New regulations issued by the SEC enable individual investors to invest in startup companies through equity crowdfunding.
Advertisement
TOPICS
C Corporation Income Taxation
Items and factors to consider in setting reasonable compensation
All companies should maintain supporting documentation for payments.
Income from receipt of carbon sequestration credits relating to timberlands is qualifying REIT income
The IRS ruled it would consider income recognized by a REIT in connection with the receipt of carbon sequestration credits to be income qualifying the taxpayer to be a REIT.
IRS withdraws portions of Subchapter C nonrecognition rules
Treasury and the IRS withdrew parts of proposed net value regulations that would require an exchange of net value for transactions intended to
qualify under Secs. 351 and 368 and a distribution of net value for transactions intended to qualify under Sec. 332.
How tax overhaul would change business taxes
The tax reform bill that Congress is expected to vote on this week contains numerous changes that will affect businesses large and small.
Congress passes tax reform
The House of Representatives reapproved tax reform legislation on Wednesday, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for his signature.
Senate passes tax reform bill; House must revote
The Senate voted early today in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1, which the House of Representatives had approved Tuesday.
Reducing taxes with qualified patronage dividends
Cooperative corporations can shield net income from taxation by returning it to the patrons in the form of qualified patronage dividends.
Flexible ownership incentives for key employees
To reward and retain key employees, companies often
look for ways to extend ownership or the feeling of ownership.
Leased farmland and the active business requirement for a tax-free reorganization
Meeting the active trade or business requirement is critical to ensuring a corporation leasing farmland qualifies for a tax-free divisive reorganization.
Substantive consolidation: A tale of two cases
Because there is no clear statutory guidance for how a bankruptcy judge determines if a trustee’s request to apply substantive consolidation should be granted, each case is different.
IRS announces it will rule on tax-free stock distributions
The IRS is introducing an 18-month pilot program under which it will once again issue letter rulings concerning the general income tax effects of stock distributions under Sec. 355.
Foreign income provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The House’s tax reform bill would make many changes to the taxation of US companies’ foreign subsidiaries.
House bill features many business tax changes
The House tax reform bill contains a large number of proposed changes that would affect businesses.
Phantom stock: Termination of right to buy or sell, treatment of asset and basis
The Tax Court considered whether redemption of phantom stock was a sale of a capital asset and
what the tax basis in the redeemed phantom stock was.
Letter ruling provides guidance on distributions in a reorganization
The IRS ruled on how the distribution of stock is treated in a tax-free reorganization and whether there is any potential recognition of gain.
Recommendations for charitable contributions made by businesses
This column discusses the treatment and classification of contributions made by businesses.
Net value requirement for tax-free reorganization treatment withdrawn
The IRS withdrew rules it proposed in 2005 that would have required certain corporate formations and reorganizations to meet net value requirements before they would qualify for nonrecognition treatment.
Fuel blending and the Sec. 199 deduction
This column discusses whether fuel blending may be
treated as a domestic production activity for purposes of the DPAD deduction.
Tax Court: Sports team allowed 100% meal deduction when traveling for road games
The U.S. Tax Court held that a professional hockey team could deduct the cost of meals provided to players and other employees at the team’s hotel
while traveling for games.
TAX PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
2025 tax software survey
AICPA members in tax practice assess how their return preparation software performed during tax season and offer insights into their procedures.
