Take IRC §1045, a little-known tax provision that’s been in effect since August 1997. It allows a taxpayer to sell qualified small-business stock without having to recognize gain from the sale provided new qualified small-business stock is purchased within 60 days of the selling date. This provision is not onerous, but must be strictly complied ...

The Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 created Sec. 1202, which allows noncorporate investors in certain C corporation stock a 50% capital gains exclusion on sale or exchange. The investor must hold the stock for more than five years to qualify for Sec. 1202 treatment; the stock must have been acquired on or after Aug. 12, ...

A taxpayer may be allowed to exclude from taxable income a portion of the gain realized on the sale of qualified small business stock. There are two sections of the Internal Revenue Code that provide such an opportunity. Section 1202 permits a taxpayer to exclude a specified percentage of such gain, while §1045 permits a ...

I bought a franchise in 2001 and created an Oregon C-Corp of which I am the only officer and shareholder. I capitalized the venture with $25,000 of capital stock (100 shares, no par value) and, over the next two years, $250,000 in shareholder loans. I sold all the assets of the corporation back to the ...

Under the IRC, you can only deduct ordinary losses against ordinary gains, and you can only deduct capital losses against capital gains. Since most people usually have much more ordinary income than they have capital gains, ordinary losses are usually more useful than capital losses in reducing one’s taxable income. Owners of unincorporated businesses who ...

For once the government and entrepreneurs have one thing in common: they both think that investing in small growing businesses is a good idea. In order to encourage investment in small businesses, Congress has authorized tax benefits for people who invest in certain small businesses. If a small business meets the definition of a Qualified ...