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A Larson-Zuckman Checklist For Partnership Tax Classification Of Ulpa Real Estate Shelters, J. Durwood Felton Iii

University of Richmond Law Review

Real estate developments necessarily require large amounts of capital, and are usually dependent on financing from sources other than the venture group assembled to construct and operate a proposed project. Theoretically, such ventures may be undertaken in many forms, corporate and otherwise, and the available financing vehicles may include debt instruments, equity shares and innumerable combinations thereof. In reality, however, business and legal considerations often dictate organization and operation of such ventures within more narrowly defined limits.

Property Taxation In Virginia, Gordon M. Cooley, Burton F. Dodd, Norman T. Fowlkes, Julia Krebs-Markrich, Ronald E. Kuykendall

University of Richmond Law Review

The Virginia Constitution mandates that all property within the state, except exempt property, must be taxed. In light of the constitution's directive, this note examines the present Virginia property taxation structure in order to provide the practitioner with a guide to its application and operation.

The Taxation Of Distributions From Qualified Employee Benefit Plans, Louis A. Mezzullo

University of Richmond Law Review

One of the most confusing aspects of employee benefit plans is the federal tax treatment of distributions to the participants of these plans and to the beneficiaries of deceased participants. The issues frequently involve not only income taxation, but estate and gift taxation as well. While the average practitioner may never be called upon to draft a pension or profit-sharing plan, he may be asked by his client about the consequences of the various alternative methods

of receiving a benefit from such a plan. Many employee benefit plans, particularly profit-sharing plans, offer a participant upon his retirement from the plan …