• Posts by Thomas W. Langevin
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    Thomas W. (TW) Langevin practices in the Business Representation & Transactions Group where he assists public and private companies in the federal income tax and business planning areas. TW works with clients on a wide variety of ...

Hedge funds and private equity groups have long used the “limited partner exception” to minimize self-employment taxes, but on March 13, 2018, the IRS announced that it was going to increase its scrutiny on taxpayers utilizing that exception.[1] As part of that campaign, a number of cases are currently being litigated regarding the limited partner exception.[2] On November 28, 2023, the Tax Court issued its first ruling on one of the cases dealing with this exception, Soroban Capital Partners LP et al. v. Commissioner; 161 T.C. No. 12 (2023).

On December 20th, Congress passed a spending bill, signed by President Trump on December 27th, that includes further coronavirus-related fiscal relief (the “Bill”). There are a number of provisions within the Bill that impact both businesses and individuals. This post focuses on changes made to the loan forgiveness aspects of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”).

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