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What is the “Abusive Use of Partnerships” and Why does the IRS Care?

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What is now considered as the “abusive use of partnerships,” and why would this matter to the IRS? The agency recently released IR-2024-166, which is intended to provide “new guidance to stop partnerships from using...more

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New Corporate Tax Increase Proposal and Focused IRS Audits - Is the Cost of Business Going Up?

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The Biden Administration’s new corporate tax increase proposal will face substantial challenges in both branches of Congress this year. The IRS continues to focus on the tax profiles of large corporations, limited...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

“Opaque Income Sources” + “Tax Gap” = More Enforcement + Tax Hikes = Anyone’s Guess

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Tax Gap- In a report released last week, the U.S. Treasury Department explained that the so-called “tax gap” – i.e., the difference between the amount of federal income taxes owed by taxpayers for a taxable year and the...more

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AFP: $80 Billion to Audit Businesses and Wealthy in Biden Plan

On April 28, 2021, President Biden presented the “American Families Plan” (AFP), an ambitious spending program focused on providing family leave, child care and nutrition, health care, preschool and college education to...more

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Bracewell Tax Report: April 2018 part 2

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The Bracewell Tax Report is a periodic publication focused on developments in federal income tax law, including the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, with emphasis on how such developments impact the energy, technology...more

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Bracewell Tax Report: February 2018 #2

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The Bracewell Tax Report is a periodic publication focused on developments in federal income tax law, including the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), with emphasis on how such developments impact the energy,...more

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IRS Sets Short Fuse for Comments, Guidance on New Partnership Audit Rules

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As if it wasn’t going to be busy already, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has set Tax Day, April 15, 2016, as the due date for comments on significant new partnership audit rules. This new law, which was enacted as part...more

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Sweeping Change to Partnership Tax Audit Procedures

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A major change to partnership audits was signed into place by President Barack Obama on November 2nd following the passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 by Congress on October 30th. Previously, partnerships with more...more

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Congress Passes Partnership Audit Reform – Obama Expected to Sign

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Last week the Senate passed H.R. 1314 (The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015), which will completely change the way partnerships (and LLCs taxed as partnerships) are audited.  The House passed the legislation on Wednesday and it...more

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Partnership Audit Reform Marches Forward

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As part of the current Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, sweeping changes to the partnership audit rules could be imminent. The new rules would greatly simplify the IRS procedures for auditing partnerships and likely increase...more

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