Reporting & Filing Requirements

IRS finalizes centralized partnership audit rules

The IRS issued final regulations on the centralized partnership audit regime, which generally assesses tax at the partnership level.

Nonresident alien as an indirect S corp. shareholder

The TCJA fundamentally relaxed the rules on S corporation ownership by allowing nonresident aliens to be potential current beneficiaries of ESBTs and, therefore, indirect corporation shareholders.

Current developments in S corporations

This update on recent developments in taxation relating to S corporations includes cases and rulings on eligible shareholders, electing small business trusts, inadvertent S election terminations, and other issues, as well as changes made by the TCJA.

IRS finalizes centralized partnership audit regulations

The IRS issued final regulations on the centralized partnership audit regime, which generally assesses tax at the partnership level.

Current developments in partners and partnerships

This article reviews and analyzes recent rulings and decisions involving partnerships and discusses developments in partnership formation, debt and income allocations, distributions, and basis adjustments.

Issues and considerations in appointing a partnership representative

This item discusses issues partnerships and their advisers should consider when designating a PR or DI, accounting for the potential for conflicts of interest, whether and to what extent limitations can be placed on the PR or DI, and how these roles differ dramatically from that of the TMP.

Rules determine who can be a partnership representative under new audit regime

The IRS finalized proposed regulations under Sec. 6223 on the procedures for designating a partnership representative and the authority of the partnership representative under the centralized partnership audit regime.

Final regs. govern who can be a partnership representative

The IRS finalized proposed regulations under Sec. 6223 on the procedures for designating a partnership representative and the authority of the partnership representative under the centralized partnership audit regime.

IRS issues final regs. on electing out of centralized partnership audit regime

The regulations’ definition of an ‘eligible partner’ is key to determining whether a partnership can elect out of the centralized partnership audit regime.

AICPA issues TQA on accounting for payments under the centralized partnership audit regime

The technical question and answer helps financial statement preparers account for the amount a partnership pays the IRS for previous underpayments of tax, interest, and penalties.

Appropriations act tax provisions include IRS funding and audit rules

The $1.3 trillion spending bill passed by Congress includes IRS funding and tax-related technical corrections, including changes to the centralized partnership audit regime.

AICPA recommends flexibility in partnership audits

The IRS should provide a simplified adjustment procedure for partnership audits, the AICPA recommended in a letter to the IRS Chief Counsel’s Office.

Proposed regs. would govern partnership audit adjustments

The IRS issued proposed regulations addressing how partnerships and their partners adjust tax attributes to take into account partnership adjustments under the new centralized partnership audit regime.

IRS issues final rules on election out of centralized partnership audits

IRS final regulations govern electing out of centralized partnership audits.

Partnership audit adjustments addressed in proposed regs.

The IRS issued proposed regulations addressing how partnerships and their partners adjust tax attributes to take into account partnership adjustments under the new centralized partnership audit regime.

Current developments in partners and partnerships

This article reviews and analyzes recent law changes as well as rulings and decisions involving partnerships.

Final rules govern election out of centralized partnership audits

The IRS finalized the rules for determining whether partnerships are eligible to elect out of the centralized audit procedures enacted in 2015, which apply to partnerships this year.

Developing a uniform state approach to the new federal partnership audit regime

This column, the first of two parts, discusses issues states must consider and steps some have taken to align partnership audit rules with new federal rules.

Current developments in S corporations

The AICPA S Corporation Taxation Technical Resource Panel offers a summary of recent court decisions and IRS guidance.

Using qualified Subchapter S trusts (QSSTs)

The QSST may be useful for estate planning purposes and for holding S stock for the benefit of a minor or incompetent.
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