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S-CORP Testifies at IRS

Last month’s elections so dramatically changed the outlook for tax policy in 2017 that we’re still trying to catch up. The outlook for the proposed 2704 regulations in particular has done an about-face, going from appearing almost inevitable to having the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, along with others, targeting them for elimination quickly next year.

But they are not dead yet, and the regulatory process moves on. Today, the IRS hosted its public hearing on the proposed rules, and the family business community arrived in force—S-CORP in particular. We submitted our formal comments back on October 17th, …

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admin2019-02-01T19:49:54+00:00December 1, 2016|

2704 Comment Period Closes Big

The official comment period on the proposed Section 2704 regulations closed yesterday, with nearly 10,000 comments filed! You can review those comments here, but a cursory review this morning made clear they were nearly unanimous in their opposition to the Treasury action.

Eventually, all the comments submitted will be accessible at the regulations.gov website, but until then, here are some of the more significant comment letters we’ve seen. Definitely worth a read if you have clients or businesses affected by the proposed rule:

S Corporation Association
Family Business Estate Tax Coalition (NFIB-led coalition)
American Institute of Certified …

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admin2019-02-01T19:49:54+00:00November 3, 2016|

Business Community Rallies

Thousands of family businesses signed a letter this week calling on the Department of the Treasury to withdraw proposed regulations that target family businesses for sharply higher gift and estate taxes.

Getting that many private companies to weigh in on a public issue like this one is simply astounding, and should serve as an indication of just how threatening these regulations are to the ability of family businesses to survive from one generation to the next. As Law360 reported on the letter:

NAM released a letter with more than 50 pages of signatures urging Lew to pull the proposed regulations, …

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admin2019-02-01T19:49:54+00:00September 30, 2016|

Response to Valuation Rules Continues

The Main Street Employers coalition sent a letter to congressional tax writers yesterday opposing the proposed rules on estate valuations and calling on Congress to weigh in with Treasury on the issue. From Politico:

The business community is escalating its efforts to beat back new Treasury regulations on the estate tax, which have somewhat fallen under the radar due to all the attention given to the Section 385 earnings stripping rules. A coalition called Parity for Main Street Employers sent leading congressional tax writers a letter asking Congress to urge Treasury to pull back rules that would make it harder …

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admin2019-02-01T19:49:54+00:00September 23, 2016|

Business Community Responds to Valuation Rules

Business Valuation Wire reports there has been a sharp spike in the number of families asking valuation professionals to analyze what the newly proposed rules out of Treasury mean to their business succession plans:

Valuation practitioners tell BVWire they are already seeing an increase in valuation engagements triggered by the proposed Section 2704 regulations. And they expect this to gain steam as the regs continue to sink in with attorneys, wealth planners, and clients.

This should not come as a surprise. The proposed rules target family businesses for higher estate and gift taxes, simply for being family-owned businesses. They accomplish this …

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admin2019-02-01T19:49:55+00:00September 16, 2016|