Under Section 1202(h)(4) the holder of QSBS can exchange their stock for other QSBS or non-QSBS stock when electing Section 351(a). Section 351(a) allows the holder to conduct a tax-free transaction, exchanging either corporate stock or property. Immediately after the exchange, the company issuing new stock in … Read More
Whatever hat you are wearing (i.e. accredited investor, founder, employee, or contractor) you do not have to take any required steps when acquiring QSBS at the issuance date. Although legally there are no required steps the QSBS holder should still make an organized checklist before acquiring the … Read More
Under Section 1202(a)(1) QSBS can be owned by any entity other than a C Corporation. Therefore, a trust, S Corporation, Partnership, or individual can own QSBS. The share gain of the gain received in the sale of QSBS can not exceed the interest that the shareholder, partner, … Read More
Venture Capital (VC) funds can elect the Section 1045 rollover, but there are some nuances between various situations. VC funds are structured as partnerships; therefore, the Section 1045 treatment will be parallel with most partnership structures. The IRS has laid out detailed guidelines over the treatment of … Read More
For purposes of this article, we are referring to General Partners of venture capital (VC) firms or similar private equity investment funds. General Partners can accumulate capital gains from two main sources, i.e. (i) direct investments or (ii) carried interest. Generally, General Partners of VC firms will … Read More
The new QSBS corporation and the investor must meet all of the same requirements on the QSBS checklist as the original QSBS. There is one exception to the active trade or business test. The QSBS purchased through a Section 1045 rollover only has to meet the active … Read More
Section 1045(a)(1 & 2) explicitly states that the reinvested QSBS gain is limited to the cost of the new QSBS minus the cost of the original QSBS. If $1 million in QSBS was purchased in 2015 but was sold for $5 million in 2018 there would be … Read More
One of the main requirements of electing the Section 1045 rollover is that the original QSBS has to be held for at least 6 months. After the stock has been held for 6 months at anytime the QSBS holder can sell the stock and rollover the full … Read More
Under Section 1045(a)(1) the QSBS gains have to be reinvested within 60 days of the sale of the QSBS into new QSBS stock. Although it has to be reinvested in 60 days the seller is not limited to one investment and is not limited to the amount … Read More
Section 1045(a)(1) says the cost of "any QSBS purchased by the taxpayer" will reduce and defer the realized gain. Therefore, the seller of QSBS can make multiple investments within the 60 day period. As a Section 1045 rollover strategy, multiple investments allows the taxpayer to spread their investment risk … Read More