Uptick in Business Divorces?

I’ve read a number of articles over the last few weeks in which marriage counselors have been predicting a wave of divorce filings once the COVID-19 quarantine has been lifted.[i]

That may be – we’ll just have to wait and see.[ii] Query, however, whether “business divorces” will follow suit?

Beyond Income Tax

Over the last several weeks, we have explored various aspects of the choice of entity dilemma that confronts the owners of many closely held businesses, and we have considered how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act[i] may influence their decision.

In the process, you may have realized that one form of

Missed Part I?  Check it out here!

“Related Party” Transactions
Transfer Pricing

Valuations figure prominently in determining the proper tax treatment of transactions – such as sales, loans, leases, and performance of services – between related taxpayers, including, for example, commonly-controlled business entities.

The IRS is authorized to allocate items of income or deduction, or

One word: “taxes.” There are so many transactions in which the tax consequences visited upon a closely-held business and its owners, and, therefore the true economic cost of the transaction, will depend upon the valuation of the business, its property, or its equity.

The following discussion highlights some of the more commonly-encountered situations in which