Business & Real Estate Taxation Articles

Tax Bulletin: Planning for Impact of Tax Cuts and Job Act

This is the first of a series of Bulletins discussing the significant tax law changes and planning opportunities presented by the Tax Cuts and Jobs ...
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Taxnotes®: Statutory Clarity for Early Termination of NICRUTs and NIMCRUTs

Stephen M. Breitstone, head of Meltzer Lippe’s Private Wealth & Taxation Group, co-authored, with Jerome M. Hesch and David C. Jacobson, an article published in ...
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Madoff Victims Who Paid Taxes on Scheme Seek Refunds

By Stephen M. Breitstone and José L. Berra Ponzi scheme has paid it now seems never existed. (1) The question now is whether these victims can get ...
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DIEBOLD and the Not So Beautiful: Transferee Liability Trumps Tax Shelter

The Second Circuit, in Diebold v. Commissioner, describes the requirements for finding transferee liability under Section 6901, here specifically under New York law, ...

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Section 1031 “like-kind” exchanges – Use of Tenants in Common to “Pool” Capital and to Create Liquidity

When the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2002-22, 2002-1 CB 733, it provided a degree of guidance as to when a tenants in common ...

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IRS Expands Tax-Free Exchanges of Real Estate

In our practice and in the real world, it is usually easier to purchase real estate than to sell real estate. This often ...

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