Practical Guide to Consolidated Returns (2nd Edition)

Topics and Contents

 
Chapter 1: Consolidated Returns at a Glance
 
Consolidate Returns Practice and Overview
FAQs
 
Chapter 2: Filing Consolidated Returns
 
Eligibility for Filing Consolidated Returns
Advantages and Disadvantages of Filing Consolidated Returns
Consolidated Taxable Income
Consolidated Tax Liability
FAQs
 
Chapter 3: Stock Basis System
 
Investment Adjustments
Excess Loss Accounts and Their Recapture
Disposition-Year Anti-Circular Basis Rule
Asset Consistency Rules
FAQs
 
Chapter 4: Loss Disallowance System
 
Reg. §1.1502-20
Reg. §1.337(D)-2T
Proposed Anti-Loss Duplication Regulations
FAQs
 
Chapter 5: Loss and Credit Limitation Systems
 
Code Sec. 382 Limitation and Elimination of Separate Return Limitation Year Limitation for Most New Loss Members And Loss Subgroups Joining a Consolidated Group
Successive Ownership Changes and Restructuring of Loss Subgroup
Net Capital Loss and Credit Utilization System
FAQs
 
Chapter 6: Earnings and Profits System
 
Tiering-Up of Earnings and Profits
Earnings and Profits Stock Basis
Allocation of Federal Income Tax Liability
Changes in the Structure of the Group
Elimination of Earnings and Profits Upon Deconsolidation
FAQs
 
Chapter 7: Continuation of the Consolidated Group
 
Continued Filing Requirement and Election To Discontinue
When a Group Remains in Existence
Reverse Acquisitions
Creating a Holding Company Without Terminating the Group
FAQs
 
Chapter 8: Subsidiary Joining or Leaving the Consolidated Group
 
Basic Accounting
FAQs
 
Chapter 9: Conclusion
 
 
Practice Tools:
 
Election To Waive Loss Carryovers from Separate Return Years
Election of Loss Disallowance Rules
Statement of Allowed Loss Under Reg. §1.1502-20(C)
Statement of Allowed Loss Under Reg. §1.337(D)-2T(C)
Election To Reattribute a Subsidiary's Losses To the Common Parent
Election To Apportion the Subgroup Code Sec. 382 Limitation
Election of Basic Method
Election of Complementary Method
Election To Change Basic or Complementary Method
Election To Ratably Allocate Income and Deductions of Subsidiary