Shareholders, Trusts, S-Corporation

Keeping It in the Family (Trust): Additional Considerations for Contributing S Corp Shares

DarrowEverett LLP on 6/30/2025

A large part of business sucession planning is structuring the transfer of business ownership. While outright transfers can be less complex, transferring ownership in trust can provide practical benefits that are worth...more

Business Succession Planning: Pros and Cons of Passing S Corp Shares in Trust

DarrowEverett LLP on 6/11/2025

Business succession planning and estate planning are often linked together, particularly in the case of closely held family businesses. In the case of a shareholder who wishes to pass along their shares of an S corporation as...more

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

Rivkin Radler LLP on 5/29/2025

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

The Importance of Actively Monitoring S Corporation Compliance

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP on 1/9/2025

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

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

Foster Garvey PC on 6/28/2024

In the S corporation arena, tax advisors and taxpayers generally do not focus a lot of attention on the S corporation shareholder eligibility rules other than at the time the S election is made. As we dive into shareholder...more

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

Foster Garvey PC on 2/9/2024

This third installment of my multi-part series on Subchapter S is focused on a single Code Section, namely IRC Section 1361(b)(1)(C) and the ineligibility of nonresident aliens as shareholders of Subchapter S corporations....more

ESBTs and the Carryover of S Corporation Losses

Rivkin Radler LLP on 9/22/2023

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

Trusts, the Death of a Shareholder, and The S Corporation Election

Rivkin Radler LLP on 11/3/2022

The Key Person- The closely held corporation is often a fragile creature. Too often, its continued success and well-being are overly dependent upon the continued involvement of one individual – namely, the founder and...more

Tax Planning Opportunity for Owners of Pass-Through Entities: Virginia Enacts Workaround to $10,000 Federal Income Tax Limitation...

Williams Mullen on 3/31/2022

Virginia recently enacted legislation that provides an opportunity for the owners of a qualified pass-through entity (PTE) to reduce their federal income tax liability if the PTE makes an election to pay Virginia taxes at the...more

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