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Terminating a Trust? Don’t Forget to Consider This Tax Issue

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Every conveyance of property or of an interest in property from one person to another is prompted, or at least influenced, by economic considerations. The parties to the transaction may swap properties, or one party may...more

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State Taxation of a Nonresident’s Gain from the Sale of Stock –The Shot Heard Round the Country?

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Last month, Bloomberg carried an article about a “small but growing trend” of states that are either cutting their individual income taxes or phasing them out entirely. According to the article, the states adopting these...more

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

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Now that the scurrying around and worrying relative to developments impacting the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that were coming at us with laser speed are on a slow simmer, I can turn my attention back to my multi-part...more

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

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In this Part XV of my multi-part series on some of the not-so-obvious aspects of Subchapter S, I explore a potential advantage that the S corporation has over the C corporation. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care...more

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

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In this Part XIV of my multi-part series on some of the not-so-obvious aspects of Subchapter S, I explore a narrow aspect of Subchapter S that is often ignored or forgotten. An S corporation is not always a mere extension of...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The Importance of Actively Monitoring S Corporation Compliance

Many banks have elected to be “S Corporations” for tax purposes. This status can provide significant tax benefits to the bank’s shareholders, but it also comes with several ongoing technical requirements. Failure to satisfy...more

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The Supreme Court’s Non-Opinion On The “Realization” of Income – A Lost Opportunity?

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In less than four months, the citizens of the United States will be electing their next President to a four-year term. They will also be deciding which of the two major political parties will “control” the Senate, the House,...more

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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

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Converting an LLC to an S Corporation: A Mistake Waiting to Happen

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Limited liability companies (LLCs) offer significant tax flexibility – for one thing they can elect to be treated as disregarded entities, partnerships, C corporations, or S corporations, and can even shift between those tax...more

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Debtor Corp’s S Election: “Property” in Bankruptcy?

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Uncertain Future- The Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) recently released some data for the federal government’s 2023 fiscal year. According to the CBO, the federal budget deficit for the year was $1.7 trillion, or...more

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ESBTs and the Carryover of S Corporation Losses

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Since 1995 to the present, the LLC has emerged as the entity of choice for the vast majority of entrepreneurs. This form of business entity owes its success to the flexibility and to the tax benefits that it affords its...more

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Owners of a Corporation Pay the Corporation's Expenses; Can Such Expenses be Deducted by the Owners?

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As a general rule, a corporation is considered a separate entity from its owner(s). There are a few cases in which a corporate entity is disregarded as an entity separate from its owners, such as when a corporation is set up...more

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Seller Beware - Court Rules That California Can Tax Gain from the Sale of Goodwill

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A California state appellate court recently upheld the trial court's decision in The 2009 Metropoulos Family Trust v. Franchise Tax Board that nonresident shareholders of an S corporation source gain on the S corporation's...more

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An S Corporation’s Sale of Real Property Following the Death of Its Shareholder

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Don’t Do It- There are certain generally accepted “dos and don’ts” of which almost every investor is certainly aware. For example, do not put all your eggs in one basket; if an investment seems too good to be true, stay...more

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New York’s Pass-Through Entity Tax, F Reorgs, and the Sale of An Electing S Corp

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Timing- I had planned to post this piece during the third week of December, a day or so after the exchange between Senator Manchin and the White House sealed the fate of the Build Back Better plan, at least in its current...more

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Shareholders of S Corps can defer payment of Transition Tax

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) includes a provision requiring U.S. Shareholder Taxpayers that own 10% or more of a Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) and other “Specified Foreign Corporations” to pay a “transition tax”...more

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Thou Shalt Not Hold Real Property In A Corporation

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“When will they ever learn?”- No, I am not channeling Seeger. I am referring to those individuals[i] who continue to acquire real property (“RP”) in, or who contribute RP to, corporations. In just the last couple of...more

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Who Is The Taxpayer?

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Back to Basics - This is not a silly question. In fact, it is often one of the most difficult issues confronted by a tax adviser, and it arises from one of the most basic of tax principles; specifically, that income is...more

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How to Lessen the Tax Bite When Selling a Business

When a business is sold, both the buyer and the seller endeavor to walk away with as much cash on hand as possible. The seller hopes to reap the rewards of years of hard work; the buyer hopes to secure enough cash to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo New York Tax Insights - Volume 6, Issue 7 - July 2015

In This Issue: - Important Changes at NYS and NYC Tax Agencies - Court of Appeals Upholds Constitutionality of Taxing Nonresidents on Gain from S Corporation Stock Sale in Two Separate Decisions - NYC Tribunal...more

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