts, including “foreign currency contracts,” be marked-to-market annually. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has long maintained that foreign ...

If you are planning a trip overseas this summer, you may want to do a little research about exchanging your cash for local currency. Once you are back from your trip, you might want to exchange the ...

The IRS has published Proposed Regulations clarifying that for purposes of the mark-to-market rules under section 1256, foreign currency contracts include only foreign currency forward contracts, and ...

Foreign currency contracts subject to the Sec. 1256 mark-to-market rules would be defined as only including forward contracts, under proposed regulations the IRS and Treasury issued Tuesday ...

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