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The Changing Landscape Of Tax Administration: Hot Topics Of Irs Audits Of Partnerships And S Corporations (Slides), Robert D. Schachat, Deborah M. Nolan
The Changing Landscape Of Tax Administration: Hot Topics Of Irs Audits Of Partnerships And S Corporations (Slides), Robert D. Schachat, Deborah M. Nolan
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
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Debt Workouts For Partnerships And S Corporations (Slides), Peter J. Genz
Debt Workouts For Partnerships And S Corporations (Slides), Peter J. Genz
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
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Integrating Subchapters K And S — Just Do It, Walter D. Schwidetzky
Integrating Subchapters K And S — Just Do It, Walter D. Schwidetzky
All Faculty Scholarship
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 …
Taxing Shared Economies Of Scale, Brad Borden
Taxing Shared Economies Of Scale, Brad Borden
Bradley T. Borden
Economies of scale exist if long-run average costs decline as output rises. All else being equal, the decline in average costs should lead to greater profitability, making economies of scale attractive to businesses. Nobel laureate George Stigler recognized that economies of scale should help determine the optimum size of a firm. To obtain economies of scale and optimum firm size, parties may integrate resources or grant access to resources without integrating. Such arrangements create shared economies of scale. Tax law must consider the effects of shared economies of scale and address them. In particular, the varying degrees of scale-sharing raise …