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In less than four months, the citizens of the United States will be electing their next President to a four-year term. They will also be deciding which of the two major political parties will “control” the Senate, the House,...more
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS,” or the “Service”) issued guidance on June 17, proposing new regulations and releasing a revenue ruling to challenge the use of basis-shifting transactions by complex partnerships. In...more
House Bill 4087* (H.4087) advances income tax credits for corporate headquarters, recycling facilities, job development and retraining by amending the South Carolina Code of Laws to update portions of the South Carolina...more
Earlier this week, Treasury and the IRS issued guidance to halt the use of partnership rules in the Internal Revenue Code to engage in abusive basis-shifting transactions whereby tax basis is stripped from certain assets and...more
On May 10, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom released a revised budget for 2024-2025 that includes, among other changes, a temporary suspension on the use of net operating losses (NOLs) for businesses with California...more
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Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman issued a letter Feb. 28 to address the challenges and concerns of tax practitioners regarding the policy and procedural changes to pass-through entity (PTE) filings and payments. Most...more
A Summary Review of Tax Legislation, Court Decisions, Opinions of the Attorney General and Published Rulings of the Tax Commissioner Published from January 1, 2023 through November 10, 2023....more
The IRS recently provided guidance addressing inadvertent terminations of S Corporation (S Corp) status based on existing provisions in corporate documents that remain after a company makes an S Corp election. This can be a...more
On January 19, 2024, the US Small Business Administration (SBA) created a new exception applicable to business development companies (BDCs) with wholly owned small business investment companies (SBICs) that will allow use of...more
The IRS’s simmering concern with pass-through entities is heating up, with IRA funds earmarked for increased personnel, AI, and other resources for partnership audits. ...more
El 20/09/23, el IRS anunció que planea establecer un área especial para centrarse en entidades de transferencia grandes o complejas para ayudar con los esfuerzos de cumplimiento de altos ingresos. Con la ayuda de tecnología...more
On 9/20/23, the IRS announced that it plans to establish a special area to focus on large or complex pass-through entities to help with high-income compliance efforts. With the assistance of improved technology as well as...more
There’s a hidden tax horror behind pass-through entities, cancellation of debt, and even prizes, winning, and awards: “phantom income.” It even sounds scary, right? And when it comes to one’s tax liability, it can be...more
Clients frequently come to us while in the process of selling interests in California-based businesses. Clients who are not residents of California typically expect that they will not be subject to California income tax on...more
Many of you, perhaps most, may have read about a case that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during its current term. The case, Moore v. United States, comes out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court...more
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Back in October 2021, the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Large Business and International (LB&I) division announced the Large Partnership Compliance (LPC) program. This new audit program adopted features of the Large...more
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On July 26, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Counsel’s Office announced that it would make permanent its pilot program of issuing “fast-track” private letter rulings for requests solely or primarily under the...more
In 2021, the Alabama Legislature unanimously enacted an elective pass-through entity tax (PTE Tax) as a workaround to the so-called “SALT Cap,” which was part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Alabama Electing...more