By: Amanda Wilson As previously discussed (here), TEFRA, the audit regime that has long applied to partnerships, has been repealed and a new partnership audit regime is poised to go into effect for tax years beginning in 2018. The new audit rules...

By: Amanda Wilson There was an interesting story this morning on CBS about the Treasury Department cracking down on secret real estate sales. Going forward, buyers and sellers may be limited in their ability to hide behind limited liability...

By: Amanda Wilson Yesterday, Senators Franken, Warren, Baldwin and Whitehouse sent Treasury Secretary Lew a letter regarding management fee waiver arrangements. What is a management fee waiver arrangement? It is where a fund manager waives its...

By: Amanda Wilson Last week, I was at the ABA Tax Section meeting in Chicago. During one of the partnership panels, Clifford Warren, Special Counsel to the Associate Chief Counsel (Passthroughs and Special Industries) at the IRS, was posed several...