Entries by Raffensperger Martin Finkenbiner RMF

Keep real estate separate from your business’s corporate assets to save tax

It’s common for a business to own not only typical business assets, such as equipment, inventory, and furnishings but also the building where the business operates — and possibly another property as well. There can, however, be negative consequences when a company’s real estate is included in its general corporate assets. By holding real estate […]

Court rules on taxpayers’ disposal of partnership interests

The U.S. Tax Court has upheld the IRS determination that two brothers’ losses on the disposal of partnership interests weren’t ordinary abandonment losses, as they claimed on their returns, but rather were capital losses. The court also rejected the brothers’ argument that they received proceeds from the sale, which were used to acquire an intangible […]