Tax
Jan. 9, 2019
SB 274: Partnership audit tax bill is an example of a collaborative legislative process
California does not automatically conform to changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Thus, the new federal partnership audit rules created a disconnect in how the IRS and California Franchise Tax Board audited partnerships. To bridge the gap between the rules, State Sen. Steven Glazer (D) introduced Senate Bill 274.
In 2015, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which, among other changes, modified Internal Revenue Service partnership audit procedures. The new rules allow the IRS to assess and collect any tax, penalty or adjustment resulting from an audit at the partnership level, instead of at the individual partner level. This change alleviates some of the administrative difficulties with large partnership audits where a partnership may have numerous partners. The...
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