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DLA Piper

REIT Tax News - October 2024

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Welcome to the October 2024 issue of REIT Tax News. Below, we take a look at five developments to read about in less than five minutes. 1. Loper Bright standard takes hold in Varian Medical case - In the landmark case of...more

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Liberty Global Appeals Economic Substance Doctrine Ruling

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In ongoing litigation between the government and Liberty Global Inc. (“Liberty Global”), Liberty Global has appealed a district court’s decision that ruled in favor of the government to the Tenth Circuit. We have previously...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Partnership Interest Sale Inventory Gain is Not U.S. Source Income

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On July 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed the U.S. Tax Court in holding that inventory gain recognized by a nonresident alien individual partner on the sale of her interest in a U.S....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Importance of Proper Tax Documentation in Tax Deductions

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The IRS’ determinations in a notice of deficiency are generally presumed correct. Therefore, unless specifically excepted by Tax Court Rule or statute, the burden of proof in civil tax proceedings is ordinarily on the...more

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Collecting an Individual’s Unpaid Taxes from Their Controlled Entities

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An anonymous thinker, lost to history, is credited with having said that the unofficial motto of the IRS is, “We have what it takes to take what you have.” In some instances, the truth of the above statement is manifested in...more

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Partnership Transactions Lacking Economic Substance or Business Purpose: Investor Beware

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Assume that X and Y agree to the following: X will transfer ownership of Prop to Y, and Y will transfer cash to X. What just happened? Obviously, X has sold Prop to Y. If the amount of cash that X receives is greater than...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Tax Document Danger: Not All Delivery Services Are Safe for Filing

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Another taxpayer has been stung by using the wrong version of a private delivery service, FedEx “Express Saver,” resulting in the late filing of an important tax document. Filing Requirements for U.S. Tax Court Petitions- ...more

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Missing the Tax Court’s 90-Day Deficiency Deadline – Now What?

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Over the years, I have observed there is only one thing that a taxpayer fears more than being notified by the IRS that their income tax return for a particular taxable year has been selected for audit, and that is being...more

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IRS Cannot Offset Taxpayer’s Refund With A Disputed Tax Liability

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Imagine the IRS notifies Taxpayer that they have an outstanding tax liability with respect to Tax Year, and that the agency intends to levy on Taxpayer’s property to collect the allegedly unpaid tax. Taxpayer challenges the...more

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For Tax Purposes, Are Limited Partners Really Limited Partners?

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In Soroban Capital Partners v. Commissioner, the United States Tax Court determined that entities formed as state law limited partnerships did not necessarily mean that the limited partnerships’ limited partners were limited...more

Miller Canfield

Some Research Credit Good News and Potentially Much Bad News

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Over an objection by the IRS, the Tax Court recently ruled in Kapur v. Commissioner that it could limit discovery and permit statistical sampling of voluminous data related to a claimed research credit. The court refused,...more

Gray Reed

Tax Court Decision on Family Business Affecting Income Tax, Estate Tax

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In a recent Tax Court decision, the court reviewed the activities of the Huffman family as it pertained to corporate dealings involving the family aviation business (Infinity Aerospace Inc. which the court refers to by its...more

Polsinelli

Bare Knuckle Conservation Easement Brawl Leaves Participants in Limbo

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Two recent tax court cases paint an ominous picture for professionals and investors who participated in listed syndicated conservation easement transactions. Coming on the heels of the Fisher conviction and his lengthy...more

DarrowEverett LLP

‘As Such’: Soroban Case Puts Limited Partnerships Under Tax Scrutiny

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In Soroban Capital Partners, LP v. Commissioner, the U.S. Tax Court determined that the exception to net earnings from self-employment in Section 1402(a)(13) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) ...more

Robinson Bradshaw

Tax Court Takes Narrow View of Limited Partner Exclusion from SECA Tax

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The Tax Court, in a victory for the IRS, recently issued an opinion holding the limited partner exception to the Self-Employed Contributions Act Tax must be construed narrowly. The court held a limited partner under state law...more

Holland & Knight LLP

U.S. Tax Court: Limited Partner SECA Exception Requires Functional Analysis

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The U.S. Tax Court recently issued a precedential opinion in Soroban Capital v. Commissioner, holding that the limited partner exception to the Self-Employed Contributions Act (SECA) in Section 1402(a)(13) of the Internal...more

Gray Reed

What a Difference a Day Makes, at Least When it Comes to Tax Court Petitions

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The Tax Court can be an unusually cruel place when it comes to deadlines.  This is what a recent taxpayer found out in a Tax Court decision that denied their challenge of an over $4.6 Million dollar tax bill asserted by the...more

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Tax Court holds that an offshore fund is engaged in a U.S. trade or business

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On November 15, 2023, the U.S. Tax Court held in YA Global Investments v. Commissioner that a non-U.S. private equity fund (YA Global) with a U.S. asset manager that bought equity and convertible debt of U.S. portfolio...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Tax Court Hampers Funds’ Ability To Exclude Income of Non-Passive Limited Partners From Self-Employment Net Earnings

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In Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Commissioner, the Tax Court held that the statutory exclusion from the imposition of self-employment tax does not automatically apply with respect to the distributive share allocable to...more

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Tax Court Holds That Active Limited Partners of State Law Limited Partnerships May Subject to Self-Employment Tax

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Section 1402(a)(13) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that the distributive share of “limited partners, as such” from a partnership is not subject to self-employment tax.[1] Managers of private equity and hedge funds are...more

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Limited in Name but Not in Tax? U.S. Tax Court Increases Tax Liability for Limited Partners

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Certain limited partners in venture capital and private equity will likely see an increase in their tax liability due to a recent U.S. Tax Court decision. Generally, partners in a partnership and members in a limited...more

Troutman Pepper

Tax Court Rules That Limited Partners May Be Subject to Self-Employment Tax

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Summary - On November 28, the Tax Court, granting the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) summary judgment, held in Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Commissioner that a state law limited partner who is limited in name only, is...more

Morgan Lewis

US Tax Court Decision Opens Limited Partners to Self-Employment Tax Exposure

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Private equity, hedge fund, and other investment fund sponsors should be aware of the recent development in the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS’s) audit campaign with respect to potential liability for Self-Employment...more

Miller Canfield

Court Rules on Tax Treatment of Hotel Rewards Program Fund

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The recent Tax Court opinion in Hyatt Hotels Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue informs a federal income taxpayer about its tax responsibility for funds for a guest reward program: when the taxpayer will be...more

Gray Reed

When Taxpayer and IRS Can’t Agree, the Tax Court Must Intervene

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On remand for re-calculation of 4 errors in deficiency amounts, concerning years 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, the Tax Court entered final revised decisions based on the Commissioner’s twice-revised Rule 155 computations....more

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