Under One Roof

I sometimes wonder at the number of corporations that own real property.

It is often the case that the property is the corporation’s principal asset, which it leases to one or more commercial tenants, for example. That’s bad enough.[i]

There are other instances, however, in which the corporation is engaged in

Hell of a Town

Ask most New Yorkers what New York City has in abundance and you’ll get responses that are as varied as the personalities to whom the question is put. Museums, restaurants, performing arts, college students,[i] office buildings, street food, subway lines, cabs, dog walkers, rats, and politicians are sure to make

Last week’s post explored the federal income tax consequences to a taxpayer who failed to timely file an election for the classification of his wholly-owned business entity.

Today’s post considers how one taxpayer sought to utilize the IRS’s business entity classification rules to reduce his estate’s exposure for NY estate tax. Individuals who are not

Partner or Employee?

It has long been the position of the IRS that a bona fide member of a partnership is not an employee of the partnership. Such a partner, who devotes his or her time and energies to the conduct of the trade or business of the partnership, or in providing services to the