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Risk Of At-Risk – Ominous Memo Hints At Fallout From IRS Audits Of Large Partnerships

Risk Of At-Risk – Ominous Memo Hints At Fallout From IRS Audits Of Large Partnerships

The reason that the partnership form is the entity of choice for tax sheltering is that you have basis in your share of the partnership’s liabilities.  Basis is the third hoop you have to jump through to post a negative number on your return.  (The first two, which I will not be discussing are the activity being for profit (Section 183) and the allocation of loss to you being valid (Section 704))Having basis also allows you to take cash out of the entity without recognizing gain.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.