Business & Tax Blog

Reversing the US Tax Court, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently held that a real estate developer recognized long-term capital gain when he sold contractual purchase rights in real estate, even though the developer previously intended to develop and resell the underlying real estate as condominiums. The…

The Internal Revenue Code prescribes minimum imputed interest rates and time-value-of–money factors applicable to certain loan transactions and estate planning techniques. These rates are tied formulaically to market interest rates. The Internal Revenue Service updates these rates monthly. These are commonly applicable rates in effect for January 2015: Short Term AFR…

To conclude the Williams Parker Business & Tax Blog’s inaugural year, a few year-end tax tips: If you receive a holiday gift check intended to qualify for the donor’s 2014 Federal Gift Tax annual exclusion of up to $14,000 per year, per recipient, improve your chances of repeat future gifts…

On Tuesday, December 16 the Senate passed the “The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014,” popularly known as the 2014 Tax Extenders Bill. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law. Unfortunately, even in its passage, the new law exemplifies political dysfunction and gridlock. The bill temporarily extends…

Williams Parker acted as tax counsel for a client in connection with a $3 million income tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service. The dispute involved the proper allocation of income among entities in a multi-entity corporate structure where some of the entities were C corporations and others were pass-through…