Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew Roberts is a tax attorney who covers tax litigation and fraud. Federal tax law treats partnerships as conduits for tax ...

Taxpayers often use entities characterized as partnerships for federal income tax purposes to conduct their business activities. In addition to offering limited liability (e.g., limited liability ...

Partnerships are not subject to income tax at the entity level. Instead, they operate as pass-through entities, meaning the partnership’s income, deductions and credits flow directly to the individual ...

Because a limited liability company (LLC) made a valid early election into the audit and examination regime of the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA), P.L. 114-74, the IRS’s final partnership administrative ...