U.S. Income
Tax Law

Toby Cozart 

Attorney at Law         


 

Selected Publications

BNA Tax Management Portfolio, 545 T.M., Equipment Lease Characterization (1st ed. 1996; 2nd ed. 2009, forthcoming).
Comprehensive analysis of when a transaction involving the use of property constitutes a sham, lease, loan, partnership, service contract or estate for years for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Disputing Rev. Rul. 99-14: Pre-Tax Profit, Defeasance, and Circular Leases, 83 Tax Notes 557-571 (April 26, 1999).
Analysis of the 1999 IRS ruling that holds lease-in lease-out transactions are shams.

Applying Sections 704(b) and 751(b) to Two Structures for Shifting Partnership Allocations, Taxes--the Tax Magazine, Vol. 67, Nos. 10 & 11, pp. 635-74, 741-59 (Oct. & Nov. 1989).

Structuring Foreign Investments in U.S. Corporations Using Portfolio Debt Guaranteed by the Issuer's Foreign Affiliate, International Tax & Business Lawyer, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 398-455 (Spr. 1988).
 

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