By: Tamara Pow Your gift or sale of an LLC interest to a family member may be disallowed for tax purposes. If you are gifting or selling a limited liability company (“LLC”) interest to a family member, you must keep in mind the...
By: Tamara Pow Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) are complex entities for tax purposes. Generally, for LLCs choosing to be taxed as a partnership, the taxation of independent members depends on the profits or losses of the entity, and the basis of the LLC...
By: Tamara Pow Before you make a contribution to an LLC in exchange for a membership interest, beware that some member contributions to LLCs are taxable. For a limited liabilty company (“LLC”) taxed as a partnership, the general rule is that members do...
By: Tamara Pow In addition to income tax considerations on forming a limited liability company (“LLC”) in California and making contributions to the LLC, potential LLC members should keep in mind that income they receive from their LLC may be subject to self-employment...
By: Tamara Pow Since I started my career as a tax attorney at Price Waterhouse, and have been managing partner at two San Jose law firm limited liability partnerships (LLPs) since then, I am used to being in control of the tax reporting...
By: Tamara Pow On November 2, 2015 the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the “Act”) was enacted, completely transforming partnership audit procedures going forward. The intent was to streamline audit procedures and increase partnership tax compliance. The effect is going to be a lot...