How to Avoid S Corporation Inadvertent Terminations

The requirements that S corporations must meet may be challenging but any violation of the rules may result in an inadvertent termination of an S corporation’s status.  Sally P. Schreiber, senior editor with the AICPA Magazines & Newsletters team, outlines the S corporation requirements and talks about the seven types of trusts that qualify to be S corporation shareholders.  She discusses how the IRS is providing limited relief for corporations who violate the rules and making it fairly easy for them to fix these problems.