Bankruptcy And Insolvency Taxation

The thousands of mergers, acquisitions, and start-ups that have characterized the past years of business have created an increasing number of corporations in financial trouble: specifically, a shortage of venture capital or quick cash. Consequently, bankruptcy protection is now viewed as a strategic move to protect corporations from their creditors and allow them to reorganize. Fully revised and updated with new case studies and the latest coverage of regulations, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Taxation, Fourth Edition provides the answers to the questions financial managers will have on the tax aspects of bankruptcy strategy.

On April 20, 2005, President Bush signed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 which represents in many ways the most significant changes in the bankruptcy laws since the Bankruptcy Code became effective October 1, 1979. The 2005 Act consists of 16 different titles that can be summarized into five major areas: (1) Business changes, often originating because of perceived abuses (2) Chapter 15 dealing with cross border issues (3) Taxes (4) Means testing (5) Consumer abuses and protection. The 2006 Supplement will bring the reader up-to-date on these changes.

Written by a leading bankruptcy tax and accounting specialist and KPMG Tax partner from the Bankruptcy Practice Group who is also National Director of the firm2s Technical Tax Services for Subchapter C. Updates to chapters to reflect new cases that have been decided and pronouncements issued by the IRS An explaination on the confict that exists among circuit courts and the IRS2s position regarding the stepped-up basis in stock of an S corporation resulting from cancellation of debt A discussion on regulations issued by the IRS and the Treasury dealing with continuity of shareholder interst, remote continuity of interest and continuity of business enterprise, soley for voting stock requirements, and stock rights connected with regorganizations A discussion of modifications to the final and temporary section 1060 and section 338(B) regulations and the subsequent issue of new temporary reulations, effective for accquisitions on or after January 6, 2000, replacing and removing previous regulations under sections B38 and 1060.

The thousands of mergers, acquisitions, and start-ups that have characterized the past ten years of business have created an increasing number of corporations in financial trouble: specifically, a shortage of venture capital or quick cash. Consequently, bankruptcy protection is now viewed as a strategic move to protect corporations from their creditors and allow them to reorganize. Bankruptcy and Insolvency Taxation, Third Edition provides the answers to the questions financial managers will have on the tax aspects of the "bankruptcy strategy."

The 2007 Cumulative Supplement includes the following updates: Chapter 1 is updated to include the general provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. Includes tax changes in the Act, several recent cases and directives issued by the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury, and the adjustments to dollar amounts for petitions filed after March 31, 2007. Chapter 8 has been completely rewritten and included in this supplement to incorporate the state and local tax issues in the 2005 Act.