TL;DR on Treasury's Notice 2026-62 and Rev. Rul. 2026-20 yday regarding §351 and ETFs...
Abusive §351 is dead
Long live routine §351
Anyone arguing the extremes (§351 is entirely dead, or that Treasury will take no action), either...
1) hasn't read the Notice and Ruling, or
2) doesn't know how to read them
I'll have a podcast out about this tomorrow.
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