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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Liberty Global Appeals Economic Substance Doctrine Ruling

In ongoing litigation between the government and Liberty Global Inc. (“Liberty Global”), Liberty Global has appealed a district court’s decision that ruled in favor of the government to the Tenth Circuit. We have previously...more

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Treasury Department and IRS Target Partnership Basis-Shifting Transactions

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On June 17, 2024, the Treasury Department launched “a new regulatory initiative to close a major tax loophole exploited by large, complex partnerships.”[1] The loophole: partnership basis-shifting transactions....more

Foster Garvey PC

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

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In the S corporation arena, tax advisors generally do not focus much attention on unreasonable compensation. As we delve into the issue in this Part VII of my multi-part series on Subchapter S, it will become apparent that...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Getting Technical with Partnership Termination Rule

The Tax Court recently ruled that a new partnership (“New Shoals”) that is deemed to form on a technical termination may use a taxable year that starts on the date of the termination of the old partnership (“Old Shoals”),...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Complex Borrowing and Group Structures

The Court of Appeal’s (“CA”) ruling in April 2024 in the case of BlackRock Holdco 5 LLC v HMRC (“BlackRock”) considered the deductibility of interest on a $4 billion intra-group loan put in place as part of the funding...more

Polsinelli

Tax Court Strikes out Smoltz and Klesko’s Big K SCE, but Provides Relief for Those Facing Fraud Allegations

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In the late 1990s, former Atlanta Braves players John Smoltz and Ryan Klesko formed Big K Farms (“Big K”), a partnership that, over the years, acquired approximately 1,500 acres of land in Georgia for around $4 million. From...more

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Easement Fund Victory on Perpetuity Will Result in More Attention on Valuation

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In the latest victory for taxpayers, the Tax Court determined that the Treasury failed to follow federal law in enacting a conservation easement perpetuity rule known as the “proceeds regulation.” The majority opinion held...more

Gray Reed

Federal Income Taxation of Intellectual Property Development and Cost Recovery

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Intellectual property (“IP”) development can cost millions of dollars so cost recovery timing can be financially material. General tax principles typically require that expenses associated with creating assets having useful...more

Troutman Pepper

How Can I Claim a Business Bad Debt Deduction? - Creditor's Rights Toolkit

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The Internal Revenue Code permits a business bad debt deduction when a customer fails to pay for the services rendered or the products supplied by your business. However, the ability to claim an ordinary deduction with...more

Polsinelli

Bare Knuckle Conservation Easement Brawl Leaves Participants in Limbo

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Two recent tax court cases paint an ominous picture for professionals and investors who participated in listed syndicated conservation easement transactions. Coming on the heels of the Fisher conviction and his lengthy...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Scrutiny on Personal Use of Business Jets Intensifies: IRS to Conduct Audits

Initially, tracking systems were employed to monitor the private jet usage of celebrities like Taylor Swift. Now, similar scrutiny will extend to executives who utilize business aircraft for personal purposes while claiming...more

Strafford

[Webinar] Tax Considerations for Foreign Rental Property: Holding Structures, Reporting Rental Income and Expenses, FTCs - March...

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This course will discuss the considerations and caveats of U.S. residents owning foreign rental property. Our seasoned panel of international tax experts will explore U.S. and foreign holding structures, residential and...more

Gray Reed

The Taxman, Technology Litigation and Cavalier Settlement Structures

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Intellectual property (“IP”) is hugely important to businesses. Given that importance, IP owners must occasionally litigate against the unauthorized use of their technology. The costs of such litigation and appurtenant...more

Polsinelli

CPA gets 25 years for Promoting Conservation Easement Deductions

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Judge Batten, Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, handed down lengthy sentences in the first-of-its-kind criminal trial related to syndicated conservation easements (“SCEs”). On January...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Blazing Trails: Exploring ESOPs in the Cannabis Industry

The budding cannabis industry, despite its rapid growth and gradual acceptance in recent years, still faces a major sustainability challenge: Cannabis businesses cannot deduct most ordinary business expenses. Under Internal...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Examining "Purpose"

The recent Upper Tribunal (“UT”) decision in JTI Acquisitions Company (2011) Ltd v HMRC [2023] UKUT 194 (TCC) has further illuminated the interpretation and application of the “unallowable purposes” rule in the UK’s loan...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Huge Win for the Economic Substance Doctrine

Liberty Global Inc. (“LGI”) avoided tax from the sale of a Belgian subsidiary by claiming a dividends received deduction for the entire amount of $2.6 billion in gain. The government challenged this result on economic...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

In NYC, Cannabis Business Expenses Now Deductible

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Friday, November 20, 2023, that allows New York City cannabis businesses to deduct business expenses paid or incurred in carrying on such business for purposes of determining...more

Miller Canfield

Court Rules on Tax Treatment of Hotel Rewards Program Fund

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The recent Tax Court opinion in Hyatt Hotels Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue informs a federal income taxpayer about its tax responsibility for funds for a guest reward program: when the taxpayer will be...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Liberty Global and DOJ Go Head to Head on Economic Substance Doctrine

Liberty Global Inc. ("LGI") and the Department of Justice are in fierce litigation over the application of the economic substance and step transaction doctrines to a transaction for which LGI claimed a dividends received...more

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Conservation Easements: Palpable Fraud or Honest Mistakes? A Federal Jury Returns a Split Verdict

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On September 22, 2023 a federal jury convicted two promoters, CPA Jack Fisher and attorney James Sinnott, in the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) first criminal trial over allegedly abusive syndicated conservation easements...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

IRS Warns of Shady Tax Preparers and Increased Audit Risk

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In a recently released bulletin, IR-2023-59, the IRS warns of shady tax preparers and increased audit risk as part of their “Dirty Dozen” series.  The IRS provided some common “warning signs” including tax preparers who base...more

Williams Mullen

Hoops, LP: Seventh Circuit Denies Deferred Compensation Deduction in Taxable Asset Sale - Upsetting Common Understanding of Timing...

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On August 9, 2023, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Hoops, LP and Heisley Member, Inc., Tax Matters Partner vs. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, affirmed the Tax Court’s 2022 decision denying a deduction to a plan...more

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Slogans and Insults: Fisher Defendants Respond to the Government’s Novel Conservation Easement Case

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Last week, the first federal criminal trial related to syndicated conservation easement (“SCE”) deals began with impaneling the jury and opening statements. Each of the Fisher defendants on trial, Jack Fisher, James Sinnott,...more

McAfee & Taft

Gregory v. Commissioner : A lesson in application of the ‘hobby loss’ rules

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Many of you are familiar with what are commonly referred to as the “hobby loss” rules. Section 183 of the Internal Revenue Code limits a taxpayer’s ability to deduct expenses associated with activities “not engaged in for...more

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