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Contribution Of A Built-In Loss To A Partnership, Douglas A. Kahn
Contribution Of A Built-In Loss To A Partnership, Douglas A. Kahn
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Before 2004, it was possible to use the partnership tax provisions of the code to shift the benefit ofa loss deduction for a decline in property valuefrom the person who incurred it to another person.One method of accomplishing that goal involvedthe contribution of depreciated property to a partnership.
Reforming The Tax Code: A Tale Of Two Purposes And Paralysis, Gene Magidenko
Reforming The Tax Code: A Tale Of Two Purposes And Paralysis, Gene Magidenko
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform Caveat
Though the presidential election of 2012 is still some time away, national politics have been in the thick of one for several months now. One of the top issues being debated is the tax code. Most agree that the tax code should be simplified, but to say that the proposals to do this are various is an understatement. This perennial question of reform has been a fixture of the national debate for a long time, so little of what can be said about it is particularly novel. All the same, a brief overview of the purposes behind our system of …