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For example, if all partnership assets were sold for a fair market value and all liabilities were paid, the remaining cash, if any, would be equal to the partner's equity in the partnership at fair market value. Tax capital accounts are partners' "Outside Basis" (however, unlike outside basis, the partnership's recourse and nonrecourse ...
Partnership taxation is codified as Subchapter K of Chapter 1 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (Title 26 of the United States Code). Partnerships are "flow-through" entities for United States federal income taxation purposes. Flow-through taxation means that the entity does not pay taxes on its income.
In mid-2007, the Blackstone group, a major private equity fund, went public. Ordinarily, a publicly traded partnership is taxed as a corporation. [10] There is, however, an exception for publicly traded partnerships earning only “passive-type” income, such as interest and dividends. [11]
Investors who search for high-yielding investments have more than likely stumbled upon a master limited partnership, or MLP. These types of investments can be a great addition to a portfolio. For ...
The character of the partner's share of income (such as capital gains) is determined at the partnership level. Many types of business entities, including limited liability companies (LLCs), may elect to be treated as a corporation or as a partnership. Distributions from partnerships are not taxed as dividends.
When this happens, the old partnership may or may not be dissolved and a new partnership may be created, with a new partnership agreement. For US tax purposes, a technical termination may be caused if more than 50% of the partnership interests change hands in the same (US) tax year. A new partner may buy into the business in three ways:
Any distribution is taxed as regular income (not capital gains). Those before age 59 ½ have a special penalty. Roth. Contributions go in after-tax. Yes. Qualified distributions are tax-free.
Tax basis may be relevant in other tax computations. [1] Tax basis of a member's interest in a partnership and other flow-through entity is generally increased by the members share of income and reduced by the share of loss. The tax basis of property acquired by gift is generally the basis of the person making the gift.