Using an S corporation to hold stock in other corporations

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Abstract: In choosing an entity for a business, there are opportunities to use an S corporation to hold stock in other corporations, but not the stock of other S corporations. If any corporation acquires the S corporation’s stock, that S corporation becomes a C corporation, which is generally detrimental. The truth is that taxpayers with S corporations have a great deal of flexibility in structuring their corporate holdings. This flexibility allows an S corporation to hold C corporation subsidiaries and qualified Subchapter S subsidiaries, as this article explains.