Month: February 2021

Real Estate Attorney David Mnatsakanyan Joins Boutin Jones Inc.

February 18, 2021

Real Estate attorney David Mnatsakanyan has joined Boutin Jones Inc. A graduate of University of California, Hastings College of Law and the University of California, Davis, he is a former Tax Consultant for Deloitte Tax LLP in San Francisco. While there, he delivered consulting and compliance services involving indirect taxes such as sales and use taxes and gross receipts…

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Final Regs Defining ‘Real Property’ for Section 1031: IRS Gets It Right With ‘State Law Plus’

February 18, 2021
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Jon Christianson and Matthew Carlson of Boutin Jones Inc., together with Louis Weller of Weller Partners, LLP, and Richard Lipton of Baker & McKenzie, LLP, were co-authors of an article that was recently published in the February 2021 issue of the Journal of Taxation titled, “Final Regs Defining ‘Real Property’ for Section 1031: IRS Gets…

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COVID-10 Vaccine

February 16, 2021

February 2021 Monthly Litigation Law Tip As businesses continue to adapt to working during the pandemic, employers considering whether they can require employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine should look beyond a “yes or no” answer to ensure that their policies and practices help minimize the risk of potential vaccine-related litigation.

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Litigator Dillon Jackson Joins Boutin Jones Inc.

February 5, 2021

Attorney Dillon Jackson has joined Boutin Jones Inc.’s Litigation Department where he will help represent clients on a wide range of civil litigation matters. He graduated in 2020 from the University of California, Davis School of Law, Order of the Coif, and received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2016, where he…

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Real Estate Owned by an Entity Can be Reassessed Due to Change in Control or Ownership

February 4, 2021

February 2021 Monthly Tax Law Tip Real estate owned by an entity can be reassessed for California property tax purposes even with no transfer of the property. A transfer of interests in the entity resulting in a change in control or a change in ownership of the entity can result in reassessment even if the…

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Opportunity Zones: Further Extensions in the Land of Oz

February 4, 2021
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Good news from the Land of Oz: on January 19, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-10, which extends the relief granted to qualified opportunity funds (“QOFs”) and their investors in previous Notice 2020-39. Notice 2021-10 (the “Notice”) extends due dates until either March 31, 2021 or June 30, 2021, in response to the continued challenges…

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