Qualified Small Business Stock, Income Taxes

FTB Announces Temporary Reprieve on Retroactive Assessment of Qualified Small Business Stock Taxes

by Matthew Portnoff | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/7/2013

On January 8, 2013, we published a newsletter (a copy of which can be found here) detailing the Franchise Tax Board's ("FTB") questionable legal and policy decision to begin collecting on a retroactive basis approximately...more

The State Of California Seeks Back Taxes From Small-Business Shareholder- Not So Fast

by Anthony Diosdi | Moskowitz LLP on 2/14/2013

A closer look at federal constitutional case law would seem to indicate that the State of California may not find it so easy to seek refunds plus interest after all....more

Excluding 100% of Gain From the Sale of Qualified Small Business Stock Acquired in 2013

by William Kastin, Bahar Schippel | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 2/11/2013

If you own a small business, it may be easier to raise money in 2013. This is because, among the favorable tax breaks included under the American Taxpayer Relief Act (the “2012 Act”), there is a temporary extension of the...more

Tax Alert: FTB Disallows California Qualified Small Business Stock Benefits

by Adam Halpern, Andrew Kim, Ronald Schrotenboer | Fenwick & West LLP on 2/5/2013

The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) recently issued FTB Notice 2012-03, stating that the FTB will disallow the exclusion or deferral of gain under California's qualified small business stock (QSBS) statute for all tax...more

High Net Worth Family Tax Report, Vol. 8, No. 1 - January 2013

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 1/24/2013

Table of Contents: Remember to file your gift tax return and other follow-up related to 2012 gifts; Review estate plans in light of $5 million exemption becoming permanent; Annual exclusion amount for gifts increased for...more

Fiscal Cliff Legislation Extends Tax Incentive to Invest in Small Businesses

by Evan M. Bienstock, Daniel I. DeWolf, Samuel Effron, Garrett Johnston | Mintz Levin - Venture Capital & Emerging... on 1/21/2013

As a result of the recent “fiscal cliff” legislation, otherwise known as the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (2012 Tax Act), many individual investors are expecting future tax increases, either in the form of higher...more

Congress Extends the 100% Tax Exemption for Gain on Certain Qualified Small Business Stock, With Retroactive Effect, Through 2013

by Christopher Cawley, Nicola Lemay | Foley Hoag LLP on 1/16/2013

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”). Among its provisions, the Act extends a tax benefit whereby capital gains from the sale or exchange of certain...more

Investment Window For Capital Gains Tax Exclusion For Certain New Investments In Small Businesses Extended To December 31, 2013

by Neal A. Hudders, Bryan Smith | Perkins Coie on 1/15/2013

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the Act). Among other provisions, the Act provides that the 100% exclusion from gross income of certain capital gains from sales...more

Congress Extends Exclusion for Investors in Qualified Small Businesses

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 1/15/2013

Among the taxpayer-favorable aspects of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Act), the 100 percent exclusion from gross income of gain on the sale of Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS), provided for in section 1202 of...more

Congress Extends 100% Gain Exclusion for Small Business Stock

by Paul Gordon, Gabriel Quihuis | Morgan Lewis on 1/11/2013

Favorable tax treatment applies to certain acquisitions of qualified small business stock in 2012 and 2013 and may influence choice-of-entity decisions....more

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 Approved by Congress and Signed by the President

by Dechert LLP on 1/11/2013

Summary - President Obama on January 2, 2013 signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”). The Act extends certain tax rates, tax credits, and other provisions previously enacted by other tax...more

FTB Retroactively Denies "Qualified Small Business Stock" Personal Income Tax Benefits

by David Herbst, Matthew Portnoff | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/9/2013

On December 21, 2012, the Franchise Tax Board ("FTB") released Notice 2012-03 (the "FTB Notice"), which notice outlines the procedures the FTB will apply in response to the Court of Appeal's recent decision in Cutler v....more

Fiscal Cliff Tax Changes

by Pepper Hamilton LLP on 1/7/2013

On New Year’s Day 2013, the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012” (the Act) was enacted to avoid the impact of automatic “fiscal cliff” tax increases. The Act, effective January 1, 2013, retains and makes permanent the...more

American Taxpayer Relief Act Of 2012 Extends Temporarily Full Exclusion From Gross Income Of Gain From Qualified Small Business...

by Annika Chin, Timothy Leska | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 1/5/2013

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8) (the Act) to avert certain tax increases set to take effect in 2013. The Act included, among many other provisions, an...more

FTB issues Notice to Retroactively Deny "Qualified Small Business Stock" Tax Benefits. Amended Returns Should be Filed.

by Matthew Richardson | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/28/2012

A California appellate court recently held as unconstitutional the California statutes extending the benefits of selling “qualified small business stock” (QSBS) to California taxpayers. In Cutler v. Franchise Tax Board (2012)...more

Law That Allows Taxpayer To Defer Capital Gains On Sale Of Small Business Stock With The Subsequent Purchase Of Stock In...

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 9/11/2012

A court of appeal recently found unconstitutional a Revenue and Taxation Code provision that allows a taxpayer to defer capital gains when he or she sells stock in a qualified small business if the taxpayer uses the gain to...more

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