Legal Updates & Commentary for Tax & Estate Planning
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?…
The enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,[ii] and its undeniable bias in favor of C corporations, has spurred the owners of many closely held businesses, along with their advisers, to reevaluate the form of business entity through which they own and operate their business, and…
I realize that the last post began with “This is the fourth and final in a series of posts reviewing the recently proposed regulations (‘PR’) under Sec. 199A of the Code” – strictly speaking, it was. Yes, I know that the title of this post begins with “The Section 199A Deduction.” Its emphasis, however…
This is the third in a series of posts reviewing the recently proposed regulations (“PR”) under Sec. 199A of the Code. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/16/2018-17276/qualified-business-income-deduction
So far, we’ve considered the elements of a “qualified trade or business” under Section 199A https://www.taxlawforchb.com/2018/09/the-proposed-sec-199a-regs-are-here-part-one/, and the related issue of what constitutes a “specified service trade or business,” the owners of…
