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The IRS recently issued Revenue Procedure 2022-19, which permits S corporations to remedy certain inadvertent terminations of S corporation status and invalid elections without having to request a costly Private Letter Ruling.  Previously, the IRS permitted such relief without a Private Letter Ruling in only two limited circumstances – (1) failing to timely file Form…

On April 9, 2020, the IRS extended certain additional key tax deadlines affecting payments from both individuals and businesses due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Notice 2020-23 expanded upon prior IRS guidance that extended the dates for taxpayers to file Federal tax returns and render tax payments by creating a general extension to…

The 2017 Tax Act added a new tax on US shareholders of controlled foreign corporations (“CFCs”), the tax on Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”).  GILTI often includes active business income and thus has a widespread impact.

For US C corporations, the regular 21% tax is reduced by a 50% deduction, which lowers the tax rate…

Last week, the IRS released proposed regulations regarding investing in Qualified Opportunity Funds (“QOFs”).  Click here for a summary of the QOF regime that was enacted as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The proposed regulations generally address three topics:

  1. The requirements for deferring gain recognition by investing in a QOF;
  2. Rules

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