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Jones Day Presents: Strategies for Dealing with the IRS: The IRS Appeals Office
In its ongoing crusade against so-called “basis-shifting” transactions, the Internal Revenue Service has created widespread uncertainty regarding the tax treatment of routine transactions. For example, last year, the IRS...more
I have feverishly been reporting about provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and have left my multi-part series on Subchapter S adrift at sea. Accordingly, I want to sneak in one more article in this Subchapter S...more
In Mennemeyer v. Commissioner,1 the United States Tax Court reminds us that a settlement agreement that is not carefully drafted can have significant tax consequences....more
Every year, the members of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association’s legislative committee and the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (the “DFR”) work to improve Vermont’s captive insurance laws and regulations....more
In this third installment of my multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), I discuss a provision of the Act that may not impact a large segment of the population, but which is interesting and worthy of...more
On July 2, 2025, the Tax Court issued its unanimous reviewed opinion in JM Assets, LP v. Commissioner, 165 T.C. 1. It held that the Service did not timely issue a final partnership adjustment (FPA) to JM Assets, LP (JM...more
The Tax Court in Brief - Freeman Law’s “The Tax Court in Brief” covers substantive Tax Court opinion, providing a brief of its decisions in clear, concise prose....more
Discussions of the tax-exempt status of universities, nonprofit advocacy groups and other Section 501(c)(3) organizations frequently have been in the news lately. The IRS revocation of a Section 501(c)(3) organization's...more
On June 17, the U.S. Tax Court ruled that AbbVie, Inc. could deduct the fee it paid to terminate its 2014 combination agreement with Shire plc. This decision represents a significant win for AbbVie, and it represents a...more
In a significant win for taxpayers, the U.S. Tax Court recently ruled in AbbVie Inc. v. Commissioner, Docket No. 2597-23, that a $1.6 billion "Break Fee" paid by AbbVie qualifies as an ordinary and necessary business expense...more
In a pivotal ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 12, 2025, held that the U.S. Tax Court lacks jurisdiction to hear a taxpayer’s Collection Due Process appeal under IRC § 6330 once the IRS can no longer pursue a levy,...more
Section 1202 provides an exclusion from capital gains when a stockholder sells qualified small business stock (QSBS), assuming all eligibility requirements are satisfied. Section 1045 provides for the tax-free rollover of...more
On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Tax Court issued its decision in Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo 2025-52) (“Soroban”), holding that “limited partners” of a management company organized as a Delaware limited...more
An Agency Under Siege - The mission statement of the IRS reminds taxpayers that it is their responsibility to understand and meet their tax obligations, while it is the role of the IRS to “enforce the [tax] law with...more
On May 28, 2025, the United States Tax Court held that the limited partners of a limited partnership providing investment management services to various investment funds were not limited partners within the meaning of...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for May 15, 2025 – June 2, 2025....more
In Norwich v. Comm’r, the taxpayer mistakenly received $7.5 million[2] as a result of various bank errors between 2007 and 2014. Not knowing that the cash was incorrectly released to it, the taxpayer reported those amounts as...more
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
With the Corporate Transparency Act hopefully in our rearview mirrors, I decided to take a brief break from my ongoing series on Subchapter S and report on a different topic. In the last few weeks, the Magistrate Division of...more
During the 2025 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly passed several notable tax related bills including further decreasing the income tax rate and extending the time period for taxpayers to protest and appeal the...more
A parent will sometimes transfer money to a child to enable the child to make an investment that the child could not otherwise make on their own. For example, the child may have identified an attractive business opportunity...more
In Actavis v. U.S., a case at the intersection of tax law and patent law, the Federal Circuit held that generic drug companies’ Hatch-Waxman litigation expenses are “ordinary and necessary business expenses” and can be...more
On January 30, 2025, a bipartisan group of US Senators released a discussion draft of the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act (“TAS Act”), a legislative proposal that, if passed, could significantly alter tax controversy...more
President Trump’s executive order (EO) “Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness,” issued March 7, 2025, sets limits on student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PLSF) program. But the language used...more
March 2025 AFRs and 7520 Rate - The March 2025 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.40%, which was the same as the February 2025 rate...more