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Final IRS Regulations Hurt Consolidated Groups

Just when you thought you had finally mastered the complex temporary regulations issued last March regarding the reduction of tax attributes of members of an affiliated group of corporations filing consolidated income tax returns ("consolidated group" or "group") following a cancellation of the debt, the IRS has served up another dose of "March Madness." The IRS has now issued those regulations in final form and has made some significant "revisions" to the provisions of the temporary regulations that focus on how tax attributes are to be reduced when a subsidiary either ceases to be, or becomes, a member of the consolidated group. This article briefly discusses how these significant "revisions" will impact financially troubled consolidated groups.

16 minute read April 27, 2005 at 10:43 AM
By
Steven J. Joffe
Final IRS Regulations Hurt Consolidated Groups

Just when you thought you had finally mastered the complex temporary regulations issued last March regarding the reduction of tax attributes of members of an affiliated group of corporations filing consolidated income tax returns (“consolidated group” or “group”) following a cancellation of the debt, the IRS has served up another dose of “March Madness.”

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