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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

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

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

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

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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

Rivkin Radler LLP

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

Polsinelli

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

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup June 1 – June 5, 2020

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of June 1 – June 5, 2020... June 2, 2020: The IRS reminded taxpayers who live and work abroad that...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup March 9 – 13, 2020

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of March 9 – 13, 2020. March 10, 2020: The IRS published a practice unit on how to compute the...more

Williams Mullen

IRS Gets “Bageled” in Tax Court Over Family Office Expenses

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A recent case, Lender Management LLC v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 2017-246, has created a window of opportunity for family offices to restructure their affairs and potentially deduct certain family office...more

Mintz

New Tax Court Decision Provides Planning Opportunities for Foreign Investors Investing in U.S. Partnerships

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On July 13, 2017, the U.S. Tax Court issued its opinion in Grecian Magnesite Mining, Industrial & Shipping Co., SA v. Commissioner, in which the Tax Court held that a non-U.S. person who sells an interest in a partnership...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

U.S. Tax Court Ruling Exempts Gain on Foreign Partner's Sale of a Partnership Interest

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On July 13, 2017, the U.S. Tax Court issued a decision in Grecian Magnesite Mining, Industrial & Shipping Co., SA v. Commissioner, 149 T.C. No. 3, which could have a significant impact on how non-U.S. investors invest in U.S....more

K&L Gates LLP

Sale of U.S. Operating Partnerships by Non-U.S. Persons May Not Generate ECI—U.S. Tax Court Declines to Follow Revenue Ruling...

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In a recently published decision, the U.S. Tax Court declined to follow the longstanding position of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), articulated in Revenue Ruling 91-32, that a non-U.S. partner’s gain or loss from...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Grecian: Tax Court Rejects IRS Ruling - Five Things You Need to Know

On July 13, 2017, in Grecian Magnesite Mining, Industrial and Shipping Co. SA v. Commissioner (149 T.C. No. 3 (2017), the U.S. Tax Court concluded that gain recognized by a foreign corporation upon redemption of its interest...more

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