Liability assumptions in spinoff transactions
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The tax treatment of liability assumption in corporate spin-offs under IRC sections 355 and 357 is relatively settled, but Congress is considering revising these provisions based on a perception that the tax-free treatment is being abused. It has been particularly clear that liability assumptions are not going to call into question the valid non-tax purpose for a transaction in the section 355 context. The Commissioner v. Waterman Steamship Corp. case, the Viacom-TCI transaction and other major spin-offs are discussed.
Publication Name: Journal of Corporate Taxation
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0094-0593
Year: 1997
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Federal Circuit rules that allocation of earnings and profits in intra-group spin-off does not support increased basis
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The 1997 Federal Circuit decision in IU International Corp. properly holds that, in a spinoff, stock basis cannot be increased by earnings/profits allocated or adjusted under the consolidated return rules. The case concerned an intra-group spinoff done prior to the adoption of the 1994 regs delinking stock basis and earnings/profits adjustments.
Publication Name: Journal of Corporate Taxation
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0094-0593
Year: 1998
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Is managing a partnership an active trade or business?
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The author discusses IRS private letter rulings addressing the question of whether a corporation that is a partner in a partnership can meet the active trade or business requirement of s. 355 of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of tax-free corporate division.
Publication Name: Journal of Corporate Taxation
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0094-0593
Year: 2001
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