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Integrating Subchapters K And S And Beyond, Walter D. Schwidetzky
Integrating Subchapters K And S And Beyond, Walter D. Schwidetzky
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This Article builds upon a similar, lengthier effort that I published in the Tax Lawyer in 2009. While there is overlap, this Article contains much new material. Important case law and tax proposals from the House Ways and Means Committee have come out in the interim. Due to space limitations, unlike my Tax Lawyer effort, this Article attempts to avoid prolixity. It assumes the reader has good knowledge of both Subchapters S and K and the tax entity selection process. If you are not that reader, a review of my Tax Lawyer article or Professor Mann's article in this symposium …
Pass-Through Entity Reform: Is A Major Overhaul Necessary?, Walter D. Schwidetzky
Pass-Through Entity Reform: Is A Major Overhaul Necessary?, Walter D. Schwidetzky
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Passthrough Entities: The Missing Element In Business Tax Reform, Karen C. Burke
Passthrough Entities: The Missing Element In Business Tax Reform, Karen C. Burke
Pepperdine Law Review
Reform of the U.S. corporate tax system is again on the agenda. Despite important differences, many current proposals share two common goals: (1) reducing the statutory corporate tax rate to improve U.S. international competitiveness and (2) broadening the corporate tax base by reducing or eliminating business expenditures to offset revenue losses. Given the significance of the passthrough sector and the relationship between individual and corporate taxes, however, such reforms need to be considered within a broader context. Part I of this article discusses the growing significance of the passthrough sector, which now accounts for roughly half of net business income. …
The Tax Treatment Of Limited Liability Companies: Law In Search Of Policy, Daniel S. Goldberg
The Tax Treatment Of Limited Liability Companies: Law In Search Of Policy, Daniel S. Goldberg
Daniel S. Goldberg
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The Allure And Illusion Of Partners' Interests In A Partnership, Bradley T. Borden
The Allure And Illusion Of Partners' Interests In A Partnership, Bradley T. Borden
Bradley T. Borden
Favorable tax treatment and management flexibility make tax partnerships very popular. For starters, tax partnerships, unlike tax corporations, are not subject to entity-level taxes. Partnership taxable income flows through to the partners, and the partners report their shares of partnership taxable income on their individual tax returns. Partnership tax allocation rules determine the partners’ shares of partnership taxable income. Those rules rely upon the alluring concept of partners’ interests in a partnership. It seems intuitive that partners would know their interests in a partnership and be able to allocate partnership taxable income accordingly. This Article illustrates, however, that the concept …
Integrating Subchapters K And S — Just Do It, Walter D. Schwidetzky
Integrating Subchapters K And S — Just Do It, Walter D. Schwidetzky
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The Code contains two “pass-through” tax regimes for business entities. One is contained in Subchapter K, which applies to partnerships, the other in Subchapter S, which, unsurprisingly, applies to S corporations. In the main, both Subchapters tax the owners of the entities rather than the entities themselves. Having two pass-through tax regimes creates obvious administrative and other inefficiencies. There was a time when S corporations served a valuable purpose, particularly when taxpayers needed a fairly simple and foolproof pass-through entity that provided a liability shield. But limited liability companies (LLCs), which are usually taxed as partnerships, 1 in most contexts …
Options To Acquire Partnership Interests: Can The Tax Law Keep Pace?, Walter D. Schwidetzky
Options To Acquire Partnership Interests: Can The Tax Law Keep Pace?, Walter D. Schwidetzky
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It has become increasingly common for partnerships to issue options that give the holder the right to acquire an interest in the partnership for a set price. The holder of the option will exercise it if he feels that the partnership interest to be acquired is worth more than the exercise price. There is a dearth of authority on the federal tax treatment of option transactions, and the Service has recently asked for guidance from the tax bar as to what approach it should take. This article focuses on one piece of the partnership option puzzle, options to acquire partnership …
Last Gasp Estate Planning: The Formation Of Family Limited Liability Entities Shortly Before Death, Walter D. Schwidetzky
Last Gasp Estate Planning: The Formation Of Family Limited Liability Entities Shortly Before Death, Walter D. Schwidetzky
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Family limited partnerships have been popular gift and estate tax planning vehicles for many years. In recent years, family limited liability companies (LLCs) have also become common, particularly in those states that have updated their statutes to take the check-the-box regulations into account. LLCs with more than one member are usually classified as partnerships for federal income tax purposes. In a typical structure, when there is adequate planning, the donors form a limited partnership or an LLC (jointly, 'family limited liability entity' or FLLE), to which they contribute assets expected to appreciate in value. This article will focus on such …
The Tax Treatment Of Limited Liability Companies: Law In Search Of Policy, Daniel S. Goldberg
The Tax Treatment Of Limited Liability Companies: Law In Search Of Policy, Daniel S. Goldberg
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The Limited Liability Company Experiment: Unlimited Flexibility, Uncertain Role, Wayne M. Gazur
The Limited Liability Company Experiment: Unlimited Flexibility, Uncertain Role, Wayne M. Gazur
Publications
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Assessing The Limited Liability Company, Wayne M. Gazur, Neil M. Goff
Assessing The Limited Liability Company, Wayne M. Gazur, Neil M. Goff
Publications
The limited liability company is one of the newest forms of business organization. This form combines the limited liability of a corporation with the tax benefits normally associated with a partnership. The authors examine various implications and ramifications of this organizational form.