A partnership whose sole asset is all the stock of a corporation offers opportunities but with potential pitfalls.

A partner’s tax basis in his partnership interest (referred to as “outside basis”) generally represents his economic investment in a partnership plus his share of the partnership’s liabilities. In ...

The American Institute of CPAs sent a comment letter to the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service objecting to their guidance around basis-shifting transactions involving partnerships ...

The Internal Revenue Service is targeting the use of basis shifting between related parties as a way for partnerships to avoid paying taxes, setting up a new unit within the Office of Chief Counsel to ...

The Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department launched a new initiative Monday aimed at closing a significant tax loophole often used by the super wealthy. The IRS said ending "partnership ...

The IRS intends to close a tax loophole in several actions that agency leaders say could add over $50 billion to U.S. government coffers over 10 years. The Service announced Monday that it will ...

The Biden administration is ramping up new audit teams and regulations to collect some $50 billion in taxes over the next decade from business partnerships such as hedge funds, real estate investors ...

An IRS proposal to drop a Biden administration rule targeting basis-shifting strategies by complex partnerships is getting support from key stakeholders, as well as calls for further relief.