Debt arrangement did not give rise to an interest in partnership equity
The Tax Court respects a property developer’s interest deductions despite the lender’s entitlement to a share of net profits.
Partnership & LLC Taxation
Accounting firm’s distributed clients are intangible assets
But related income allocations did not have substantial economic effect because the partnership did not properly maintain capital accounts, the Tax Court held.
FinCEN provides time estimates for compiling beneficial ownership details
FinCEN estimates that most companies will have a simple structure that will require 90 minutes per response, but complex entry filings will require much more time.
FinCEN proposes rules about access to beneficial ownership information
Proposed regulations under the Corporate Transparency Act address protocols for access to beneficial owner information by authorized recipients.
Prop. regs. to provide withholding relief on sales of foreign PTPs
The IRS announced that it will issue proposed regulations providing some relief to brokers that are required to withhold on the transfer of an interest in a publicly traded partnership (PTP) if the PTP is a foreign-traded entity.
Final regs. issued on centralized partnership audit regime
Final regulations, issued last week, except certain partnership-related items from the regime and provide alternative rules for their examination by the IRS, as well as provide rules for the calculation of imputed underpayments.
Domestic filing exception requirements modified in draft Scheds. K-2, K-3
Revised draft instructions for partnership and S corporation Schedules K-2 and K-3 contain significant changes to the requirements to qualify for the domestic filing exception for filing and furnishing the 2022 schedules.
Government seeks rehearing in Seaview partnership return filing case
The Ninth Circuit’s holding is ‘in serious tension’ with precedent and misconstrues regulations, the government argues.
Regulations streamline partnership basis elections
Final regulations issued by the IRS and Treasury allow a Sec. 754 election statement to be submitted without a partner’s signature.
IRS agent’s receipt of a copy of an LLC’s return constitutes its filing, Ninth Circuit holds
If a delinquent return is submitted to and received by an authorized IRS official requesting it, the return need not be sent to an IRS service center to be considered filed, the appellate court stated.
More Schedule K-2 and K-3 FAQs posted
In eight new FAQs on its website, the IRS covers some special issues, including several that it says will be added to the forms’ instructions.
BBA partnership audits show high no-change rate, TIGTA says
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration recommends setting goals and benchmarks for the centralized audit regime under the Bipartisan Budget Act.
Grappling with Schedules K-2 and K-3
John Samtoy, CPA, discusses Schedules K-2 and K-3 for passthrough entities and U.S. persons who are partners in foreign partnerships, and how tax professionals can help clients with them.
AICPA again asks IRS to delay K-2/K-3 reporting
Comment letters from the AICPA and state CPA societies also offer further recommendations.
IRS offers further K-2/K-3 relief
The new schedules for returns of passthrough entities with international items have been greeted with antipathy by practitioners. The IRS provided relief Wednesday for eligible entities for tax year 2021.
Carried interest reporting FAQs posted
Guidance includes sample worksheets and instructions for applicable passthrough entities and taxpayers.
What’s new for 2022 in federal taxes
A law change and some regulations take effect while an array of provisions expire.
How LLCs may obtain tax-exempt recognition
Notice does not affect the status of already recognized organizations.
Further guidance issued on tax treatment of PPP loan forgiveness
Forgiveness amounts are excluded from gross income but included in gross receipts for purposes including determining “small business taxpayer” status under Sec. 448(c).
Carried interest reporting FAQs and guidance posted
The IRS posted FAQs with sample worksheets and instructions for taxpayers to use when calculating and reporting certain net long-term capital gains from partnership interests held in connection with the performance of services that must be recharacterized as short-term capital gains.
