IRS Spin-Off Announcement General But Likely Motivated by Yahoo! (YHOO), Says BofA

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Yahoo! (YHOO) Affirms Alibaba (BABA), Yahoo Small Business Spin-off Plans Amid IRS Rule Change Chatter

May 20, 2015 6:43 AM EDT

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) issued the following statement early Wednesday:

An IRS representative stated Tuesday that the IRS plans to study its rules for issuing private letter rulings regarding the active trade or business requirement in spin-off transactions and will hold off processing new... More

Yahoo! (YHOO) Undervalued Despite New IRS Spin-Off Uncertainty, Cantor Fitzgerald Says

May 20, 2015 6:36 AM EDT

Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Youssef Squali weighed in on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) today after commentary from the IRS's Office of Associate Chief Counsel late afternoon yesterday regarding changes to the tax treatment of certain spinoffs raised a cloud of uncertainty around Yahoo!s... More

Yahoo! (YHOO) Hits Session Lows as IRS Said to Change Spinoff Rules

May 19, 2015 3:42 PM EDT

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Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) shares hit session lows heading into the close of trading on Tuesday. Weakness was tied to an IRS ruling that could... More