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Partnership Basis Reconstruction: Historical K-1s or Contemporaneous Tracking Required?
Partnerships · Complexity Medium 2026-04-10 10bf397c
Upper Fund LP owns 80% of Lower Fund LP, which sold a portfolio company for $50M gain. Upper Fund's internal books showed $30M basis in its Lower Fund interest, but client sought to reconstruct basis from historical K-1s showing untracked Section 705(a)(1) income allocations and Section 752 liability allocations that could support materially higher basis and reduce gain on distribution.
Upper Fund may report basis reconstruction based on historical K-1s showing undistributed income allocations under IRC § 705(a)(1)(A) and liability allocations under IRC § 752, provided the K-1s const…
705(a)731752basis reconstructiontiered partnershipsliability allocations
📚 10 authorities 4.4 ✓
Real Estate Workout: Deed-in-Lieu Sale or Disguised Debt Discharge?
Real Estate · Complexity Very High 2026-03-30 df8efc9b
Real estate partnership holding office building (FMV $30M, basis ~$38M, nonrecourse debt $50M) negotiated workout with lender. After learning COD income would trigger unfavorable minimum gain chargeback allocation, partnership pivoted from debt reduction to deed-in-lieu structure to convert $15M ordinary COD income into $12M capital loss under IRC § 7701(g).
Deed-in-lieu of foreclosure qualifies as deemed sale with debt as amount realized under IRC § 7701(g), generating capital loss rather than COD income. Position supported by statutory language treating…
COD incomedeed-in-lieuminimum gain chargeback704(b)nonrecourse debtpartnership allocations
📚 8 authorities 4.2 ✓
Partnership-to-LLC Conversion: Mere Formality or Disguised Sale Triggering Termination?
Partnerships · Complexity Medium 2026-03-26 7c6c1fcf
Delaware general partnership with $180M in real estate assets and $140M nonrecourse debt converted to Delaware LLC via statutory conversion, maintaining identical ownership percentages (80% to 12 LPs, 20% to 2 GPs) and profit-sharing ratios. LPs held $8-10M built-in gains per unit from aggressive cost segregation depreciation.
Statutory conversion from general partnership to LLC with unchanged ownership and economics does not constitute sale or exchange of partnership interests under IRC § 708(b)(1)(B) and therefore does no…
708(b)(1)(B)technical terminationstatutory conversionLLC conversion752 liability shiftnonrecourse debt
📚 9 authorities 4.3 ✓ ▲ 1
Multi-Property Swap-and-Drop: Genuine Partnership Holding or Prearranged Conduit?
Real Estate · Complexity High 2026-03-26 e2305823
Partnership holding appreciated commercial property ($8M basis, $25M FMV) with GP (30%) and three institutional LPs (70%) seeking divergent Section 1031 exchanges—GP targeting Denver multifamily, LPs targeting Phoenix industrial. Partnership executed swap-and-drop: exchanged into both properties, operated 18-24 months with preferential allocations giving each partner economic benefits tied to their preferred asset, then liquidating dissolution distributing properties along pre-negotiated lines.
Structure qualifies for Section 1031 treatment under Revenue Procedure 2002-22 safe harbor because partnership genuinely acquired and operated replacement properties for 18+ months with substantive bu…
1031 exchangeswap-and-dropstep transaction doctrinepartnership substancepreferential allocations704(b) allocations
📚 9 authorities 4.5 ✓