Objectives

• Understanding the tax consequences of making the S corporation election to the corporation and shareholders.
• Understand the application of the "qualified business income" deduction ( IRC 199A).
• Determining the tax costs and benefits of making or terminating the S corporation election.
• Identifying self-employment / FICA - Medicare tax planning opportunities.
• Understanding how to plan to minimize the impact of the loss limitation rules.
• Identifying tax planning opportunities in years with losses and distributions.
• Understanding tax planning ideas when the S election is terminated.
• Determining the tax considerations related to buying or selling an S corporation.
• Determining when to make the QSUB, Section 338(h)(10), or 336(e) elections.
• Identifying tax planning opportunities at the death of the shareholder of an S corporation.
• Recall ideas to accommodate a "non-qualified" investor.
• Understanding the law related to trusts and tax-exempt shareholders including ESOP's.
• To be able to evaluate the risk of disqualification based on the second class of stock.
• S corporation election compared to the Section 1202 stock tax incentive.

Vendor

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Designed For

CPA's and attorneys.

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of the taxation of individuals, corporations, S corporations and partnerships.

Highlights

• Overview of the taxation of corporations and shareholder including making the S corporation election
• The decision to elect S corporation status-factors to consider
• Explanation and analysis of the application of the "qualified business income deduction (IRC 199A)
• Self-employment tax and S corporations
• Distribution tax planning
• Planning to minimize the impact of loss limitations
• Tax planning for years with both distributions and losses
• Termination Planning
• Tax planning regarding the transfer of appreciated assets to an S corporation
• Buying and selling S corporations-tax planning ideas
• Tax considerations of using the QSUB, Section 338(h)(10), or 336(e) elections
• Tax Issues to consider at the death of S corporation shareholder
• Stock redemptions as a tax planning tool
• Accommodating a "non-qualified" investor
• Trusts and tax-exempt exempt shareholders
• The second class of stock risks
• S corporation election compared to Section 1202 stock incentive

Notes

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