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Borrowers Beware: Short Sales of Distressed Assets May Have Unfavorable Tax Consequences

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Beware of being shortsighted. Last week, our Federal Tax Group takes the long view for borrowers and their creditors seeking to use short sales to extricate themselves from nonrecourse debt.

  • What is a short sale?
  • Is the short sale one integrated transaction or two separate ones?
  • Two federal court cases tell the story

Read the full advisory here.

About Jasper L. (Jack) Cummings, Jr.

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.

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About Seth Buchwald

Seth Buchwald is an associate in the Federal & International Tax Group. He uses his experience as a former certified public accountant (CPA) to understand and assist clients with their complex domestic and international tax planning and structuring issues.

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