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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 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
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
It is not uncommon for family members to lend a helping hand to one another through intrafamily loans. While loans can benefit family borrowers who may not qualify for a traditional loan or who need flexible payment...more
In two rulings, the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) ruled in favor of the taxpayer on the requirements for a consolidated tax group for income tax purposes. Managing holding partnership as controlling company (judgment of November...more
The May 2025 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.00%, which is the same as the April 2025 Section 7520 rate...more
The Tax Court recently held that a hedge fund’s basket option contracts were in substance tax ownership of the underlying basket securities. The hedge fund, through its affiliated entities, entered into 10 basket option...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
A recent Tax Court order highlights the gift and estate planning opportunities afforded when a senior family member makes loans to other family members. In Galli v. Commissioner, Docket Nos. 7003-20 and 7005-20, the Court had...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
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
Self-employment cannot be used as a tax smokescreen for contracted employees A complex celebrity case arose recently in which the First-tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) was asked to consider the application of the intermediaries’...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is expected to lay off approximately 7% of its workforce in the coming weeks, with the possibility of further reductions. It remains unclear which divisions will be most affected or whether...more
In a general procedure hearing that was later moved under the informal procedure rules and rendered on December 17, 2024, the Tax Court of Canada (the “Tax Court”) dismissed 267 O’Connor Limited’s (the “Appellant”) appeal,...more
Welcome to the buzz: Special Tax Edition. April 15 is just over two months away. This Special Tax Edition includes practical considerations to help you prepare for tax filing season, including: A former DOJ attorney...more
The Spanish Tax Court clarified that a sale and lease-back transaction carried out between an entity and a bank does not qualify as a supply of goods (here Real Estate) for VAT purposes, but as a financing transaction....more
For those keeping score at home, it’s currently two wins for the IRS in as many years, and nada/zilch/zero for the fund managers, at least when it comes to the limited partner exception for self-employment taxes (the “Limited...more
In 2024, several significant tax developments emerged that are set to impact the private fund industry in 2025. These changes include pivotal US Tax Court (Tax Court) opinions, updates to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) forms,...more
A recent decision by the New Jersey Tax Court held that while taxpayers were required to report undistributed income from “deemed repatriation dividends” on their federal tax returns, they were not required to report that...more
On December 27, the U.S. Tax Court issued an opinion declining to revisit its holding from 13 months earlier that a partner’s formal status as a “limited partner” under state law does not determine whether the partner is...more
If you’ve worked with the owners of closely held businesses for even just a few years, you have realized they are only half joking when they complain about having the government as a partner. Consider how much federal, state,...more
On January 14, 2025, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (T.D. 10030) implementing section 7803(e) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 7803(e) was...more
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
Welcome back to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry. In this edition of the buzz,...more