Department of the Treasury June 9, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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This document contains final regulations under section 704(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) providing that the section 704(c) anti-abuse rule takes into account the tax liabilities of both the partners in a partnership and certain direct and indirect owners of such partners. These final regulations further provide that a section 704(c) allocation method cannot be used to achieve tax results inconsistent with the intent of subchapter K of the Code. The final regulations affect partnerships and their partners.