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Tax Court: IRS Must Adhere to BBA Regulations' Plain Language

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The U.S. Tax Court recently held in SN Worthington Holdings LLC v. Commissioner, 162 T.C. No. 10 (2024), that the petitioning partnership had properly elected into the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) procedures for the...more

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IRS Independent Office of Appeals

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When dealing with the Internal Revenue Service during the initial stages of a tax case, whether it involves an audit, collection issue, request for penalty relief, or a proposed plan of resolution such as an Offer In...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Impending Large Partnership Audits

In August, the Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation held an informative roundtable on the IRS’s new large partnership compliance or LPC program. One of the speakers, Maria Dolan with the IRS’s Large Business &...more

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Is Your Partnership Ready for the IRS's New Centralized Audit Regime?

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The new centralized audit regime for partnerships established by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (“BBA”) has been in effect since January 1, 2018, but is your partnership or LLC treated as a partnership for tax purposes...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup January 13 – 17, 2020

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 13 – 17, 2020. January 13, 2020: The IRS published an information letter relating to the...more

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IRS can start asking questions about Campaign Issues. Have your Audit Plan Ready!

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On January 31, 2017, the IRS Large Business and International Division (LBI) announced a compliance campaign strategy to redefine large business compliance work and build a supportive infrastructure inside the LBI. ...more

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Time to Update Your Partnership Agreement: New Rules Address Partnership Representatives for IRS Audits

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Last week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations concerning the designation and authority of a partnership representative under the centralized partnership audit regime...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Sweeping Changes to Partnership Audit Rules Warrant Changes to Existing Partnership and LLC Agreements

Sweeping changes to the rules governing federal income tax audits of partnerships went into effect this year. The new partnership audit rules (the “New Audit Rules”) apply for partnership tax returns for taxable years...more

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Application of Partnership Audit Rules to Private Funds

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On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which included a new federal audit regime for partnerships and entities classified as partnerships for federal income tax purposes (the...more

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Bracewell Tax Report: April 2018 part 2

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The Bracewell Tax Report is a periodic publication focused on developments in federal income tax law, including the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, with emphasis on how such developments impact the energy, technology...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

If One Musician Plays A Wrong Note, the Entire Orchestra Now May Pay the Price -- Be Aware of New Partnership Tax Audit Rules

In 1985, the “participatory journalist” George Plimpton worked as a temporary percussionist, playing sleigh bells, triangle, bass drum, and most notably, gong, with the New York Philharmonic. During a performance, he once...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

How You May Be Affected by the Changes to Partnership Audit Rules

In 2015, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act that created a new Centralized Partnership Audit regime that is effective for income tax returns filed of partnership taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. These...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Registered Firms: Annual Compliance Obligations—What You Need To Know

This alert contains a summary of the primary annual and periodic compliance-related obligations that may apply to investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or with a particular...more

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New Partnership Audit Rules in Effect; Partnerships and LLCs Should Consider Changes

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A new “centralized partnership audit regime” is now in effect for partnerships, including limited liability companies (LLCs) that are treated as partnerships for tax purposes (which we refer to collectively as...more

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Bracewell Tax Report: February 2018 #2

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The Bracewell Tax Report is a periodic publication focused on developments in federal income tax law, including the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), with emphasis on how such developments impact the energy,...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

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The New Partnership Audit & Collection Regime: Its Time Has Come

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Beginning 2018, the IRS is authorized to collect from a partnership any tax deficiencies arising out of the partnership’s operations for a taxable year, even if the persons who were partners in the year to which the...more

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A Summary of the Proposed Partnership Audit Regulations

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This blog post is intended to identify the most material aspects of the proposed regulations the IRS has introduced to implement the BBA partnership audit rules, and provide guidance on what actions a partnership should...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Tax Talk: Volume 10, Issue 2

EDITOR’S NOTE - With the failure of health care legislation to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, eyes in Washington, D.C. are now turning to tax reform. Since Congress plans to take August off, any real tax...more

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Partnerships Prepare For New Audit Regime

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On November 2, 2015, new partnership audit rules, repealing existing TEFRA rules, were enacted in Section 1101 of the Bipartisan Budget Act (“BBA”). On August 15, 2016, Treasury published temporary regulations (TD 9780, 81...more

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IRS Issues Guidance To Examiners Handling BBA Partnership Audits

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As many readers know, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (“BBA”) repeals the long standing TEFRA procedures governing IRS examinations of partnerships. As a result, beginning January 1, 2018, partnerships are subject to a...more

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Significant Changes to Partnership Tax Audits Coming in 2018

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In less than six months, on January 1, 2018, the new centralized partnership audit rules enacted by Congress as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (“BBA”) will go into effect. The new rules were drafted in response to...more

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Reissuance of Proposed Regulations on Partnership Audit Rules

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The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) have re-issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) on the new centralized partnership audit rules enacted as part of the Bipartisan...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

IRS Reissues Proposed Regulations for Centralized Partnership Audit Regime

The new rules represent a complete overhaul of partnership audit, assessment, and collection procedures. Taxpayers should review and potentially amend partnership agreements before the new rules are scheduled to take effect...more

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Proposed Partnership Audit Regulations Reissued in Substantially Identical Form

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On June 13, 2017, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) re-released proposed regulations (REG 136118-15) that provide guidance on the new centralized partnership audit...more

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