"1, 61, 83, pay me with your e-qui-ty": tax problems facing service firms (and their partners) who receive stock or options in lieu of cash fees

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The author discusses tax issues law firms face when receiving stocks or stock options from clients rather than cash fees and planning they should do to avoid problems.

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The tax lawyer as sumo wrestler: end of a tradition?

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The practice of tax law has increasingly become a business and not a profession in the past 20 years. Law firms have discouraged traditional tax practice and associations by encouraging tax lawyers to market themselves with provocative investment strategies. Competition from other tax and financial planning professionals and firms has increased this trend.

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What goes around comes around: circular ownership of passthrough entities

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Passthrough business entities are useful for business planning purposes as well as for the tax advantages they provide. Tax planning may include use of circular ownership or partial circular ownership which involves stock transfers between parent corporations, subsidiaries, and third parties in exchange for property or services. Taxation is at the passthrough level of entities such as partnerships or limited liability companies.

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