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Rivkin Radler LLP

The Limited Partner Exclusion From Self-Employment Tax – But Who Is A Limited Partner?

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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

Allen Barron, Inc.

US Treasury Says IRS is Focused on Tax Evasion Targeting

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The US Department of the Treasury has recently reinforced the progress on enforcement, specifically how the IRS is focused on tax evasion targeting and the targeting of high-income individuals and entities. The IRS has...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Guidance on Limited Partnership Exception May Include a Functional Analysis Test

In September, Treasury announced forthcoming guidance that will clarify whether the limited partner exception applies to limited partners that actively participate in their businesses....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Tax Court Rules Limited Partners May Be Subject to Self-Employment Tax

On November 28, 2023, the US Tax Court granted partial summary judgment in favor of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Commissioner and held that “limited partners” are defined...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Guidance on Limited Partnership Exception May Be Near

On September 29, 2023, Treasury released the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan, which included “Guidance under section 1402(a)(13),” signaling the government’s intention to finally clarify the confusion surrounding the limited...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Another Fund Manager Sues IRS Over Application of “Limited Partner” Exception to Self-Employment Taxes

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On August 11, 2023, Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund manager Point72 Asset Management (“Point72”) filed a petition with the Tax Court contesting the IRS’s position that its owner, billionaire and New York Mets team...more

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The Secretary of Treasury Selects April 1 as the Effective Date for purposes of the Tax Credits under the Families First...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The tax credits afforded to certain employers and self-employed individuals by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) are in effect for the period from April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Income Tax Payment and Filing Deadline Delayed to July 15 Amid COVID-19 Crisis

In guidance published March 18, 2020 (Notice 2020-17), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) postponed the payment deadline from April 15, 2020, until July 15, 2020, for federal income tax payments (including payments of tax on...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Partners Must Pay Self-Employment Tax on Partnership Income—Even From a 'Disregarded Entity'

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The IRS has published Final Regulations finalizing its prior guidance that partners in a partnership must pay self-employment tax on their partnership income, even if they work for an entity owned entirely by the partnership...more

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New IRS Regulations Subject Certain Partners to Self-Employment Taxes

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On May 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued new temporary and proposed regulations (Temp. Treas. Reg § 301.7701-2T) addressing the tax treatment of partners of a partnership that is the sole owner of an entity...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Partnerships: IRS Extends Prohibition on Treating Partners as Employees

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Employees of partnerships, LLCs or their disregarded entity subsidiaries who receive equity in such entities may be treated as “self-employed” for tax purposes. On May 3, 2016, the US Treasury Department (Treasury)...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

IRS Regulations Provide That Certain Employees of Partnerships Now Have Self-Employment Status for Employee Benefit and Tax...

In Depth - The IRS and US Department of Treasury have issued final and temporary regulations which address benefit and self-employment tax issues regarding partners in a partnership which is the sole owner of a second,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Neither a Partner nor Employee Be: Treasury and the IRS Issue Regulations Clarifying the Employment Tax Treatment of Partners in...

The Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (Service) have issued temporary regulations (Regulations) clarifying the federal employment tax treatment of the owners of partnerships and other entities...more

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