Illinois PTE tax would provide SALT cap workaround
This item discusses Illinois Legislature's S.B. 2531, which includes a PTE tax that allows a workaround to the federal $10,000 limitation for state and local tax deductions.
Tax Planning; Tax Minimization
Where individual, corporate, and passthrough entity taxation meet
Passthrough owners must consider many risks and uncertainties, in addition to political trends on Capitol Hill, before opting into a state-level regime designed to bypass the $10,000 SALT deduction cap created by the TCJA.
Using a family LLC for estate planning
LLCs can help families achieve key business and tax objectives, while also providing liability protection and concentrating management power in the hands of less than all of the owners.
The partner-to-partner attribution trap and the anti-churning rules
Taxpayers dealing with tax basis step-up transactions involving related parties or rollover equity interests should consider the application of the anti-churning rules to avoid unforeseen results.
Debt workouts involving commercial real estate
As short-term agreements that borrowers and creditors reached at the beginning of the pandemic start to expire, real estate companies and others will need to find long-term solutions to their insolvency problem.
Partnerships and S corps. can deduct state and local taxes
The IRS said it would issue proposed regulations allowing S corporations and partnerships to deduct “specified income tax payments” paid to state and local governments above the line and not as passthrough items for partners and shareholders.
Potential pitfalls of charitable contribution substantiation and reporting
Failure to properly complete all required fields on Form 8283, including the donor’s cost or other basis, could jeopardize the entire deduction with respect to the donated property.
No deduction for donated easements with flexible reserved building rights
A taxpayer’s conservation easement deductions were denied because the easements allowed for changes in the use of the property.
Using R&D credits to reduce payroll taxes: An overlooked opportunity for startups
This article discusses who qualifies to take the credit, how to make the election, the calculation and allocation of the credit, and how to report it.
Lessee cannot take deduction for facade easement contribution
Because facade easements must be protected in perpetuity, a leaseholder was not allowed to claim a deduction for contributing an easement to a not-for- profit preservation corporation.
IRS holds investment transaction is sale of refined coal tax credits
Investors in a partnership were not entitled to deduct credits because the investment transaction was structured solely to facilitate the purchase of the credits.
Charitable contribution substantiation procedures in statute not available in absence of regulations
A taxpayer’s substantiation requirements for a charitable contribution deduction were not met by information reported on the donee organization’s tax return.
Rules for Partnership Allocations of Creditable Foreign Taxes Are Amended
Temporary regulations issued by the IRS amend an existing safe harbor that is used for determining whether allocations of CFTEs are deemed to be in accordance with the partners’ interests in the partnership.
Regulations Clarify Partnership Allocations of Creditable Foreign Taxes
New rules released by the IRS are intended to improve an existing safe harbor for allocating creditable foreign taxes so that they are deemed to be in accordance with the partners’ interests in the partnership.
Rehabilitation Credits Disallowed
The Third Circuit held that a corporate partner in a partnership was not entitled to claim historic rehabilitation credits passed through to it from the partnership because the corporation was not a bona fide partner in the partnership.
The Research Credit and Deduction for Passthrough Entities
Passthrough entities may be overlooking the research tax credit because they are not aware that they are engaged in eligible activities, do not think their activities are qualified, or do not believe they can meet the various requirements.
