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Taxing Sales Of Depreciable Assets, James R. Hines Jr.
Taxing Sales Of Depreciable Assets, James R. Hines Jr.
Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review
Investors in depreciable assets used in a trade or business claim depreciation deductions following investment, and upon sale or other disposition of their assets are taxed on gain or loss equal to differences between amounts realized and adjusted basis. The taxation of these realized gains and losses is asymmetric: losses are deductible against ordinary income, whereas a portion of the gain on sales of personal property, and virtually all gains on sales of real property, are taxed at more favorable capital gain tax rates. Evidence from U.S. tax returns in 2012 indicates that the aggregate annual magnitude of the tax …
Reinvigorating The Reit's Neutrality And Capital Formation Purposes Through A Modernized Tax Integration Model, Simon Johnson
Reinvigorating The Reit's Neutrality And Capital Formation Purposes Through A Modernized Tax Integration Model, Simon Johnson
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
Efforts at reform have not spared the REIT arrangement, but have focused on objectives unrelated to its model of tax integration, despite its significant flaws. Owing to the interaction of several provisions, the model largely precludes capitalization through retained earnings. This increases the cost of REIT capital and limits its capacity to realize the neutrality and private real estate capital formation objectives Congress pursued in creating the arrangement. Accordingly, it is important to consider how to durably improve the REIT tax integration model. Ultimately, the article concludes that the shareholder allocation model, a complete integration model conceptually similar to the …
Preferential Treatment Of Capital Gains, Jenny Phan
Preferential Treatment Of Capital Gains, Jenny Phan
The Contemporary Tax Journal
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Return Of The 20% Capital Gains Rate For Certain High Income Individuals, Victoria Lau
Return Of The 20% Capital Gains Rate For Certain High Income Individuals, Victoria Lau
The Contemporary Tax Journal
No abstract provided.
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. …
Real Property: For Connoisseurs Of The Preposterous - When Is It A Capital Asset, Michael S. Weiner
Real Property: For Connoisseurs Of The Preposterous - When Is It A Capital Asset, Michael S. Weiner
Cleveland State Law Review
The tax approach to profit realized from the sale or exchange of real property involves a complex determination of whether it is to be treated as ordinary income or a capital gain. This problem has plagued the practitioner for more than fifty years, and has produced a voluminous body of case law. Developments in recent years have resulted in some clarification, yet to a certain extent, decisions have merely complicated what was already complex.
Income Tax--Capital Gains Tax--Meaning Of "More Than 80 Percent In Value Of The Outstanding Stock" Under Section 1239, Michigan Law Review
Income Tax--Capital Gains Tax--Meaning Of "More Than 80 Percent In Value Of The Outstanding Stock" Under Section 1239, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
The sale of property by a taxpayer to a corporation which he controls has been a frequently attempted method of tax reduction for more than thirty years. Such a transaction has the advantage of maintaining ownership of the property in virtually the same hands, while at the same time resulting in a substantial mitigation of tax liability. For instance, in the post-World War II period, when property values were generally increasing, a taxpayer could sell to his controlled corporation at a gain depreciable property with a basis lowered by adjustments for prior depreciation allowances. The gain was immediately taxable at …
The Bootstrap Loophole: Can It Be Closed, Frank C. Fogl Jr.
The Bootstrap Loophole: Can It Be Closed, Frank C. Fogl Jr.
Cleveland State Law Review
The puropse of this paper is to review the history and background of bootstrap transactions and to determine: (1) Whether there is a need to close the bootstrap loophole; (2) If so, why this loophole has not been closed in the past; (3) Whether the Internal Revenue Code as it now exists contains provisions, if used, that can close this loophole; (4) If new legislation would be required to reach this end. A few key cases will be reviewed and analyzed, with major emphasis placed on the recent Clay Brown' decision, to show the attitude toward bootstrap transactions of both …
Tax Aspects Of Intellectual Property, Lawrence R. Bloomenthal
Tax Aspects Of Intellectual Property, Lawrence R. Bloomenthal
Cleveland State Law Review
Creative activity in the scientific, technical, literary, musical and artistic fields is encouraged by preferential treatment under the income tax laws. While musicians, authors, composers and inventors all receive some special tax benefits, inventors are awarded the most valuable tax breaks.
A Radical New Income Tax Plan, Donald E. Twitchell
A Radical New Income Tax Plan, Donald E. Twitchell
Cleveland State Law Review
T. Coleman Andrews former Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has embarked upon a campaign to abolish the income tax. J. Bracken Lee, Governor of Utah, has refused to pay part of his income tax as a protest against foreign economic aid. A Constitutional Amendment to limit the income tax to 25% was seriously considered a short time ago. Governor Lee's heroic gesture probably must be dismissed as a defiant skirmish in the perennial protests of isolationists. Though less spectacular, Andrews' views are much more significant because he will gain much sympathy from people who may never consider how they would fare …