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Conversions for QSBS Status: Best practices for restructuring LLCs taxed as S-Corporations

November 2024
By Nancy E. Dollar and Michael Sechuga

The Fragility of QSBS Status and How to Protect Your Tax Benefits

September 2024
By Christopher A. Karachale and Natasha Arora

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Interactive Guide to Qualified Trades or Businesses for QSBS Qualification

This interactive guide reviews each piece of administrative guidance issued by the IRS on qualified trade or business status under IRC section 1202(e)(3). The descriptions of the business and the legal analysis are taken verbatim from the existing Private Letter Rulings (“PLRs”) and Chief Counsel Advice (“CCA”).

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Christopher Karachale

Christopher Karachale Quoted in The New York Times

July 16, 2025

How Republicans Supersized Silicon Valley’s Favorite Tax Break

“Everyone was like: ‘Are you joking?’ These founders and early employees, they’re already getting a huge benefit. So if anything people are thinking: ‘Wow it’s remarkable the statute got opened up all this more.’”
Christopher Karachale, partner, as quoted in The New York Times

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Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS): $10 Million Tax-Free Secret with Attorney Christopher Karachale
Brooklyn FI

Understanding QSBS Eligibility and Maximizing Your QSBS Benefits
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For More Information, Please Contact:

Christopher Karachale
Christopher Karachale
Partner
San Francisco, CA
Nancy Dollar
Nancy Dollar
Partner
San Francisco, CA
Daren Shaver
Daren Shaver
Partner
San Francisco, CA