Death of the Tax Matters Partner: What Owners of Partnerships and LLCs Need to Know About New Rules

New partnership audit rules effective January 1, 2018, will mean the end to the familiar tax matters partner role. Instead, partnerships and LLCs need to plan to select a partnership representative. In this Business Hour, we will cover the new partnership representative role and explain what happens if you don’t amend your partnership or LLC agreement in response to the new audit rules.