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The sweeping tax law passed in December requires partners holding some “carried interests” (partnership interests disproportionately large as compared to the relative capital contributed) to recognize gain at ordinary income tax rates (up to 37%) if their holding periods do not exceed three years, as opposed to the one-year holding…

While tax reform has a long march before becoming law, the amended House of Representatives bill passed yesterday swings an ax at lower-tax-rate-capital-gain-eligible “carried” partnership interests, though it swings a smaller ax—like a hand ax rather than a full-sized ax—than proposals in years past. This latest proposal focuses on limited…

Having procured a document scanner, IRS has eliminated the requirement that taxpayers enclose Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b) elections with their income tax returns. When a taxpayer receives property (such as stock or LLC interests in an employer) in exchange for services, the taxpayer normally recognizes the fair market market value…

Treasury recently finalized Regulations under Code Section 83, which governs the taxation of the transfer of property (such as shares of stock, partnership interests, options, or warrants) to persons in exchange for services. Under these rules, the taxable event to the recipient generally occurs upon the earlier of the property…