IRS issues PLR Preserving S Corporation Status Despite Failure to Make Timely QSST Election

April 6, 2026, 9:22 PM UTC

The IRS has issued a private letter ruling on I.R.C. §§1361 and 1362 confirming an S corporation may continue its status despite inadvertent termination when a trust shareholder failed to make a timely qualified subchapter S trust (QSST) election after the expiration of the two-year period following the deemed owner’s death. [PLR 202614003]

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