This webinar will explain essential considerations advisers, members, and partners should address when forming an LLC or partnership. Our panel of partnership taxation veterans will point out common and often overlooked items that should be considered initially to minimize tax and future operational... Read More

This course will equip tax professionals with the tools to analyze the impact of a Section 754 election (or lack thereof). The panel will offer a detailed case study and illustration of how to calculate Section 734(b) basis adjustment(s) to assets retained by the partnership after distribution to a... Read More

This webinar will discuss identifying Section 174 assets, the revised capitalization requirements, making the method change requirement in the second year, and the current state of IRS R&D audits. Our notable panel will provide advice on transitioning to the revised guidelines for businesses and tax... Read More

This webinar will discuss the IRS' latest audit efforts, focusing on pass-through entities (PTEs) and high income taxpayers. Our panel of astute tax attorneys will explain the IRS' use of artificial intelligence (AI) to assist with these examinations, key PTE issues and entities it is examining, and... Read More

This course will assist tax professionals in determining whether flow-through income should be subject to self-employment tax. Our veteran pass-through entity panelist will explain how reasonable compensation, payments to partners, and management authority status affect whether an owner's distributi... Read More

This course will discuss retirement plan options for owners of limited liability companies, partnerships, C corporations, S corporations, sole proprietors, and other businesses. Our panel of qualified plan experts will reveal strategies to substantially increase owner contributions, minimize staff c... Read More

This course will explain how a business and its shareholders meet Section 1202 eligibility requirements for qualified small business stock (QSBS) to eliminate or reduce taxation of capital gains. Our panel of tax experts will discuss the corporate requirements, shareholder requirements, and the subs... Read More

This course will guide partnership tax advisers and compliance professionals in navigating the Section 163(j) Business Interest Deduction Limitation rules as they apply to individuals, partnerships, and other pass-through entities. The panel will discuss the interest expenses subject to limitation a... Read More

This course will explain basis calculations for S corporations and partnerships. Our panel of tax professionals will compare and contrast debt-financed losses, AAA (accumulated adjustment account) and capital accounts, and basis restoration. The panel will provide examples of these complex calculati... Read More

This course will review LLC operating agreements from the perspective of a tax professional. Our partnership veteran will explain how to identify the common language in arrangements for safe harbor provisions, deficit restoration obligations (DROs), qualified income offsets (QIOs), loss limitation p... Read More

This webinar will discuss the regulations under Section 469 subjecting taxpayers who materially participate in a trade or business activity to self-rental rules for property leased to the business. The panelist will review types of property and taxpayers subject to the rules, exceptions and grouping... Read More

This webinar will review the tax considerations of joint ventures (JVs). Our panel of flow-through experts will explain what constitutes a JV, discuss when a JV should be taxed as a corporation vs. a partnership, and provide scenarios that point out missteps to avoid and ways to limit taxes paid by... Read More

This webinar will review the business purpose and economic substance doctrines and offer strategies for compliance for partnerships, corporations, and other business entities. The panelist of income tax veterans will present examples of IRS challenges to organizations and offer advice on structuring... Read More

This webinar will explore the importance of and difficulties in identifying a trade or business in its multiple contexts throughout the Internal Revenue Code. Our panel of tax professionals will point out similarities and differences in these interpretations and provide best practices for deciding a... Read More

This webinar will review the Corporate Transparency Act and its beneficial ownership reporting requirements. Our panel of astute tax professionals will walk you through the key definitions and the new reporting requirements and offer suggestions on complying with the Act for companies, trusts, and i... Read More

This course will discuss taxation issues unique to restaurants, including calculating and reporting tips, the enhanced deduction for food inventory, remitting sales tax, the FICA tip credit, and utilizing the employer retention credit with an emphasis on reducing taxes paid by the food industry. Read More

This webinar will discuss redemptions of partnership interests for tax advisers working with partnerships and LLCs. Our authoritative panel will explain the tax effects of these dispositions on the partner, the remaining partners, and the partnership, including the application of ordinary versus cap... Read More

This course will examine complex tax clauses in operating agreements to assist tax practitioners in identifying and implementing these key provisions in accordance with partners' expectations and existing regulations. Read More

This webinar will review how transfers of partnership interests to partners are taxed and reported. Our panel of astute federal tax experts will break down the tax treatment of these interests by type of arrangement, review Section 83(b) elections, and discuss recent court decisions pertaining to th... Read More

This course will explain methods available to swap assets held in partnerships, including methods that combine eligibility for Section 1031 treatment. Our panel of partnership tax experts will explain drop and swap, swap and drop, and mixing bowl strategies available to partners that allow for an ex... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and compliance professionals with an advanced and practical guide to the reporting complexities and planning opportunities present in making Section 743(b) adjustments in the context of multi-tiered partnerships. The panel will outline the provisions of Rev. Rul... Read More

This webinar will take a comprehensive look at business valuations for companies and their advisers. Our panel of business valuation analysts will explain the various business valuation designations, how business valuations are utilized, and which valuation method is best in specific scenarios. Read More

This webinar will explain meeting tax compliance obligations for partnership allocations to LLC members and partners. Our authoritative panel of real estate professionals will break down the complex rules for nonrecourse deductions, special allocations, and 704(b) compliance for tax advisers working... Read More

This webinar will explain qualifying for 179D and 45L tax incentives for tax professionals working with businesses owning, designing, building, and constructing property. Our panel of experts will review the benefits, qualifications, and caveats of these lucrative tax rewards for constructing and in... Read More

This webinar will review accounting and tax issues specific to law offices. Our panel of tax reporting professionals will discuss identifying and recording advanced client costs, Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA), income recognition, retirement contributions, and other specific tax requireme... Read More

This course will provide tax preparers and compliance professionals serving partnerships and LLCs with a solid and practical foundation for maintaining partners' capital account balances, including account setup and workpaper preparation. The panel will offer a practical discussion of tax allocation... Read More

This webinar will review the tax considerations of real estate syndicates for investors and tax professionals working with these unique real estate partnerships. Our panel of real estate strategists will discuss the tax implications for general partners, limited partners, and the flow-through entity... Read More

This webinar will explain the advantages and disadvantages of LLC to S corporation conversions and S corporation to LLC conversions. Our panel of partnership experts will address critical considerations before changing an entity classification, including when a business' circumstances warrant a chan... Read More

This webinar will explain qualified improvement property (QIP) depreciation, bonus depreciation, and utilizing cost segregation post regulation changes introduced in the CARES Act. The panelist will discuss how taxpayers can accelerate and correct missed depreciation opportunities and how cost segre... Read More

This webinar will discuss the regulations under Section 469 subjecting taxpayers who materially participate in a trade or business activity to self-rental rules for property leased to the business. The panelist will review types of property and taxpayers subject to the rules, exceptions and grouping... Read More

This webinar will provide flow-through practitioners with the tools necessary to interpret and allocate waterfall provisions in partnership operating agreements. This webinar will review standard allocation methods between partners and members and provide hands-on examples of the corresponding calcu... Read More

This course will discuss the hierarchy of basis, at-risk, passive activity loss (PAL) limitations, net operating loss (NOL) limitations, and steps to avoid and mitigate the limitation of losses for owners of partnerships and S corporations. Read More

This course will cover practical considerations for partners and advisers to partnerships operating under the new partnership audit regime. Our panel of experts will review the latest guidance, explain partnership audit adjustments, and recommend steps to implement this reporting regime. Read More

This course will discuss specific scenarios where LLC owners can be treated as employees for tax purposes. Our panel of flow-through taxation veterans will discuss structuring alternatives that permit members of an LLC to qualify for employee treatment, including the use of employee leasing arrangem... Read More

This webinar will discuss the key considerations when categorizing the purchase price of property by asset type. Our panel of income tax experts will review the types of gains, discuss methods for determining the fair market value of assets acquired or sold, and provide examples of purchase price al... Read More

This course will provide accounting and tax professionals with a review of tax considerations involved with purchasing and selling a partnership or LLC interest. The panel will address the allocation of income gains and losses and discuss tax implications on both the buy and sell sides. Read More

This webinar will explain when a partner is eligible to deduct expenses paid personally on an individual income tax return, review the latest rules concerning the deductibility of common business expenses--including travel, meals, and in-home office--and examine critical differences in deducting exp... Read More

This webinar will discuss redemptions of partnership interests for tax advisers working with partnerships and LLCs. Our authoritative panel will explain the tax effects of these dispositions on the partner, the remaining partners, and the partnership, including the application of ordinary versus cap... Read More

This course will explain techniques to lessen or defer (or accelerate) taxes paid by hedge funds and private equity funds and investors therein, family offices, and managers. Our panel of veteran fund advisers will discuss carried interest, installment sales, deducting worthless investments, Section... Read More

This course will discuss strategies for businesses and individuals to minimize tax when separating business and personal goodwill. Our panel of income tax experts will review the traits of each and notable cases, including Martin Ice Cream Co. v. Commissioner. Read More

This course will explain how and when to revoke a Section 754 election. Our panel of partnership experts will discuss the steps required to request a revocation, including completing new Form 15254 and how to increase the probability that a request is granted. Read More

This course will cover the latest developments in the PPP loan forgiveness application process for tax advisers and others assisting businesses through the application process complexities. Read More

This course will cover real estate investment trust (REIT) structures, qualification rules, tax reporting requirements, and best practices for REIT investors and tax professionals working with these entities. Read More

This course will provide tax advisers who work with high net worth individuals a comprehensive look at family limited partnerships and family limited liability companies. The speakers will discuss the current landscape involving valuation discounts for estate and gift tax purposes and detail the spe... Read More

This course will explain reporting and tax obligations for fringe and other benefits paid to shareholders, partners, and employees of pass-through entities (PTEs). The panel will clarify when and where to report these benefits, which benefits are deductible by the PTE, and how to calculate and tax t... Read More

This course will discuss maximizing the benefits of the CARES Act and other recent relief for partnerships and their underlying partners. Our panel of experts will review handling the QIP life correction, the increase in the 163(j) limitation, calculating loan forgiveness, and other matters. They wi... Read More

This course will provide tax professionals with a review of the critical concepts of targeted allocations and the role they play in making valid allocations to partners by partnerships and certain LLCs under Sect. 704(b). Read More

This course will discuss the effects of granting, vesting, and selling profits interests in partnerships along with the benefits and burdens of awarding these equity rights. Our panelists will explain the details of these transfers for partnership advisers, members, and professionals employing or co... Read More

This course will provide SALT professionals and advisers to flow-through entities with a detailed and practical guide to the critical state tax issues and trends impacting members and shareholders in multistate flow-through entities. The panel will discuss determining the character of pass-through i... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with a thorough and practical guide to the challenges of allocating recourse and nonrecourse partnership debt, including an analysis of the Treasury regulations issued in October 2019. Read More

This course will provide tax advisers to pass-through entities with an in-depth and practical guide to the rules governing permissible activity aggregation among multiple pass-through entities (PTEs) for purposes of calculating the 20% deduction for Qualified Business Income. The panel will go beyon... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers to pass-through entities with a deep dive into the challenges and opportunities of the unadjusted basis of qualified property immediately after acquisition (UBIA) limitations to claiming the Section 199A Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction. The panel will... Read More

This course will provide tax advice to partnerships engaged in the cannabis business in states that have legalized its sale and/or cultivation. The panel will discuss the eligibility of pass-through entities claiming the QBI deduction, detail the rules limiting expense deduction under Section 280E,... Read More

This course will provide partnership tax advisers with a practical exploration of the impact of the Section 199A qualified business income (QBI) deduction on the tax treatment of guaranteed payments to partners for services. The panel will discuss the default treatment of payments for services to a... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers to pass-through entities with a deep and practical guide to determining eligible W-2 wages for purposes of calculating the Section 199A deduction limitations. The panel will go beyond the basics to detail the Service's position in Revenue Procedure 2019-11 on al... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers to partnerships and LLCs with a practical guide to the special rules governing the tax treatment of noncompensatory partnership options (NCPOs). The panel will detail the tax consequences to both the granting partnership and the optionee throughout the life cycl... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with a practical guide to the workings of Section 1031 like-kind exchanges in the aftermath of the 2017 tax reform legislation and based current best practices. The panel will detail the changes to 1031 treatment, discuss what assets may qualify as "real propert... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with a practical guide to the qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) tax incentives made available under Section 1400Z as they impact partnerships. The panel will discuss the mechanics of Section 1400Z and the proposed regulations issued in October 2018, as well as ad... Read More

This course will offer tax advisers and professionals a practical guide to the rules governing IRC Section 1202 qualified small business stock (QSBS) owned by pass-through entities. The webinar will detail the gain exclusion rules of Section 1202 and the types of business entities that qualify as QS... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers to partnerships with practical guidance to using leveraged partnership structures to allow partners to extract equity from appreciated partnership interests and property in a tax-deferred manner. The panelist will discuss recent IRS guidance reversing 2016 regul... Read More

This course will provide partnership tax and business advisers with a useful practice guide to handling the tax compliance and business planning issues for clients under IRC Section 199A. Attorney John M. Cunningham, author of the first treatise issued by a major publisher on the QBI deduction provi... Read More

This course will provide partnership tax advisers with practical guidance on the tax ramifications of structuring the sale of a partnership or LLC entity as an asset sale vs. a sale of partnership interests. The panel will detail basis adjustments and available elections, describe the reporting and... Read More

This course will provide partnership tax advisers with a thorough and practical guide to the Section 446 separate trade or business (STB) rules. The panel will dig into the standards for determining whether an activity qualifies as a separate trade or business, discuss accounting method consideratio... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with a practical guide to the tax treatment of partnership mergers. The panel will discuss the impact of various merging structures on individual partners and detail the specific tax and operation structures of "assets-over" vs. "assets-up" merger transactions. Read More

This course will provide partnership tax advisers and compliance professionals with a recap of the practical impact of the 2017 tax legislation on partnerships and LLCs one year after its passage. The panel will detail the specific changes the new law made to pass-through income tax rates, carried i... Read More

This course will provide partnership tax advisers with a practical exploration of the impact of the Section 199A Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction on the tax treatment of guaranteed payments to partners for services. The panel will discuss the default treatment of payments for services to a... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers to partnerships with a practical guide to the recently issued final regulations on the designation of partnership representatives for purposes of the centralized audit rules. The panel will discuss the process for naming, terminating and replacing partnership re... Read More

This course will provide partnership tax advisers and compliance professionals with a practical guide to the mechanics of the Section 754 election. The panel will outline best practices for making the Section 754 election, tax implications of the election, and when to make--and when to avoid--the el... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and compliance professionals with a critical look at the new withholding rules for sales of interests in U.S. or foreign partnerships earning income effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. The panel will detail the specific challenges of the new rul... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers to partnerships with a practical guide to the recently issued final regulations on the process for qualified partnerships to opt out of the new IRS partnership audit regime. The panel will discuss which partnerships are eligible for the election, describe the be... Read More

This course will provide partnership tax advisers with practical guidance on the tax ramifications of structuring the sale of a partnership or LLC entity as an asset sale vs. a sale of partnership interests. The panel will detail basis adjustments and available elections, describe the reporting and... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers and compliance professionals with an advanced and practical guide to the reporting complexities and planning opportunities present in making Section 743(b) adjustments in the context of mutli-tiered partnerships. The panel will outline the provisions of Rev. Rul... Read More

This course will provide tax advisers with a critical first look at the planning and compliance implications of the new IRS rules for auditing partnerships. The panel will describe the new partnership audit processes in detail, outlining the changes that will facilitate IRS audits of partnerships. T... Read More