Buying and Selling S Corporations: Tax Planning Opportunities Webinar
Nov 10 9:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Online
8-Tax CPE Credits
Identify potential tax advantages or costs of making an S corp election.Recognize tax considerations of liquidating an S corp.Determine when to use Secs. 338(g), 338(h) (10), 336(e) and qualified subchapter S subsidiary elections.Identify allocation taxable income or loss between the buyer and shareholder.Determine how to use an ESOP to sell stock to employees.Identify the basics of acquisitive reorganizations and S corps. Highlights
Buying or selling an interest in a closely held corporate business is an important transaction. CPAs must be prepared to fully consider the unique tax characteristics of an S corp to advise their clients, whether sellers or buyers.We'll consider buyer and seller perspectives, relevant law, tax planning opportunities, pitfalls to avoid and necessary compliance issues. Review rules related to determining stock basis of an S corp, treatment of suspended losses, distributions, accumulated adjustment accounts, the built-in gain tax, excess net passive income tax, allocation of income and losses related to changes in ownership of an S corp, and tax treatment of S corp election terminations.Finally, consideration of different tax consequences of asset sales and stock sales, including Sect. 338 and 336(e) elections. The significant changes made by 2017 TCJA are discussed and analyzed.
Registration
PICPA Member: $295 Nonmember: $400
More Information
Course No. 4202317CLevel: Intermediate
Prerequisites:
None.
Notes
None
Speaker(s)
John McWilliams
John McWilliams, CPA, JD is
Professor of Accounting at Golden Gate University. Previously he was a
Professor of Accounting at San Francisco State University. He began his
career as a tax adviser with a Big Four CPA firm. For more than 30 years,
while teaching, he has been a tax adviser to lawyers and CPAs regarding
the tax matters of their clients. Areas of expertise include tax issues
related to buying and selling privately held businesses, financially
troubled businesses, business restructuring and reorganization and
ownership succession to employees or family members. Mr. McWilliams is
active in CalCPA, having served as president of the San Francisco Chapter,
chair of the Financial Literacy Initiative, a member of the CalCPA Board
of Directors serving as Vice Chair. He is currently a member of the
Taxation Committee, the Financial Literacy Committe, and the Accounting
Education Committee. He has served as a California representative to the
AICPA Council and is currently a member of the AICPA Financial Literacy
Commission. Mr McWilliams is author of two chapters of the CCH Expert
Treatise Library : Federal Taxation of Corporations &
Shareholders.