Tax Court Sustains IRS’s Disallowance of C Corporation’s Deduction for Management Fee Paid to Shareholders

Tax Court Sustains IRS’s Disallowance of C Corporation’s Deduction for Management Fee Paid to Shareholders

Aspro, Inc. v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2021-8 (January 2021) is a cautionary tale for C corporations that look to zero out taxable income through post hoc management fees. In total the three shareholders received management fees in excess of a $1 million dollars a year for the years at issue (2012-2014).   Although the management…