Reassessing the Administration's Proposals for Reform of Subchapter K

10 Pages Posted: 15 May 2000 Last revised: 12 Sep 2015

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Karen C. Burke

University of Florida Levin College of Law

Abstract

This article reexamines the Clinton administration's recent proposal to treat certain partnership distributions as a partial liquidation. It argues that the crucial defect inherent in the administration's proposal can be easily remedied by refining the definition of a partial liquidation. A refined partial liquidation rule coupled with mandatory basis adjustments offers a means of preventing shifting of built-in gain (or loss) while permitting simplified partnership accounting following a nonprorata distribution. By contrast, the administration's critics have advocated an expanded version of remedial special allocations. This alternative approach, if perceived as a serious solution to the underlying problem, would raise significant technical and policy concerns. The shortcomings of the administration's proposal should not furnish a pretext for blocking needed reform of Subchapter K.

Keywords: partnership, remedial allocations, partial liquidation, basis adjustments

JEL Classification: K34

Suggested Citation

Burke, Karen C., Reassessing the Administration's Proposals for Reform of Subchapter K. Tax Notes, Vol. 86, p. 1423, 2000, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=224144

Karen C. Burke (Contact Author)

University of Florida Levin College of Law ( email )

P.O. Box 117625
Gainesville, FL 32611-7625
United States

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