
Part 4: Tax Planning for Real Estate Investors: Applying the “Carried Interest” Strategy to Partnerships
Budding real estate investors may not realize that their tax bill could be dramatically impacted by their decision on how to hold their properties. Whether
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Tax Planning for Business Deals: What to Consider When Representing the Seller of an S Corporation
As a tax advisor, you will need to employ different strategies when you are representing a buyer vs. seller in the sale of a company,

Tax Planning for Business Deals: What to Consider When Representing the Buyer
As a tax advisor, you will need to employ different strategies when you are representing a buyer vs. seller in the sale of a company.

Representing the Buyer vs the Seller: Tax Planning for Business Deals
Tax planners need to employ different strategies depending on whether they’re representing the buyer or the seller in the sale of a company. Buyers and

Tax Planning for a Business Sale: Factoring in Goodwill
The term “goodwill” might initially bring to mind donating items to charity or even Christmas carols. However, in the world of tax accounting, goodwill refers

Partnership Tax Complications: Navigating Negative Capital Accounts and DROs
Starting with tax year 2020, the IRS is requiring partnerships to report their capital accounts using the tax basis method. Capital accounts show the equity

Tax Basis Method for Partnerships: The Transactional Approach
At the end of 2020, the IRS announced important changes to their compliance rules for partnerships. Starting with tax year 2020, partnerships must report their

Understanding Partnership Capital Accounts
Beginning in tax year 2020, the IRS has updated its compliance rules for partnerships. Most partnerships will now be required to report their capital accounts.

Calculating Adjusted Tax Basis in a Partnership or LLC: Understanding Inside vs. Outside Basis
Calculating adjusted tax basis in a partnership or LLC takes us into a complex area of tax law. Remember that the tax basis is equal

Tax Basis for Inherited or Gifted Property: Implications for S Corporations and Partnerships
In a previous blog, we discussed tax basis—the amount that a taxpayer has invested in business assets, which determines the gain or loss when the

Debt Recourse and Tax Deductions for Partnerships and S Corporations
In a previous blog, we discussed how a shareholder in an S corporation or a partner in a partnership needs sufficient tax basis to claim