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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Vindication: The U.S. Tax Court Sustains IRS Position on Basket Options in GWA, LLC

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In Advice Memorandum 2010-005, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) set out its position that “basket options” conveyed so many attributes of ownership over the securities referenced in these options to the optionee that the...more

Foster Garvey PC

Disregarded Entities Under the Check-the-Box Regulations Are Not Disregarded for All Tax Purposes

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More than 25 years ago, effective January 1, 1997, Treasury issued what have been called the “Check-the-Box” regulations (the “Regulations”). The Regulations ended decades of battles between taxpayers and the IRS over entity...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

IRS Issues Taxpayer-Favorable Debt Workout Ruling

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In PLR 202050014, the IRS ruled that a parent would not recognize taxable gain when its disregarded entity transferred a newly formed corporation’s stock to creditors in satisfaction of its debt pursuant to a “G”...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Partners Must Pay Self-Employment Tax on Partnership Income—Even From a 'Disregarded Entity'

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The IRS has published Final Regulations finalizing its prior guidance that partners in a partnership must pay self-employment tax on their partnership income, even if they work for an entity owned entirely by the partnership...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Thoughts about the New Filing Requirements for Foreign-Owned U.S. entities?

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Foreign Persons that own 25% of a US entity might want to reassess their strategy as it relates to that ownership. It “used to be” (until December, 2016) that a Foreign Person as a single owner of a Limited Liability Company...more

Stinson LLP

Minnesota Corporate Franchise Tax Change for Foreign Disregarded Entities

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The Minnesota Department of Revenue issued its position on foreign disregarded entities of corporate taxpayers on October 4, 2017. In response to the Minnesota Supreme Court decision filed August 2, 2017 in Ashland Inc. v....more

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