home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
AOL File Library: 2,401 to 2,500
/
aol-file-protocol-4400-2401-to-2500.zip
/
AOLDLs
/
PC Business Library
/
Small Business Advisor
/
SBA964.exe
/
F232.SBE
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1996-08-23
|
2KB
|
46 lines
@028 CHAP 8
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CLOSELY-HELD C CORPORATIONS │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
A "closely-held C corporation" is a regular corporation
that is owned by only one person or controlled (over 50% of
its stock) by five or fewer individuals. Elaborate
"attribution" rules apply so that a person is considered
to also own shares that are owned by certain related
persons, such as children, other controlled corporations,
etc.
Thus, if you have 9 children, you can't give them each 10%
of the stock of a corporation, keep the other 10% for
yourself and say that no five persons owns over 50% of the
company -- The attribution rules will deem you to be the
owner of 100% of the stock in such case, and the corporation
will be considered a closely-held C corporation (unless it
elects to be an S corporation).
The primary disadvantage of having a corporation be treated
as a closely-held C corporation is that it may not offset
"passive activity" losses against portfolio income (such as
dividends and interest income). However, unlike an
individual, such a corporation IS allowed to offset passive
losses against its "net active income" (unless it also
happens to be considered a "personal service corporation").
C corporations that are neither "closely-held C corporations"
nor "personal service corporations" are not subject to the
passive loss restrictions at all, and thus are allowed to
offset passive losses fully against all kinds of income.
@IF117xx]NOTE: @NAME is a C corporation.
@IF117xx]
@IF110xx]It also appears, from the information you have provided,
@IF110xx]that your company is a "closely-held C corporation," as
@IF110xx]described above, which may thus be unable to fully utilize
@IF110xx]any "passive activity" losses.
@IF112xx]However, it appears that it would not be considered a
@IF112xx]"closely-held C corporation," based on the fact that no 5 or
@IF112xx]fewer individuals directly (or indirectly) own more than 50%
@IF112xx]of the stock of @NAME.