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?

A couple of years ago, this blog carried an article that briefly considered whether the gain realized by a taxpayer on the sale of a contract should be treated as ordinary income or capital gain for tax purposes.[i]

As it turned out, that piece has been one of the most popular articles that we

What Does It Mean?

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act[1] has now been in effect for fifty days. During this relatively brief period, many tax professionals have pored over the statutory language, as well as the Joint Explanatory Statement issued by Congress, and, in the process, have found provisions that are in need of