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Hinckley Allen

Converting an LLC to an S Corporation: A Mistake Waiting to Happen

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Limited liability companies (LLCs) offer significant tax flexibility – for one thing they can elect to be treated as disregarded entities, partnerships, C corporations, or S corporations, and can even shift between those tax...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

NGE On Demand: Profits Interests: Granting & Receiving with Patty Cain and Josh Klein

Interested in granting or receiving profits interests but confused by its features? NGE attorneys Patricia Cain and Josh Klein walk you through the compensation, tax, and corporate elements to consider as you navigate this...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Five Important Tax Highlights from 2018

2018 was a very active year for tax developments. The big story was the application of the substantial reforms of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which took initial effect in 2018. But there were several other developments...more

Burr & Forman

Don’t Forget to Update Your Operating Agreement for Partnership Audit Rule Changes

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The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 enacted sweeping changes to the federal audit regime for entities taxed as partnerships. The new audit rules became effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. For tax...more

Verrill

Lawyers on Tap: Tap Tips for Entity Formation and Taxation

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In this episode of Verrill Voices: Lawyers on Tap, Verrill Dana attorneys Jennifer Green and Jonathan Dunitz discuss the importance of entity formation to the overall success of a brewery business, and the differences between...more

Jaburg Wilk

Partnership Audit Rules Have Changed Under New Tax Law

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Congress enacted the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (“BBA”) under which existing partnership audit rules have been replaced. The new BBA audit rules are broad and complex and effective for partnership tax returns filed for tax...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Early New Year’s Resolution: Update Partnership and LLC Agreements to Comply with New IRS Audit Rules

In 2015, Congress repealed the complex and heavily criticized Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (“TEFRA”) partnership-level audit rules which apply to partnerships and most LLCs. The new audit rules, which...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Holding the Bag: Update Your Operating Agreement or Face the Tax Consequences

New Law – Direct Assessment of LLC Tax Liability - The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (“TEFRA”) has governed the procedures for auditing partnerships since 1982. Under TEFRA, if the IRS audited an LLC taxed as a...more

Dechert LLP

Navigating the New Partnership Audit Rules: Sea Change or Same Course?

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The recently enacted Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 amended existing Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) rules governing tax audits of partnerships in the U.S. These new rules primarily impact partnerships...more

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Comprehensive Partnership Audit Reform Requires Amendments To Partnership (and LLC Operating) Agreements

Congress has recently scrapped the existing procedures for IRS audits of partnerships. The new rules (the “BBA Audit Rules”1) are effective for partnership taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. A partnership...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New Audit Rules Require Changes to Partnership and LLC Operating Agreements

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The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-74) includes a complete overhaul of the procedures that apply to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits of partnerships, including limited liability companies (LLCs) taxed as...more

Williams Mullen

U.S. Tax Court Ruling in State Conservation Tax Credit Case Requires Income Recognition

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In its recently issued opinion in the case of Route 231, LLC v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2014-30 (2/24/14), the United States Tax Court (the “Court”) held that a transfer of state tax credits to a 1% member who had contributed...more

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