FinCEN provides time estimates for compiling beneficial ownership details
FinCEN estimates that most companies will have a simple structure that will require 90 minutes per response, but complex entry filings will require much more time.
S Corporation, Partnership & LLC Taxation
FinCEN proposes rules about access to beneficial ownership information
Proposed regulations under the Corporate Transparency Act address protocols for access to beneficial owner information by authorized recipients.
Prop. regs. to provide withholding relief on sales of foreign PTPs
The IRS announced that it will issue proposed regulations providing some relief to brokers that are required to withhold on the transfer of an interest in a publicly traded partnership (PTP) if the PTP is a foreign-traded entity.
Final regs. issued on centralized partnership audit regime
Final regulations, issued last week, except certain partnership-related items from the regime and provide alternative rules for their examination by the IRS, as well as provide rules for the calculation of imputed underpayments.
Domestic filing exception requirements modified in draft Scheds. K-2, K-3
Revised draft instructions for partnership and S corporation Schedules K-2 and K-3 contain significant changes to the requirements to qualify for the domestic filing exception for filing and furnishing the 2022 schedules.
Real property losses are capital, not ordinary
In Musselwhite, T.C. Memo. 2022-57, the Tax Court held that a taxpayer’s losses from the sale of four lots (real property) were ordinary in nature, as opposed to capital.
Inadvertent terminations of S and QSub elections
The IRS addressed a consolidated corporation’s request to apply Sec. 1362(f) to provide relief from termination of the corporation’s subsidiary’s S corporation and QSub elections.
Rolling over shares upon S corporation’s acquisition
This item discusses nonprorated S corporation rollovers and the unexpected tax consequences.
Publicly traded partnerships: Investors’ tax considerations
Interests in publicly traded partnerships (PTPs) can be a valuable part of an investor’s portfolio, but because these investments are partnership interests, the tax reporting for them can be complex, and losses passed through by PTPs may be limited. This article discusses the tax compliance and loss limitation issues involved with, and tax planning considerations for, holding interests in PTPs.
Real estate partnership restructuring and potential disguised sales
With certain restructuring transactions, careful consideration is needed to prevent the transaction from being deemed a disguised sale.
Self-employment tax and LLCs
An LLC member’s distributive share of LLC income and loss from a trade or business is generally subject to self-employment tax, raising several issues around guaranteed payments, retirement payments, rental income, and members who are employees of the LLC.
Target capital account allocations in 11 easy steps
This item discusses the complexities encountered when working with partnership allocations under a target capital structured operating agreement.
10 good reasons why LLCs should not elect to be S corporations
The owners of an LLC may be tempted to have the LLC elect to be treated as an S corporation for federal tax purposes. However, there are a host of issues that should be considered before making this move. In this article, the authors discuss 10 reasons why it may not be beneficial for an LLC to make an S corporation election.
Partnership examinations: Imputed underpayment modification
This item discusses how to request modification of an imputed underpayment.
Questions to consider before electing into a PTE tax
Twenty-nine states have enacted a passthrough entity tax as a possible workaround to the federal state and local tax deduction cap.
Regulations streamline partnership basis elections
Final regulations issued by the IRS and Treasury allow a Sec. 754 election statement to be submitted without a partner’s signature.
Meaning of ‘filed’ defined for purposes of delinquent partnership returns
Delinquent partnership returns are ‘filed’ when they are delivered by the requested method to and received by an IRS official authorized to receive such returns;
State PTE elections: A big picture perspective
Practitioners may face a difficult analysis in helping their clients understand their possible PTE election opportunities.
Guaranteed payments vs. distributive share of income
For certain partners, the presumed preference for receiving a distributive share of income (including a priority profit allocation) may need further evaluation to determine how it coordinates with various international tax provisions.
Avoiding inadvertent termination of an S election
A number of disqualifying events can terminate a corporation’s S status, and not all of those events are listed in the statute or immediately obvious.
