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Foster Garvey PC

A Journey Through Subchapter S / A Review of The Not So Obvious & The Many Traps That Exist For The Unwary: Part X – Converting a...

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When considering converting a C corporation to an S corporation, tax advisers and taxpayers need to pay careful attention to the many perils that exist. Failure to pay close attention to the road in this area could result in...more

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Passive Foreign Investment Companies: Reinterpreting the Active Banking Exception for the Modern Banking Industry

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The passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) rules generally impose unfavorable tax treatment on certain U.S. shareholders of foreign corporations that generate excess passive income or hold excess passive assets. In...more

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Understanding IRS Rules on Passive Activity Losses

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Several abusive tax shelters in the 1970s and 1980s caused Congress to enact rules to prevent taxpayers from deducting losses when a taxpayer doesn’t materially participate in the activity.  These passive loss rules apply to...more

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5 Helpful Things to Know About the New Limitation on Claiming Losses

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Last month, President Trump signed into law the much publicized Tax Cut and Jobs Act. In part of our ongoing series discussing the changes made by the Act, the following answers five common questions regarding the new...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Growing Concerns with Proposed Amendments Affecting Private Businesses and their Shareholders

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On July 18, 2017, Minister of Finance Bill Morneau announced sweeping changes to the way private businesses and their shareholders are taxed. The Government's proposals encompass three broad areas: (1) income sprinkling...more

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Further Update on Federal Taxation - Australian Infrastructure Investment and Privatisation

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Last month, we reported in our White Paper on taxation proposals directed at infrastructure and utility privatisation transactions. Since we wrote, the Commonwealth Treasury ("Treasury") has published a policy paper directed...more

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O Frabjous Day! Court Holds Passive Member Is Not “Doing Business”

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The State of California imposes its franchise tax on every corporation (other than a bank, financial corporation or exempt corporation) that is “doing business” in California. Cal. Rev. & Tax Code § 23151. This tax is...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Master Limited Partnerships: Proposed Tax Regulations Scale Back Activities Giving Rise to Qualifying Income

The Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (Service) have issued proposed tax regulations (Proposed Regulations) that provide guidance on, and significantly scale back, the types of activities...more

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Publicly Traded Partnership Proposed Regulations

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Widely held partnerships are a significant source of funding for oil, gas and certain natural resources projects, but the publicly traded partnership (“PTP”) rules can cause such partnerships to be treated as corporations for...more

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Proposed Anti-Inversion Regulations Would Affect Foreign Insurers

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For decades American companies have used so-called “corporate inversions” to lower their tax burdens on foreign-earned income. Typically, the American company is acquired by a foreign company located in a tax-favorable...more

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