Generally, gain or loss on the sale or exchange of a partnership interest is treated as capital gain or loss except to the extent of so-called "hot assets." Gain attributable to hot assets – generally unrealized receivables...more
On July 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed the U.S. Tax Court in holding that inventory gain recognized by a nonresident alien individual partner on the sale of her interest in a U.S....more
Assume that X and Y agree to the following: X will transfer ownership of Prop to Y, and Y will transfer cash to X. What just happened? Obviously, X has sold Prop to Y. If the amount of cash that X receives is greater than...more
This CLE/CPE course will provide tax counsel with comprehensive guidance on the 754 election for partnerships. The panel will discuss the basis adjustment rules associated with sales, transfers, and partnership interests or...more
The Tax Court recently held in a memorandum opinion, ES NPA Holding, LLC v. Commissioner, that partnership interests in an upper-tier partnership issued to a service provider of a lower-tier partnership qualified as...more
A recent US Tax Court case upholds profits interest treatment for a taxpayer’s receipt of a partnership interest granted in exchange for services. The case highlights how properly structuring and documenting the grant of a...more
At war with Russia in eastern Europe, a nascent competing world order, mass shootings and bank failures at home, questionable audit practices by the Big 4 . . . everywhere, debt ceilings and the risk of default, inflation,...more
The “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” recently announced by Senators Manchin and Shumer to be added to the 2022 Budget Reconciliation bill proposes several significant changes to Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code of...more
On January 7, 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service released final regulations under Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“the Code”). The Final Regulations address the...more
The US Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued final regulations under section 1446(f), a provision enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) that generally imposes a...more
On October 7, 2020, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Treasury Department released final regulations providing guidance on the rules imposing withholding and reporting requirements under the Code on dispositions...more
On August 14, 2020, the IRS published Proposed Treasury Regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code to close the “carried interest loop hole” through which managers of investment...more
On July 31, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) providing guidance on Section 1061 of the Code, as...more
Earlier this week, a local tax practitioner asked us whether it was true that the City of Portland no longer allows depreciation deductions resulting from an election under Section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as...more
Historically, we have advised clients that it is no less advantageous, from a federal income tax perspective, to acquire a partnership interest (including a membership interest in an LLC taxed as a partnership) than it would...more
• As noted in Part 1 of this series, new H.R. 1, informally known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Act), has been the most important change to the U.S. tax code in a generation. • In Part 2, this client alert continues to...more
In Grecian Magnesite Mining v. Commissioner (“Grecian Magnesite”) the Tax Court held that a non-U.S. partner's gain from the redemption of its partnership interest was neither U.S. source income nor income effectively...more
According to statistical data released by the IRS earlier this year, the examination rate for partnership tax returns has been increasing significantly over the last couple of years; of course, this includes returns filed by...more