In the aftermath of recent municipal bankruptcies in which issuers proposed and/or implemented bankruptcy plans involving partial discharges of the issuer’s payment obligation on insured bonds, there has been increased focus on whether municipal bond interest paid by a bond insurer after the bankruptcy plan’s effective date continues to be tax-exempt.
USA, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Tax, Mintz, Bond (finance), Tax exemption, Interest, Municipal bond, Internal Revenue Service (USA)
United States Supreme Court
Washington, D.C.
November 3, 2009
USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Wiley Rein LLP, Tax exemption, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Statutory interpretation, Interest, Consideration, Trustee, Supreme Court of the United States, United States bankruptcy court, Third Circuit