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Income taxes are taxes that are collected on the individual earnings of persons or entities. Depending on the jurisdiction, income taxes are calculated and collected in a variety of ways. Some tax systems collect... more +
Income taxes are taxes that are collected on the individual earnings of persons or entities. Depending on the jurisdiction, income taxes are calculated and collected in a variety of ways. Some tax systems collect income taxes based on a progressive scheme, while others may utilize a proportional or regressive framework. less -
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Breaking Up Is Not Always Hard To Do—Consider A Tax-Free Corporate Division

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Disagreements happen.  In the corporate context, one or more shareholders may share a different vision for the company than the other shareholders.  Or, there may be acrimony amongst the shareholders for other reasons, as can...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Moore Thoughts: An Incremental Opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 20, 2024, ruled 7-2 that Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code, as revised by the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is constitutional. The issue presented to the Court in Moore v....more

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Supreme Court Decision in Connelly v. United States

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On June 6, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in in Connelly, As Executor of the Estate of Connelly v. United States, (602 US ________). The decision involves the application of the federal estate tax...more

Foster Garvey PC

A Journey Through Subchapter S / A Review of The Not So Obvious & The Many Traps That Exist For The Unwary: Part VII –...

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In the S corporation arena, tax advisors generally do not focus much attention on unreasonable compensation. As we delve into the issue in this Part VII of my multi-part series on Subchapter S, it will become apparent that...more

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Establishing a Business Entity in Mexico (Updated)

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I. General Overview - As of 2020, Mexico has a population of 126,014,024 according to the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía). Covers a land area of...more

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Establishing A Business Entity In Mexico (Updated)

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I. General Overview - As of 2020, Mexico has a population of 126,014,024 according to the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía). Covers a land area of...more

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Owners of a Corporation Pay the Corporation's Expenses; Can Such Expenses be Deducted by the Owners?

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As a general rule, a corporation is considered a separate entity from its owner(s). There are a few cases in which a corporate entity is disregarded as an entity separate from its owners, such as when a corporation is set up...more

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Seller Beware - Court Rules That California Can Tax Gain from the Sale of Goodwill

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A California state appellate court recently upheld the trial court's decision in The 2009 Metropoulos Family Trust v. Franchise Tax Board that nonresident shareholders of an S corporation source gain on the S corporation's...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Reasonable Compensation Meets The Principal Shareholder of a C Corp

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Double Tax- The shareholders of C corporations have long sought legitimate operational and transactional structures by which they may reduce the double tax hit that is realized when such a corporation distributes its...more

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Establishing A Business Entity In Mexico (Updated)

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I. General Overview - As of 2020, Mexico has a population of 126,014,024 according to the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía). Covers a land area of...more

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Establishing A Business Entity In Mexico

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I. General Overview - As of 2015, Mexico has a population of 119,938,473 according to the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía). Covers a land area of...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Corporate Tax Hike On The Horizon: Using Reasonable Compensation To Withdraw Value

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Corporate Rate Increase? We begin this week with the Senate having passed the President’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief and economic stimulus plan (the “American Rescue Plan” following a marathon session during which...more

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One Corporation, One Property, Two Shareholders – Can They Be Separated? Without Tax?

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A Basic Principle- Do you remember the scene from “History of the World Part I” when Mel Brooks, in the role of Moses, calls out “Hear me, oh hear me! All pay heed! The Lord, the Lord Jehovah has given unto you these...more

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U.S. Tax Reform: Impacts and Opportunities for Mexican Businesses, Part 1 - A General Overview on Issues That U.S. and Mexican...

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• The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Act), signed into law on Dec. 22, 2017, made significant changes to the manner in which U.S. corporate and individual taxpayers are taxed on income from international operations. • The Tax...more

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New Tax Act: 2017 Trap for 10% U.S. Owners of Foreign Corporations

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”) modifies Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) by expanding the definition of “subpart F income” of United States shareholders (“U.S. shareholder”) for the last tax...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Accionistas Estadounidenses que poseen el 10% o más tienen un mandatorio nuevo “impuesto de transición”

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La "Ley de reducción de impuestos y empleos" (la "Ley") tiene una provisión que requiere que los Contribuyentes Estadounidenses que poseen el 10% o más de una Corporación Controlada Extranjera (Controlled Foreign...more

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U.S. 10% Shareholder Taxpayers have a new Mandatory “Transition Tax”

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The “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Act") has a provision requiring U.S. Shareholder Taxpayers that own 10% or more of a Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) and other “Specified Foreign Corporations” to pay a “transition tax”....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Thou Shalt Not Hold Real Property In A Corporation

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“When will they ever learn?”- No, I am not channeling Seeger. I am referring to those individuals[i] who continue to acquire real property (“RP”) in, or who contribute RP to, corporations. In just the last couple of...more

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Who Is The Taxpayer?

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Back to Basics - This is not a silly question. In fact, it is often one of the most difficult issues confronted by a tax adviser, and it arises from one of the most basic of tax principles; specifically, that income is...more

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Transferee Liability: The [Unlikely] Situation that your Nonprofit Receives a Charitable Gift with Expensive Tax Strings Attached

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The case of Salus Mundi Foundation et al v. Commissioner - On August 15, 2016, the Tax Court decided in Salus Mundi Foundation et al v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2016-154, that two foundations were liable as transferees...more

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MoFo New York Tax Insights - Volume 6, Issue 7 - July 2015

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In This Issue: - Important Changes at NYS and NYC Tax Agencies - Court of Appeals Upholds Constitutionality of Taxing Nonresidents on Gain from S Corporation Stock Sale in Two Separate Decisions - NYC Tribunal...more

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