The Seventh Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in Hoops, LP v. Commissioner, Docket No. 22-2012 (7th Cir. Aug. 10, 2023), in which it held that a partnership could not deduct deferred compensation due under a non-qualified deferred compensation plan to two NBA players when the deferred compensation liability was assumed by the purchaser of the Memphis Grizzlies NBA basketball team. This result means that the seller’s amount realized on the sale includes the amount of the liability assumption, yet the seller is not entitled to a deduction for the deferred compensation at the time of the sale. At this Fall’s Forum programs, we will be discussing this important case and how to structure a sale of a business where the buyer is assuming a non-qualified deferred compensation liability to avoid this whipsaw.

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