Oops

During the course of my career, I have sometimes gone months, if not years, without encountering a particular tax issue. I am aware of the issue and I am familiar with the relevant authorities, but it was not a concern for the clients whom I was then representing. Then, all of a sudden, the

Planning for the Surtax

The best time to plan for any tax event is well before it occurs, and this also applies to the surtax.  The trustee of a trust will almost always want the business income of the trust to be characterized as active income. The surtax may be addressed, at least partially, in

Material Participation by S Corp. Trusts

Since the enactment of the “material participation” test, as part of the passive activity loss (“PAL”) rules, in 1986, the IRS has issued very little guidance on how the test applies to trusts. Neither the Code nor the Regulations are helpful.

When the IRS issued proposed regulations for the

Earlier this year, the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2013-30 to provide relief to corporations that have ceased to qualify as S corporations where the terminating event was not reasonably within the control of the corporation. In particular, the Rev. Proc. addresses late QSST and ESBT elections.

 The issuance of the Rev. Proc., which consolidates various