A foundational perspective based on 4 common-wealth jurisdictions historic case of these two types of legal scenarios. No an easy read considering its footnotes, but if you'd like a to-the-core understanding this should be included in your list.

This book explores the technical and policy issues associated with partnership and S corporation taxation. This book is suitable for courses on Subchapter K and Subchapter S taxation at either the J.D. or LL.M. level. Its organization allows for flexibility to suit the individual instructor's choice of method and scope of coverage. The 6th Edition includes recent statutory and regulatory changes, including those relating to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and discusses significant judicial decisions affecting the federal income taxation of partnerships and S corporations. Discussion Problem Sets are incorporated directly into the text. In selecting and organizing the materials, the book maximizes the usefulness of these materials for whatever approach the professor wishes to adopt--an intensive technical analysis, a problem-oriented method, a consideration of the policies that underlie the technical tax structure, or a survey of the principal elements of the federal income taxation of partnerships and S corporations.

This well-regarded textbook continues its fundamental approach of clear explanations, pervasive examples, and comprehensive problem sets throughout. Utilizing a problems-based approach, Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships, Sixth Edition by Howard E. Abrams and Don Leatherman covers taxation of the three major categories of business entities: Corporations, S Corporations, and Partnerships. New to the Sixth Edition: The text has been updated to reflect the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The chapter on taxable acquisitions has been modified to be more complete yet easier to understand. The chapter on tax-free acquisitive reorganizations has been modified to include more problems as well as a section on the substance-over-form doctrine. The Partnership Taxation presentation has been updated to include integration with new bonus depreciation rules, modernization of section 751(b), elimination of technical terminations, and expansion of substantial built-in loss. Professors and students will benefit from: Clarification of the intricacies of the taxation of business enterprises Problems and examples in addition to cases and notes to cover all aspects of the subject Illustrations of typical commercial transactions An emphasis on major themes of policy and practice A book that is flexible enough to be used in two-, three-, or four-credit courses Stand-alone coverage of C corporations, S corporations, and partnerships

"This book provides a concise overview of federal partnership taxation. It covers partnership formation, including contributions of property and admission of service partners, allocation of income and loss, tax accounting, and sharing of recourse and nonrecourse liabilities. Building on this foundation, the book also addresses advanced topics, including transactions between partners and partnerships, sales of partnership interests, distributions of property, optional and mandatory basis adjustments, and planning for retirement or death of a partner. Numerous concrete examples illustrate the tax treatment of specific transactions, allowing students to grasp the principles of partnership taxation in a problem-oriented course. The revised sixth edition reflects major tax legislation enacted in 2017 (the "2017 Act"), including choice of entity issues in light of the new 21% corporate tax rate and the § 199A passthrough deduction."--Publisher website.

The book provides an Introduction to the federal income taxation of partners and partnerships. The first six chapters explain how the income of the partners is taxed, and how the law achieves its objective of disregarding the business entity and taxing the partners directly. Chapters one through three focus on the classification of business entities, the pass through of a partnership's tax items to partners of the partnership, and the concept of partnership capital accounts. Chapters four through six examine the questions of how the partnership's tax items must be allocated among the partners. Chapters seven through nine consider transfers of partnership interests, contributions to and distributions from partnerships, and potential recharacterization of these transactions. ten address the tax consequences of compensating partners for services and use of capital. Chapter eleven discusses partnership terminations. The last chapter explores special anti-abuse rules that limit opportunities for abuse of law.

A return to coverage of partnerships and limited liability companies highlights the Third Edition of Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships. with more of the extremely effective problems that gained it such widespread praise, this flexible casebook is now completely updated for use in a wide variety of course offerings. To simplify the intricacies of the taxation of business enterprises, the authors: use problems and examples in almost every chapter - in addition to cases and notes illustrate typical commercial transactions emphasize major themes of policy and practice keep the book flexible enough to be used in two-, three-, or four-credit courses Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships, Third Edition, is logically organized into three main parts: Corporations S Corporations Partnerships The Third Edition reflects recent developments in corporate and partnership taxation: 10 full chapters on partnership taxation including new materials that address the explosive growth of limited liability companies and hybrid entities new debt/equity limitations in corporate formations and reorganizations anti-abuse redemption provisions covering stock options and sales between related corporations the Anti-Morris Trust changes to tax-free spin-offs new elective classification regulations liberalization of Subchapter S shareholder restrictions and changes to timing of Subchapter S distributions, and Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiaries