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Frost Brown Todd

To Be Clear…LLCs Can Issue Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS)

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Since the finalization of the IRS’s “check-the-box” entity-classification regulations nearly 30 years ago, a state law LLC can elect to be taxed an association taxable as a corporation. During the past month, we have heard...more

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United States Tax Planning for Foreign Founders Moving to the US: Planning for Qualified Small Business Stock Benefits

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Many non-US startup founders initially incorporate in their home country and then decide to reincorporate or create a subsidiary in the US. There are many advantages for foreign founders to move operations to the US,...more

Venable LLP

Type F Reorganizations: General Overview and the Problem of Dissenting Shareholders

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Choosing the type of entity to form and where to form it are two of the most common early legal decisions that founders make when they start their own businesses. Founders typically register their companies in the state where...more

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Advanced Section 1202 (QSBS) Planning for S Corporations - UPDATED March 2025

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Section 1202 provides for a substantial exclusion of gain from federal income taxes when stockholders sell qualified small business stock (QSBS). But a number of requirements must be met before a stockholder is eligible to...more

IR Global

Accountants Advising on Ownership Structure

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An Accountant based in Atlanta, Georgia provided valuable advice to a new Client who was starting a kitchen design business with a business partner....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Business Owner Borrows from Their Private Foundation – A Different Form of “For Profit Philanthropy”?

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Many successful business owners attribute some part of their success to their community. For some of these owners, it is not enough to simply acknowledge this “debt”; they feel an obligation to share some of their financial...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Tax Court Affirms “Functional Analysis” Test for Limited Partner Status

On December 27, the U.S. Tax Court issued an opinion declining to revisit its holding from 13 months earlier that a partner’s formal status as a “limited partner” under state law does not determine whether the partner is...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Not Aware of Your Business Partner’s Tax Situation? Maybe You Should Be

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If you’ve worked with the owners of closely held businesses for even just a few years, you have realized they are only half joking when they complain about having the government as a partner. Consider how much federal, state,...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

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

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Considering Converting an LLC into a Corporation? Here Are the QSBS Issues You Should Be Thinking About

A common question we receive from founders is whether to organize their start-up business as a corporation or as an LLC. While there are many non-tax-related factors that need to be considered, this is often (at least in...more

Freeman Law

Reviewing a Foreign Legal Structure

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Why You Should Hire a Tax Professional to Review Your Foreign Legal Structure - U.S. parented corporations that have foreign operations conducted through a foreign legal structure have significant U.S. tax filing and...more

Bilzin Sumberg

IRS Provides More Guidance on “Relevance” and Foreign Entities Making “Check-the-Box Elections”

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In a previous post, we highlighted guidance released by the IRS on the topic of “relevance” and some of the implications it had in the pre-immigration planning context.  More specifically, the guidance addressed issues...more

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