The IRS will apply a six-factor test to determine whether payments to partners are disguised payments for services under proposed regulations issued today.
Partnership & LLC taxation
Court rejects ‘in-substance’ small-partnership argument
A partnership with a passthrough partner owning a 0.02% partnership interest is ineligible for the small partnership exception under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA).
IRS: Corporations cannot circumvent gain on appreciated property using partnerships
The IRS issued temporary regulations designed to prevent corporations from avoiding gain on the distribution of appreciated property through the use of partnerships.
IRS disagrees with Tax Court on partners’ COD exclusion
The IRS will not acquiesce to Tax Court decisions allowing general partners who guaranteed the debt of their partnership and were not in bankruptcy in their individual capacity to exclude from gross income cancellation-of-debt (COD) income arising from a Title 11 bankruptcy proceeding of the partnership.
Transfers of installment obligations would trigger gain or loss under proposed rules
The IRS issued proposed regulations that govern the tax treatment of transfers of installment obligations in exchange for equity interests in corporations or partnerships.
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