Our Federal Tax Group notes IRS concerns about Section 355 tax-deferred spinoffs, including the relevance of the 1986 repeal of the General Utilities doctrine.
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Jack Cummings is counsel in the Federal Tax Group of Alston & Bird in Raleigh and Washington, D.C. He served as IRS associate chief counsel (corporate) and chair of the Corporate Tax Committee of the ABA Section of Taxation.