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June 11, 2024 Samantha Smudz, Robert Venables

Ready to Sell? Consider Your Optimal Tax Structure 

One of the most dreaded replies coming from a professional services provider is, “it depends.” Unfortunately, that’s truly the case when the issue involves the most optimal tax structure for your transaction. This is because, like most things in life, there are many variables...

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May 28, 2024 Jay Laurila, Ravi Singh

Q&A: Is Tax Equalization Right for Your Mutual Fund or ETF?

Tax equalization is one of the most tax-efficient strategies available to a regulated investment company (RIC). The strategy can reduce or even potentially eliminate a capital gain distribution requirement for your fund and your shareholders — yet not everyone uses it.  While there...

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May 10, 2024 Matt Rager

Trusts & Taxes 101: Bankruptcy Protection

Learn the differences between Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy, as well as how to protect your assets prior to filing using irrevocable trusts.

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April 25, 2024 Stacey Wilson

Proposed PCAOB Standards Focus on Metrics, Pose Questions for Funds and Boards

Keeping the momentum of a record breaking 2023 — when the PCAOB was more active with standard setting and rulemaking than it had been over the past 10 years — the oversight body issued its second and third proposals of 2024 on April 9. PCAOB Release No. 2024-004, Firm and Engagement...

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March 13, 2024 Kelly Anzevino

Court Decision Suspends BOI Reporting for Some, Not All

NOTE: As BOI regulations continue to evolve, please see our BOI Reporting Resource Center for the most up-to-date reporting deadline information. A recent ruling in a federal district court has changed the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting...

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March 11, 2024 Samantha Smudz

Could the Pass-Through Entity Tax Eliminate Your Gross-Up Payments In 2024? 

If your fund or portfolio company is considering acquiring a pass-through entity this year, such as an S Corporation, advance planning can be the key to help minimize purchase price adjustments due to a seller’s tax burden. In particular, recently created state elections for pass-through...

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February 19, 2024 Kelly Anzevino

How Can a FinCEN Identifier Help with Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting?

NOTE: As BOI regulations continue to evolve, please see our BOI Reporting Resource Center for the most up-to-date reporting deadline information. Have you been asked to provide personal, confidential information for a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) report, as mandated under the federal...

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January 29, 2024 Shawn Smith, Jeffrey McMichael

Selling Your Partnership Interest? Form 8308, and New Penalty Relief, May Apply

Beginning with tax year 2023, partnerships that sell or exchange partnership interests must report additional information to the IRS, both on Form 8308 “Report of a Sale or Exchange of Certain Partnership Interests” and on their Schedule K-1 disclosures. The additional information is...

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January 24, 2024 Cynthia Pedersen, Robert Venables

IRS Recommits to Scrutiny of Limited Partners Providing Services to Private Funds

On January 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a new fact sheet that in part reiterates, and revamps, the IRS’ commitment to their initiative of auditing limited partnerships. The release comes after five years of scrutiny in this area and an important court case...

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January 18, 2024 Kelly Anzevino

What Entities are Required to Collect and Report Beneficial Ownership Information?

NOTE: As BOI regulations continue to evolve, please see our BOI Reporting Resource Center for the most up-to-date reporting deadline information. With the passing of the Corporate Transparency Act of 2021 (CTA), some businesses are required to report their beneficial ownership information to the...

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