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Rawat Creates a Ripple in Statutory Interpretation Principles

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Recently, in Rawat v. Commissioner, the D.C. Circuit reversed the Tax Court decision and held that a foreign partner would not be subject to U.S. tax on selling an interest in a partnership with “hot assets” subject to §...more

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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

Holland & Knight LLP

Tax Court: IRS Must Adhere to BBA Regulations' Plain Language

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The U.S. Tax Court recently held in SN Worthington Holdings LLC v. Commissioner, 162 T.C. No. 10 (2024), that the petitioning partnership had properly elected into the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) procedures for the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Getting Technical with Partnership Termination Rule

The Tax Court recently ruled that a new partnership (“New Shoals”) that is deemed to form on a technical termination may use a taxable year that starts on the date of the termination of the old partnership (“Old Shoals”),...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

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

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

For Tax Purposes, Are Limited Partners Really Limited Partners?

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

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Tax Court: Conservation Easement Proceeds Regulation Is Procedurally Invalid Under APA

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In holding that that Treas. Reg. § 1.170A-14(g)(6)(ii) (Proceeds Regulation) is procedurally invalid under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the U.S. Tax Court abandoned its precedent in Oakbrook Land Holdings, LLC v....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

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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

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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

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

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

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

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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

Rivkin Radler LLP

Partnership Losses But No Outside Basis? Too Bad

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Losses Weren’t Always Bad- Most tax advisers are aware that, prior to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (the “TRA”),[i] the Code placed few limitations on the ability of an individual taxpayer to use deductions from a particular...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Tax Court Dispenses Favorable Guidance on Profits Interest Safe Harbor

The Tax Court recently held in a memorandum opinion, ES NPA Holding, LLC v. Commissioner, that partnership interests in an upper-tier partnership issued to a service provider of a lower-tier partnership qualified as...more

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Taxpayer Victory in US Tax Court Highlights Need for Properly Structuring Partnership Profits Interests

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A recent US Tax Court case upholds profits interest treatment for a taxpayer’s receipt of a partnership interest granted in exchange for services. The case highlights how properly structuring and documenting the grant of a...more

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Tax Court Adopts Broad Reading of Profits Interests Safe Harbor

Thirty years after the IRS first acknowledged that taxpayers could receive profits interests for services without immediate tax, the Tax Court has confirmed our long-held belief that the same protection is available for a...more

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Indirectly Held Profits Interests and Rev. Proc. 93-27

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At war with Russia in eastern Europe, a nascent competing world order, mass shootings and bank failures at home, questionable audit practices by the Big 4 . . . everywhere, debt ceilings and the risk of default, inflation,...more

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US Tax Court Will Weigh In on Self-Employment Tax for Limited Partners

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Private equity, hedge fund, and other investment fund sponsors should be aware that there continue to be significant developments in the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS’s) audit campaign with respect to the potential...more

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The Closely Held Business and The Tax Gap

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Have you ever wondered whether you were barking up the wrong tree? That the solution to a problem may be found, not in the approach to which you were already committed and invested, but in an altogether different direction?...more

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Big Win for Investors Facing Listed Transaction Penalties for Conservation Easements

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On November 9, 2022, in a 15-2 decision, the Tax Court held that the IRS improperly issued Notice 2017-10 in Green Valley Investors, LLC, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 159 T.C. No. 5. The Notice designated...more

Freeman Law

Tax Court in Brief | Deitch v. Comm’r; and Barry v. Comm’r | Deductible Interest Under IRC 163

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Tax Litigation:  The Week of August 22nd, 2022, through August 26th, 2022 Warner Enterprises, Inc. v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-85 | August 22, 2022 | Buch, J. | Dkt. No. 17163-19L. ...more

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Tax Court in Brief | Warner Enters., Inc. v. Comm’r | TEFRA and Partner’s Belated Objection to Penalty Determination

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Tax Litigation:  The Week of August 22nd, 2022, through August 26th, 2022 Alexander C. Deitch v. Comm’r, No. 21282-17; and Jonathan D. Barry and Susan S. Barry v. Comm’r, No. 21283-17, T.C. Memo 2022-86 | August 25, 2022 |...more

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Shared Appreciation Interest: Debtor-Creditor or Partners?

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When is a loan not a loan? When it’s something else – for example, equity. This is one of those pesky facts and circumstances issues that plague courts, taxpayers, and tax advisers to no end. Debt- On one end of the...more

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Deferring the Tax Hit on a Grant Equity to an Employee – Are You Prepared to Enforce the Forfeiture Provision?

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“Would I ever leave this company? Look, I’m all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I’m being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I’m going wherever they...more

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Capital vs Ordinary Loss When An Investment Goes South

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Capital Loss- If the amount realized by a taxpayer upon the sale of a partnership interest to a third party is insufficient to restore to the taxpayer their adjusted basis for the interest – i.e., their unrecovered...more

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