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S-Corporation Capital Gains Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act

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IRS Reduces Built-in Gains Tax Period for REITs to Five Years

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One of the key benefits of a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) is that it is effectively a pass through entity for income tax purposes. While a REIT pays tax on its taxable income, it also receives a dividends paid...more

Foley Hoag LLP

A "PATH" to Substantial Tax Savings: Qualified Small Business Stock

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In the early 1990s, Congress enacted the qualified small business stock (“QSBS”) rules to incentivize equity investments in certain corporations. The QSBS rules reduce the effective federal income tax rate on the gain...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"IRS Expands REIT Spin-Off Restrictions, Extends REIT Built-in Gains Period to 10 Years"

On June 7, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department issued new temporary regulations that have dramatic implications for all merger-and-acquisition activity by C corporations and real estate investment...more

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Tax Law Changes Favorable to Venture Capital and Private Equity Investors

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The “Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes” (PATH) Act was recently signed into law, and two provisions in particular benefit venture capital, private equity, and other investors owning or planning to purchase a corporation....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The Built-In Gains Tax - S Corporations Are Gaining Ground

Many business owners are aware that, if a business is operated through a C corporation, the corporation pays tax on the profits and, when the profits are distributed to the shareholders in the form of dividends, the...more

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