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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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“C’mon Man! Tax the Rich!” Business Owners Face Tax Increases*

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Last week, Sen. Warren reintroduced her “Ultra-Millionaires” wealth tax proposal to the Senate. Query her timing. The measure has the proverbial snowball’s chance in Hell of being enacted by this Congress.Perhaps the Senator...more

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The Liquidation of a Partner’s Interest Under NYC’s Unincorporated Business Tax

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Taxes and Snowy Weather? How many of you awoke Saturday to find that the winter storm about which we had heard so much during the preceding days had lived up to its hype? What was your first thought? “Fudge,” right?...more

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Selling to Private Equity? Maybe You Should “F Reorg” First

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Having Fun? Hope you had a decent weekend. Perhaps you did something interesting, maybe even fun, like some end-of-season apple picking? Or maybe you had a cider donut with some hot coffee at a farm stand you stumbled upon...more

Foster Garvey PC

The Oregon SALT Cap Workaround for Pass-Through Entities Is Finally Here – Governor Kate Brown Has Signed Senate Bill 727 Into Law

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Last fall, the IRS announced, with respect to pass-through entities (LLCs or other entities taxed as partnerships or S corporations), that, if state law allows or requires the entity itself to pay state and local taxes (which...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Impact of House Ways and Means Tax Proposal on Domestic Businesses

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On September 13, 2021, the Congressional House Ways and Means Committee introduced 880 plus pages of legislative tax proposals to help fund the House’s proposed $3.5 trillion stimulus package. Below are tax proposals relevant...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

ADOR Issues Helpful Estimated Tax Guidance on New Elective PTE Tax

Earlier this year, Alabama became one of 19 or so states to enact a pass-through entity tax as a workaround to the so-called “SALT Cap” enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that limits the deductibility of...more

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Illinois Enacts Pass-Through Entity Tax to Help Partners and S Corporation Shareholders Avoid the $10,000 SALT Cap

Illinois enacted a pass-through entity tax (PTE Tax) that may be elected by partnerships and S corporations to permit a federal deduction of state income taxes that otherwise are limited to $10,000 per year from 2018 to 2025...more

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Massachusetts Legislature Passes Legislation Enacting Work Around to Federal $10,000 SALT Deduction Limitation, but Governor Baker...

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On July 16, 2021, Governor Baker approved a $47.6 billion fiscal 2022 budget, but sent back a provision the Massachusetts Legislature passed creating a workaround for the federal cap on the state and local tax deduction. ...more

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Massachusetts Enacts Work Around to Federal $10,000 SALT Deduction Limitation

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On July 16, 2021, Governor Baker enacted legislation that allows (a) individual, trust and estate taxpayers who are partners in partnerships (or limited liability companies taxed as partnerships) and (b) individual, trust and...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Pending Changes to Illinois Tax Laws Include SALT Workaround

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Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation that is both good news and bad news for Illinois taxpayers. The good news is that, if approved by Gov. Pritzker, Illinois taxpayers will be able to take advantage of a workaround...more

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“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

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Can A Partnership’s Payment To A Partner For Services Not Be Treated As Such For Purposes Of Sec. 199A?

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Memory Lane- You may recall how clear it became, as the bill that would become the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) moved through Congress in late 2017, that C corporations were about to realize a number of tax benefits,...more

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IRS to Allow “Workaround” to Deduction Limits for State and Local Income Taxes

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017 Tax Act) limited the deduction of state and local taxes to $10,000 for individuals. Several states, including Connecticut, New Jersey and Maryland, have passed legislation that imposed income...more

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NJ Passes New Workaround Rule for SALT Deductions

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On January 13, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the “Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Act” (the Workaround Act). The Workaround Act establishes an elective entity level tax on an individual’s...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Debt-Financed Losses in S Corporations and Partnerships

Partners in partnerships are allowed to deduct operating losses in partnerships that their shareholder counterparts in S corporations cannot deduct. The difference results from a difference between partners and shareholders...more

Williams Mullen

Pass-through Deductions for Property Owners: New Clarity on Who Qualifies

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As part of the 2017 tax overhaul, provisions were put in place that allowed those holding property for rental purposes to write off up to a fifth of their rental income for tax purposes. The deduction was included in Code...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup September 30 – October 4, 2019

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of September 30 – October 4, 2019. September 30, 2019: The IRS published a draft of the tax year...more

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Waiver Of Penalties And Interest In Connection With 2018 Pass-Through Entity Tax

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In the Spring of 2018, the Connecticut Legislature adopted a Pass-Through Entity Tax (the “PE Tax”), which imposes a 6.99% tax on pass-through entities (partnerships, limited liability companies and S-corporations). The PE...more

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Current Distributions & Partial Liquidations: Corps vs. Partnerships

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“You Must Choose, But Choose Wisely.” The enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and its undeniable bias in favor of C corporations, has spurred the owners of many closely held businesses, along with their advisers, to...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Section 199A: How "Reasonable Compensation" Will Be Defined and How it May Impact the QBI Deduction

From its inception, Section 199A made it fairly clear that the deduction for qualified business income (“QBI”) would not apply to all income in respect of pass-through businesses. Aside from limitations dependent on the...more

Burr & Forman

IRS Issues Final Regulations On New Section 199a 20% Profit Deduction For Pass-Thru Businesses, And Also Adds Additional Proposed...

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On January 18, 2019, Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations for the new Section 199A 20% profit deduction for pass-thru businesses adopted under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts. The new regulations are eagerly...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on Business Interest Deduction Limitations

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Proposed regulations under Section 163(j) governing business interest deduction limitations confirm prior guidance and expand the scope of its application in some important respects. On November 26, 2018, the Treasury and...more

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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

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Tax Alert: Understanding the New Pass-Through Business Deduction Rules Under Code Section 199A

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Due to the significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”) at the end of last year, the Department of the Treasury has been very busy issuing guidance and proposed...more

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