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The potential for triggering painful income tax liabilities from the “built-in gains” tax1 upon shifting from C corporation status to S corporation status is well known.2 The built-in gains tax is imposed in an effort to thwart attempts by C corporations to elect S corporation status to minimize the effects of the modification of the corporate liquidation rules in the 1986 Act. However, a recent private letter ruling has focused attention on the imposition of the built-in gains tax in the event of a merger without regard to the date of the corporation’s election to be an S corporation.3
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Harl, Neil E.
(2007)
"Hazards in Electing S Corporation Status After a Merger,"
Agricultural Law Digest: Vol. 18
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No.
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