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Writing Off A Loan – Simultaneous COD Income and Bad Debt Deduction? Not Necessarily

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If you’ve been around closely held businesses long enough, you know that a transfer of money between a business and its owner, or between two related businesses, is sometimes characterized by the parties as a loan (“related...more

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Déductibilité des honoraires entre sociétés liées et acte anormal de gestion

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La Cour administrative d’appel de Nancy se prononce sur la déductibilité de la rémunération de services versée à des sociétés liées (CAA Nancy, 15 mai 2025, n° 23NC00076)....more

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Qualification de titres acquis lors d’une augmentation de capital suivie d’une cession

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La Cour administrative d’appel de Nancy confirme que la moins-value constatée lors de la cession de titres souscrits dans le cadre d’une recapitalisation préalable à la cession d’une filiale reste non déductible, ces titres...more

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Court Upholds CSA, but Cannabis Businesses Still Have Deduction Options

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A recent 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upheld a lower court decision that the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) does not violate federal law. The decision stems from Canna Provisions’ lawsuit against the government...more

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Alabama Legislature Wraps Up Productive Session on Business Tax Bills

The Alabama Legislature adjourned sine die near midnight on May 14, 2025, with the final legislative meeting day bogged down with filibusters by certain senators. Fortunately, a spate of tax bills had already passed both the...more

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Déductibilité fiscale de services d’asset management rendus entre sociétés liées

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La Cour administrative d’appel de Paris confirme que la déductibilité fiscale de charges facturées au titre d’un contrat d’asset management entre sociétés liées suppose la démonstration concrète de prestations réellement...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Hatch-Waxman Litigation Expenses Are Deductible Under Internal Revenue Code § 162(a)

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a US Court of Federal Claims ruling that Hatch-Waxman Act litigation expenses are ordinary and necessary business expenses under § 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,...more

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Tax relief for predevelopment costs

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In a case that will be of interest to all developers and funders of UK infrastructure and energy projects, Orsted West of Duddon Sands v HMRC [2025] (previously known as Gunfleet Sands v HMRC), the Court of Appeal held that...more

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Supreme Court of Arkansas Allows Corporation to Allocate Interest Expense Incurred to Fund Corporate Spin-off

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A recent Supreme Court of Arkansas decision has upheld a multistate corporation’s allocation to Arkansas of 100% of its interest expenses from borrowings to fund a spin-off. It also rejected as irrelevant the state’s attempt...more

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Longtime Iowa Taxpayers Lose Out on Capital Gains Deduction

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The tax consequences of the sale of a business are complex, and strategizing to avoid one tax type may lead to unanticipated tax in another form. A recent decision of the Court of Appeals of Iowa illustrates this point. Clark...more

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Wealth Management Update - January 2025

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The January 2025 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.2%, an increase from the December 2024 rate of 5.0%. The January applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use with...more

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UK Tax Round Up - November 2024

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Welcome to the November 2024 edition of our UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen publication of the Finance Bill 2024-25 and interesting cases on the loan relationship unallowable purpose test and the extent that tax applies...more

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Nebraska District Court Holds That GIL 24-19-1 is Not Afforded Deference

Last week, the Lancaster County District Court granted the state’s motion to dismiss in COST v. Nebraska Department of Revenue. COST brought this declaratory judgment action to invalidate GIL 24-19-1, in which the department...more

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Interest related to leveraged capital reduction or dividend distribution not always tax deductible, according to the Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court has ruled that interest on a loan contracted in order to carry out a capital reduction or a dividend distribution when the company lacks the liquidity to do so is not always deductible. It is crucial that...more

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Debt-Financed Losses in S Corporations and Partnerships

Partners in partnerships are allowed to deduct operating losses in partnerships that their shareholder counterparts in S corporations cannot deduct. The difference results from a difference between partners and shareholders...more

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A Notice of Deficiency Is Not Set in Stone

A recent case decided by the United States Court of Appeals of the Tenth Circuit reminds taxpayers to be aware that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is not necessarily locked in to the positions and arguments stated in the...more

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Conservation Easements: Building Envelopes Doom Donation

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The Tax Court recently issued a full T.C. opinion which will impact a tremendous number of conservation easement donations. In Pine Mountain Preserve, LLLP v. Commissioner, 151 T.C. 4 (2018) the Tax Court found a reservation...more

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Ohio Sales & Use Tax: Resale exemption denied where lease amongst related parties lacked a substantive business purpose.

Businesses commonly use what is referred to as a “dry lease” to obtain use of a corporate aircraft for several reasons. One benefit of these arrangements is the lessor’s ability to claim the resale exemption on the aircraft’s...more

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Web Exclusive December 2017: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. December was no different,...more

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UK Tax Round Up - August 2017

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UK Tax News and Developments - Latest on the Finance (No 2) Bill 2017 - On 20 July 2017 the government announced in Hansard that the House of Commons will, on Wednesday 6 September 2017, be asked to approve the Ways and Means...more

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