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2026 (29)
June 20 -- May Tax Roundup: Lusty Easements, Jet Fees, And LIfe Insurance Lessons (With June Already Half Gone)
June 16 -- How Newlyweds Can Have Calm Honest Money Talks and Build Financial Trust
June 6 -- The New Yorker Piece on Belle Burden’s ‘Strangers’ Actually Bolsters Her Story
June 4 -- Avoid Common Life Insurance Mistakes to Protect Your Loved Ones
June 2 -- A Teachable Moment From The $1 Billion Texas Tax Shelter Indictment
May 15 -- Two Great Books By And About Women – And Men
April 28 -- Review of Carol Strickland’s “When Sparks Fly Up: The Lost Story of Margaret Fuller”
April 19 -- Some March Madness In The Tax World
April 14 -- What Happens When You Have To Pay Social Security Back
March 30 -- Spring Cleaning Tax Roundup: Ranching, Oil, Hobbies, Easements, and Endless Litigation
March 28 -- Robert Baty On Zinski v. Liberty University
March 23 -- Spring Cleaning With Hallucinations
March 19 -- Inside Dean Steeves’ Long IRS Battle: $16M Assessments, a ‘Mandatory Tax-Excepted’ Ministry, and Why the Merits Never Get Reached
March 6 -- Mixed Feelings on Price v. Commissioner: Right Result, But It Still Bugs Me
March 4 -- Ayn Rand Disciple Has Mixed Result Against IRS
March 1 -- Doctor Dino’s Lawsuit Against Mark Stoney A Revised Complaint
February 25 -- Scholar Al Strikes At Dixieland Boondockery Again
February 16 -- I Still Think The Income Tax Is Constitutional
February 10 -- Brushing Up On Brushaber -How IRS Misstatement Fueled “Tax Protesters”
January 30 -- Not Enough Milk For The Starving Children To Justify Tax Exemption
January 26 -- Judge Toro Does Not Budge On Paul-Adams Quarry Trust
January 19 -- Facing The Terror Of History
January 17 -- Green Sheets and Pencils – Accounting And Tax Prep In The Eighties
January 16 -- Baker McKenzie On The Risks Facing Global Companies In 2026
January 10 -- Conservation Easement Tax Deduction Coverage Round Up
January 6 -- Was Denmark Vesey Framed?
January 5 -- The Dinosaur Adventure Land Jeep Heist – A Different Point Of View
January 2 -- Robert Baty On The Great Dinosaur Adventure Land Jeep Heist
January 1 -- The Object Of The Game For An Agent Of The Resistance
2025 (63)
December 30 -- The Tax Hazards Of Whole Life Insurance Policies
December 24 -- Christmas As A Tax Story
December 22 -- Revisiting Romney’s 2012 Tax Scandals: From Carried Interest to a Dancing Horse, in Light of His Tax-the-Rich Plea
December 22 -- Mitt Romney’s Call to Tax the Rich Like Himself: A Skeptical Take
December 19 -- Kent Hovind And Paul Hansen And A Jeep Stolen From Dinosaur Adventure Land
December 17 -- Kent Hovind Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Mark Stoney
December 14 -- Your Tax Matters Partner – A New Day Has Dawned
December 9 -- Tax Court Exposes Conservation Easement Syndication Process
December 5 -- Anatomy Of An AI Hallucination
December 5 -- Building a Financial Foundation for Two: Smart Money Moves for Newlyweds
December 3 -- Paul-Adams Quarry Tax Court Decision Challenged – A YTMP Exclusive
November 22 -- Tax Court’s Third Strike on Hypothetical Mining Valuations: Paul-Adams Quarry and the Jones Day Theory Rejected Again
November 17 -- New York’s Tenacious Tax Grip: Lessons from the Hoff Domicile Dispute
November 11 -- Author Calls For Elimination Of Estate Tax And More Tax On The Wealthy
November 8 -- When A Foreign Posting Creates Tax Disaster
October 28 -- Smart Ways to Earn a College Degree Without Going Broke
September 26 -- IRS Draft Form Confirms Tip Deduction Marriage Penalty
September 21 -- Tax Free Tips For The Piano Man?
September 9 -- Jones Day Easement Valuation Theory Faces Eleventh Circuit Test
August 20 -- Section 183 Hobby Losses Live Video Conference
August 20 -- As IRS Withers Tax Pros Still Urge Compliance
August 13 -- Tax-Smart Moves Every Small Business Owner Should Make
August 11 -- Reflecting On IRS Cuts – Should You Still Be Compliant?
August 7 -- Grok On The Reilly Baty Collaboration
August 4 -- The End of ‘Smelly’ Arguments? Tax Court Targets Conservation Easement Abuses
August 4 -- Who Is The Most Famous Peter Reilly? What Grok Thinks
August 4 -- Grok4 Commentary On My Kent Hovind Coverage
July 31 -- Oklahoma Supreme Court Denies Extending McGirt Decision To State Income Tax
July 23 -- More On The Tips And Overtime Deductions In One Big Beautiful Bill
July 19 -- Tips And Overtime Deductions In Big Beautiful Bill Seem To Create Odd Marriage Incentives
June 24 -- Jones Day Argues New Approach To Valuation In Recent Tax Court Cases
June 10 -- IRS Liens To Be Enforced Against Glen Stoll’s Property
May 27 -- Three Hobby Loss Developments And The Romanowski Judgement
May 19 -- How to Rethink Your Money Mindset and Unlock a Better Life
April 21 -- What Grok Thinks Of Me
April 20 -- Syndicated Conservation Easements Beginning Of The End
April 12 -- Tax Return Is Key Information Source For Divorce Attorney
March 22 -- Lafayette Superhero
March 12 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Belchertown MA June 14
March 5 -- Federal Tax Treatment Of State Paid Family Medical Leave Programs – Refund Opportunity
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Burlington VT June 29
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Montpelier June 28-29
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Randolph VT June 28
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Royalton VT June 28
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Barnard VT June 28
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Woodstock VT June 28
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Windsor VT June 28
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England – Biddeford ME June 26
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825- Portland ME June 25
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England – Kennebunk ME June 24
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England – Boston MA June 20
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Boston MA June 19
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England – Charlestown MA June 17
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England – Boston MA June 16
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Ware MA June 14
March 3 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Northampton MA June 14
March 2 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Pittsfield MA June 13
March 2 -- Lafayette In New England In 1825
February 21 -- Kent Hovind Is Back Seeking Exoneration Or Pardon From President Trump
February 16 -- Is Rothing A Must? How Historically Low Are Current Rates? Are Tax Rates Sure To Rise?
February 9 -- Rudy Davis Reflects And Is Pessimistic About Trump Presidency
February 7 -- To Roth Or Not To Roth ? Is There A Question?
January 24 -- Zaxby’s Founder Wins Substantial IRS Refund In Conservation Easement Case
2024 (45)
November 13 -- Trump Challenger Sentenced To 188 Months In Prison On Tax Charges
October 26 -- Harness the Power of Your Tax Refund: A Savvy Spender’s Guide
October 25 -- Charitable Easement Deduction $16,745,000 Claimed $93,690 Allowed
August 14 -- No Tax On Tips – Now Social Security – What Is Next?
August 8 -- No Tax On Tips – Be Careful What You Wish For
July 24 -- IRS Conservation Easement Settlement Offer – Sweet Deal ?
June 14 -- Tax Court Rules On $187 Million In Charitable Deductions From $9.5 Million Purchase
May 1 -- Jury Will Decide Merit Of $43 Million Tax Refund Claim By Zaxby’s Cofounder
April 16 -- Tax Court Allows Only 2.5% Of Claimed Easement Charitable Deduction
April 12 -- Charitable Distributions From IRAs – What Can Possibly Go Wrong?
April 7 -- O’Keefe v. OCU – Byers v. FC – Update!
March 16 -- A Tale Of Two Tenured Professors
March 14 -- Judge Lauber Provides Anatomy Of A Tax Dodge In Easement Decision
March 4 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 3 Sturbridge
March 4 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 3 Charlton
March 4 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 3 Rochdale (Leicester)
March 4 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 3 Worcester
March 4 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 3 West Boylston
March 4 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 3 Sterling
March 4 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 3 Lancaster
March 4 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2-3 Bolton
March 4 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Stow
March 3 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Concord
March 3 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Lexington
March 3 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Arlington (West Cambridge In 1824)
March 3 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Boston
March 3 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 31 Newburyport
March 3 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 31 Ipswich
March 3 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 31 Beverly
March 3 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 31 Salem
March 3 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 31 Marblehead
March 3 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 31 Lynn
March 2 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts August 31 – Chelsea
March 2 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 30 Boston
March 2 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 29 Milton Quincy
March 2 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 28 Medford
March 2 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – Augusts 2? Dorchester
March 2 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 27 Charlestown
March 2 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 26 Boston Cambridge Harvard Phi Beta Kappa
March 2 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts 1824 – August 25 Cambridge Harvard Commencement
March 2 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts August 24 1824 – Roxbury Boston
March 2 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts August 23 1824 – Walpole Dedham Roxbury
March 2 -- Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824
February 4 -- Author Of Farewell Tour Spy Thriller Reflects On Lafayette
January 29 -- Stiff Sentences In Conservation Easement Criminal Case – Reactions
2023 (43)
December 30 -- Supreme Court Moore Case – Conservatives Dismiss Founding Era Opinion
December 29 -- Navigating Business Stability: Key Strategies for Financial and Operational Mastery
December 6 -- Making the Most of Your Tax Refund
December 2 -- Zaxby’s Cofounder Sues US For $43 Million Over Conservation Tax Deductions Of $166 Million
November 13 -- Tax Court Exposes Financial Engineering Of Conservation Easements
November 9 -- Are You Really Sure Your Electronic Form 1040 Was Filed?
November 9 -- Who Is Stuck With Tax Tab For Bang Energy Monster Sale? Jack Owoc Or The Creditors
November 1 -- Financial Engineering – Syndicated Conservation Easements
October 23 -- Wall Street Journal Supports Abusive Conservation Tax Shelters
October 20 -- Juror In Criminal Tax Case Sympathizing With The Rich, White And Entitled
October 3 -- Park Poet Meditates On The Cohan Rule
September 28 -- Rapper Tyga Buried Under $8 Million In Tax Debt Keeps Going Deeper
September 20 -- Timeshare Tax Shenanigans End With Large Penalties
September 5 -- IRS Takes Aim At “Copyrighted” Trust Scheme
August 28 -- Tax Court Judge Suggests Glue Factory For Retired Thoroughbred Horses
August 6 -- Stone Mining Company’s Donation Deduction For Land Given To Town Disallowed
July 31 -- No Authority For How To Compute Housing Investment Exit Taxes
July 27 -- Remember You Are Mortal And Make Your Annual Exclusion Gifts In January
July 23 -- Tax Court Leaning Harder On The Little Guys In Hobby Loss Cases
July 18 -- Structured Installment Sale Can Be A Great Solution To Liquidity Event Tax
July 10 -- Missing Tax Court Deadline By A New York Minute
June 11 -- Employee Retention Credit Schemes Are Symptom Of A Dysfunctional Tax System
June 2 -- Hobby Loss Roundup
May 31 -- District Court Tosses Interesting Likely Frivolous Tax Argument Out On Standing
May 26 -- Alternative Tax Thinker Trying The Puerto Rico Gambit
May 10 -- Year 15 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Fight Turns Ugly For CohnReznick
April 29 -- Plan On Having The Death Tax Live On
April 17 -- Trump Indictment – 34 Counts Of Falsifying – What Is The Other Crime?
April 13 -- Third Circuit Upholds Tax Court In Large Dollar Horse Hobby Loss Opinion
April 7 -- Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Hit With Huge Tax From 2001 Shelter
April 2 -- What Would The FAIR Tax Really Be Like ?
March 18 -- Kent Hovind’s Third Wife Sues Over Financial Commitments
March 14 -- Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour And Millennial 401(k)s A Teachable Moment
March 7 -- Tax Defier Who Bragged About Spanking IRS Convicted On Ten Counts
March 6 -- Kent Hovind Round Up Since His 2015 Release From Prison
February 18 -- How The Fair Tax Act Of 2023 Might Look For Different Sorts Of Taxpayers
February 14 -- Fair Tax Act of 2023 Has Variable Rate
February 9 -- More On The Fair Tax Act Of 2023
January 30 -- What The Proposed ‘FAIR Tax’ Really Looks Like
January 24 -- Abolish The IRS – Sort Of – Then What?
January 22 -- Appreciation And A Strong Manager Win Hobby Loss Case
January 7 -- Some Of The Tax Developments I Covered In 2022
January 4 -- IRS Versus Dubious Conservation Easements In 2022 – Mixed Results
2022 (64)
December 30 -- EO Tax Journal Editor Proposes Elimination Of All Charitable Deductions
December 23 -- Should You Invest In A Syndicated Conservation Easement ?
December 15 -- IRS Successfully Attacks Tax Shelter With Hobby Loss Rule
December 2 -- Conservation Easement Syndicates Outlawyering IRS
November 30 -- On Tax Writing Rabbit Holes
November 30 -- MR. REILLY’S CONUNDRUM
November 17 -- Republican Donor Lane Grigsby Must Repay $576,756 Research Credit Refund
November 9 -- Poor Return Preparation Voids Deduction For African Art
November 6 -- Mississippi Supreme Court Rules No Sales Tax On Wedding Digital Photo Packages
November 4 -- Champions Retreat Easement Case – Did Anybody Win?
October 28 -- Fake News In The Tax Arena
October 15 -- Opportunity Zone Ponzi Promoter Sentenced To Four Years
October 4 -- National Republican Senatorial Committee Calls Clergy Housing Benefit A Tax Dodge
October 3 -- New York AG Report – Lots Of Lies – Not A Lot Of Federal Tax Avoidance
September 26 -- Tax Court Upholds $70,000 In Frivolous Return Penalties
September 20 -- Church State Tax Roundup With Emphasis On Parsonage Issue
September 20 -- Appeal Of $90 Tax Court Decision Shows Passion Of Pro Bono Attorneys
September 15 -- Peter Hendrickson Responds To Lauber Opinion In Clarkson v Commissioner
September 12 -- Way Out Of State Tax On Student Debt Forgiveness
September 8 -- Collection Suit Against Glen Stoll – Will Kent Hovind Be Next ?
September 5 -- Opportunity Zones – What Are They Good For?
September 4 -- How to Overcome Business Financial Failures and Still Succeed Anyway
August 29 -- Charlie Sheen Settles With IRS For $3.3 Million And A Possible Share In Future Earnings
August 25 -- Settlement In A Low Income House Tax Credit Year 15 Appeal
August 23 -- Inflation Bill Will Restore IRS Staffing To 1995 Level By 2026
August 23 -- Come Out of a Recession With a Stronger Future and Better Outlook
August 11 -- Tax Pro Suggests How IRS Should Use Funds From Inflation Reduction Act
August 10 -- Best Tax News Of The Year – Aegis For Dreams Wins Tax Exempt Status
July 27 -- Charitable Acknowledgements For Tax Purposes Go Badly Wrong
July 24 -- Conservation Easement Abuse – Not Just The Syndicators
July 20 -- Don’t Complain To IRS If They Are Slow To Process Your Fraudulent Refund Claim
July 17 -- The Fine Points Of Claiming Charitable Deductions
July 11 -- An Unusual Tax Court Hobby Loss Opinion
June 19 -- Sixth Circuit Rules Low Income Housing Tax Credit Refusal Rights Are Special
June 16 -- Lessons From Gene Bicknell’s Victory Over Kansas In Domicile Dispute
June 6 -- Supreme Court Boechler Decision Cuts Some Slack In Tax Court Deadline
May 29 -- Delaware Chancery Refuses To Apply Ferengi Principles To Low Income Housing Deals
May 25 -- ABLE Accounts For Disabled Have Many Advantages And Should Be Better Known
May 18 -- Review Of “Only The Rich Can Play” By David Wessel
May 16 -- Low Income Housing Tax Credit Year 15 Roundup
April 24 -- Independent Economy Council Reports Many 1099 Workers Troubled By Tax Obligations
April 22 -- Watch That Last Minute Joint Return For Final Year Of Marriage
April 21 -- Filing Separately For 2021 Tax Savings Who Is Missing Out?
April 21 -- Worst And Best Book Movie Adaptations
April 16 -- How to Ensure Your Small Business Maintains a Healthy Cash Flow
April 15 -- Married Couples May Save Thousands By Filing Form 1040 Separately For 2021
April 12 -- Major New York Landlord Tripped Up By Like-Kind Exchange Technicality
April 7 -- Achieving Financial Health With a Personal Finance App
April 2 -- Circuits Split On Conservation Easement Perpetuity Regulation – Valuation Remains Critical
March 29 -- Edward Brown Constitution Ranger – Part II – First Conviction And Ranger Handbook
March 22 -- Edward Brown Constitution Ranger – Part I – The Appeal
March 15 -- Federal Prosecutors Coming Down Hard On Abusive Conservation Easement Promoters
March 11 -- Innocent Spouse Loss Has Some Valuable Lessons
March 2 -- US v Harry Stonehill – America’s Jarndyce v Jarndyce
February 11 -- Low Income Housing Tax Credit – Another Win For The Aggregators
February 10 -- Charlie Sheen Income Tax Woes – Things Are Looking Better
February 2 -- The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of – The Rise And Fall Of Malta Pension Plans
February 1 -- Neil Gorsuch Wanted US Supreme Court To Overrule Virginia Courts On Local Real Estate Tax Issue
January 24 -- Paradise Atop The Hudson – A Sixties Working Class Middlemarch
January 20 -- Stimulus Checks Unpassed Tax Provisions And Other Fun In 2021
January 13 -- Eleventh Circuit Deals IRS Defeat In Conservation Easement Struggle
January 5 -- Millennial Reviews The Old Man’s Tax Blog
January 4 -- Tax Court Christmas Donkeys – A Present For Taxpayers With Losing Side Gigs
January 1 -- Removing Inflation Distortions From The Tax Base – The 1984 Solution
2021 (68)
December 30 -- Tax Court Judge Emphasizes Magnitude Of Losses In Denying Horse Breeding Deductions
December 24 -- A Revolutionary Tax Court Petition
December 22 -- Hobby Loss Deduction Developments In 2021
December 6 -- Opportunity Zone Investment Fraud – Sometimes It’s Better To Just Pay The Taxes
November 27 -- S Corporation Or LLC ? A Misleading Question That Can Lead To Expensive Mistakes
November 20 -- Judge Denies Stimulus Payments To Citizen Children With Undocumented Parents
November 18 -- IRS Automatic Notices Alienate Taxpayers
November 15 -- Lafayette In Worcester County – September 3, 1824 – Introduction
November 11 -- Family Attorney Fears Tax Decision Smuggles Religion Into Family Law
November 9 -- Dark Side Of Tax Incentives: Baldwin Shooting Raises Issues Of Safety And Dispersion Of Film Production
November 5 -- Who’s Afraid Of Bank Reporting To IRS?
October 25 -- Part Of Build Back Better Could Be Disaster For Trust Owned Life Insurance
October 20 -- Kent Hovind Half Billion $ Lawsuit Ends As He Faces Domestic Assault Charge
October 11 -- S Corp To Partnership Conversion Under Build Back Better
October 5 -- Time To Change Your Estate Plan – Again
October 1 -- House Tax Bill Would Help Not For Profit Sponsors Of Low Income Housing Partnerships
September 25 -- Crackdown On Abusive Conservation Deductions Included In New Tax Legislation
September 17 -- Trying To Get IRS To Shut Up About Conservation Easement Litigation
September 11 -- IRS Hangs Tough On Conservation Easements
September 2 -- Did IRS Robots Cause The Tax Court Petition Flood?
August 29 -- Tax Court Swamped By Flood Of Petitions
August 24 -- Michael Jackson Case Could Support Income Tax Savings
August 17 -- Top Crime Writer Cannot Avoid SE Tax On Book Royalties
August 14 -- Kent Hovind’s Me Too Moment
August 13 -- A Look At The Opinion On Releasing Trump Tax Returns
July 9 -- When A Relative’s Wages Become Ineligible For The ERC
July 8 -- When Owner Wages Become Ineligible For The ERC
July 7 -- TOT Property Holdings Highlights Fundamental Flaw In Conservation Syndications
June 29 -- CPAs Should Steer Clear Of Syndicated Conservation Easements
June 15 -- Kent Hovind Half Billion Dollar Lawsuit Dies With A Whimper
June 6 -- Todays Dollars 2021
June 3 -- Low Income Housing Tax Credit Enriching Private Interests At Expense Of Common Good
June 1 -- Monetized Installment Sale – IRS Finally Says It Does Not Work
May 20 -- The Dubious Anonymity Of Virtual Currency Transactions
May 14 -- Michael Jackson’s Estate Mostly Prevails In Valuation Fight With IRS
May 13 -- Boston Tax Institute
May 11 -- Cecile Barker And Why You Need To Keep Records Longer Than You Thought
May 1 -- New York AG Supports Community Group In Battle With AIG Over Tax Credit Property
April 29 -- Fourth Class Action Suit Against Syndicated Conservation Easement Promoters
April 18 -- Conservation Appraisers Strike Back At IRS With Class Action Suit
April 15 -- Injunction Against Syndicated Conservation Easement Consultant
April 12 -- Bachelor Clues Tax Observations On Crypto Not To Be Relied On
April 6 -- Estimated Tax Payments – Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff
April 3 -- Form That Will Make Or Break Rebate Credits For Noncustodial Parents
March 28 -- TurboTax – H&R Block Software Smackdown
March 25 -- Third Win For Investors Versus Not For Profit Sponsors Of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Projects
March 23 -- Cooling Breeze For The Tax Season From Hell – IRS Does Not Want Amended Returns Right Away
March 17 -- With Large Charitable Contributions Aim For More Than Substantial Compliance
March 13 -- Wealth Tax Bill Act Would Double IRS Enforcement Budget
March 10 -- The $1,100 Per Child Tax Rebate Bonus For Unmarried Parents
March 7 -- Stimulus Checks And Your 2020 Return – Hurry Up Or Wait ?
March 4 -- Taking Another Look At The Hazards Of Filing Form 1099
March 1 -- The “Hey Hey Just Don’t Pay” Tax Strategy
February 26 -- Low Income Housing Tax Credit – Aggregators Fight Sponsors In Year 15
February 17 -- Mann Case Sets Precedent For Building Material Reuse Tax Charitable Valuation
February 11 -- Judge In Tax Protester Case Pushed IRS To Investigate Promoter Glen Stoll
February 7 -- Reuse Appraiser Pleased IRS Finally Taking Action On Abuses
February 6 -- Tax Court’s New DAWSON Document System Achieves New Low In Transparency
February 4 -- Build Reuse Chairman Mike Gable Responds To Mann Decision
January 29 -- GameStop Triggers My Wall Street Memories
January 26 -- IRS Collections Appears To Be Broken
January 25 -- Congressional Democrats Want It Made Clear That Insurrection Is Not A Tax Exempt Activity
January 24 -- National Housing Trust Responds To Housing Credit Right Of First Refusal Litigation
January 23 -- After The Low Income Housing Tax Credits Are Done, Investors Want More
January 19 -- New Class Action Suit Against Conservation Easement Promoters
January 19 -- If You Need Free In Depth Tax Advice Then I’m A Stripper Not An Accountant
January 17 -- Kent Hovind Spreads Lie About Dominion To Support His Pardon Claim
January 1 -- Accountants Plead Guilty On $1.2 Billion In Bad Charitable Deductions
2020 (130)
December 28 -- Roots Of The 250% Solution To Charitable Easement Tax Abuse
December 27 -- Oakbrook Land Holdings A Major 2020 Tax Court Decision
December 24 -- IRS At Supreme Court Over Captive Insurance
December 17 -- Bob Dylan’s Debt To Nashville – It’s About Taxes
December 15 -- Vacation Home Conversion, Debt Discharge And Partnership Issues All In One Tax Court Case
December 9 -- Law Professor Argues Opportunity Zone Program Is Harmful
December 5 -- Kent Hovind’s Hail Mary Pardon Pass
December 1 -- PPP IRS And Tax Deductions – Is Resistance Futile?
November 30 -- IRS Threatens 75% Fraud Penalty For Investors In Syndicated Conservation Easements
November 30 -- Coca-Cola And Amazon In Tax Court – Where Are The Intangibles?
November 19 -- A Syndicated Conservation Easement Deal With Substance
November 17 -- Ryan LLC – Tax Consulting Firm That Let Go Of CPA Brand
November 7 -- Is A Major IRS Crackdown On Partnerships Looming?
November 3 -- Senate Investigation Of Easement Syndications Worth Celebrating
October 27 -- Education Of A Tax Court Judge
October 23 -- Tax Court Will Go Dark For December
October 22 -- Trump Seven Springs Easement Deduction May Be Reasonable
October 17 -- Proposed Bill Will Not End Conservation Easement Tax Abuse
October 12 -- Four Months To Eternity In Prison If Trump Tax Data Leaker Caught
October 9 -- New York Times Trump Tax Story Disappoints
October 7 -- The Irresistible Allure Of Abusive Conservation Tax Deductions
October 1 -- Economist Challenges Assumptions Of Wealth Tax Advocates
September 27 -- Bipartisan Framework Could Mean Two More Stimulus Checks
September 27 -- Major Tax Software Vendor Crashes On Important Due Date
September 20 -- The Skinny On The Failed Senate Skinny Bill
September 17 -- NonSequitur Show – Object Lesson In Business Formation
September 15 -- Handling Your Money When You’re Unemployed Takes Work
September 13 -- NonSequitur Litigation – Possible Tax Outcomes
September 13 -- Syndication Of Conservation Tax Deductions – Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
September 11 -- First Surrender In IRS War On Abusive Conservation Deductions
September 8 -- Paycheck Protection Fraud Is Massive And Unsurprising
September 4 -- Preparing For The McRae Curtis Service Showdown On September 11
August 31 -- Conservation Easement Tax Deduction Coverage Round Up
August 26 -- IRS Carves Back TCJA Inventory Relief
August 25 -- Dealing With Debt Stress
August 25 -- An Accountant Looks At The Non Sequitur Lawsuit – The $65,000 Question
August 21 -- IRS Veteran Insists That IRS Is Missing Billions In Real Estate Gains
August 20 -- Non Sequitur Lawsuit Divides Hovindologists
August 18 -- President’s Executive Order On Payroll Taxes – Some Detail
August 15 -- Conservation Easements -Is IRS Burning The Forest To Save It?
August 10 -- Senate Bill Addresses Remote Worker State Tax And Gig Worker Issues
August 10 -- How QAnon Candidate Marjorie Greene Used Conservation Tax Scandal To Help Win Congressional Nomination
August 10 -- When In Rome – Conservation Easement Scandal Enters Congressional Race
August 9 -- Paycheck Protection Moving In The Senate
August 8 -- Paul Hansen And Kent Hovind Go To A Bridge Tournament To Play Crazy Eights
August 7 -- My Hovind Posts As Youtube Stars
August 6 -- IRS Misdated Notices – Some Mystery Remains
August 1 -- Second Stimulus Check – Wait For Something To Pass
July 26 -- Marching Through Georgia – Class Action Lawsuits Against Conservation Syndicators
July 23 -- Trump Tweet On Universities Invokes Specter Of Supreme Court Bob Jones Decision
July 21 -- Make The IRS Great Again
July 21 -- If The IRS Plays Politics With Tax-Exempts, President Trump Is Holding A Smoking Tweet
July 21 -- What Mary L Trump Needed Was Forensic Accounting
July 19 -- TIGTA – IRS Scores 98% On First Stimulus Payments
July 19 -- Paycheck Protection Shaming – Just Stop It
July 16 -- Preparers May Fight IRS On PPP Deduction Denial-Hundreds Of Billions At Stake
July 14 -- Newly-Released IRS Data Book Shows Continued Downsizing of IRS and Taxpayer Audits
July 11 -- IRS Victory In Easement Case Prompts An Offer To Not Be Refused
July 10 -- Why Stimulus For The Dead Might Not Have Been So Bad
July 6 -- IRS May Issue Millions Of Notices With Dates Wrong
July 6 -- New August 31 Deadline To Return Required Minimum Distributions
July 4 -- Round Up Of My Student Loan Coverage
July 3 -- Student Loan Income-Driven Payments- Tax On Forgiveness Should Not Stop You
June 28 -- Paul Hansen Provides Legal Theory Behind Kent Hovind’s Half-Billion Dollar Lawsuit
June 24 -- Kent Hovind’s Half-Billion Dollar Lawsuit – Legal Analysis
June 21 -- Who Is IRS Aiming At In Recent Partnership Notice?
June 19 -- Paycheck Protection, Churches And The Constitution – It’s Complicated
June 18 -- How I Fell For Margaret Fuller
June 15 -- Kent Hovind Sues US Government For Over Half A Billion Dollars
June 14 -- Paycheck Protection Loan Forgiveness Just Got Easier
June 9 -- For Some Churches, SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program Is Better Than Bingo
June 2 -- 11th Circuit Blesses Conservation Merit Of Golf Course
June 1 -- Why Do We Need Public Companies To Hand Out Free Money?
May 31 -- Debit Card Impact Payments Are Real
May 27 -- HEROES And CARES – A Tale Of Two Tax Provisions
May 26 -- Tax Attorneys Fight Covid-19 Stay-Home Order In Idaho
May 24 -- Accountants Scrap With Banks For Billions In Paycheck Protection Fees
May 20 -- Syndicated Conservation Easements- An Industry Based On Nonsense
May 19 -- Paycheck Protection Certification – No Harm No Foul
May 18 -- Trump Abandons Dock Dispute But State Income Tax Exposure Remains
May 12 -- Could Donald Trump’s Dock Battle With Mar-A-Lago Neighbors Cost Him Millions In New York Taxes?
May 11 -- Paycheck Protection Deductions: If No Help From Congress Should You Help Yourself?
May 8 -- Expenses Paid with a Forgiven PPP Loan are Deductible, IRS is Wrong
May 7 -- A Defense Of The Break Republicans Snuck Into The CARES Act
May 6 -- Judge Urges Prison Furlough For Author Of “Biggest Tax Fraud Ever”
May 6 -- IRS Moves To Virtual Settlement Meetings
April 30 -- IRS Rains On The Paycheck Protection Parade
April 28 -- Who Gets The Million Plus Stimulus Checks?
April 27 -- Banks Keeping Paycheck Protection Fees Meant For Others
April 23 -- Deep Pockets Need To Return Paycheck Protection Money
April 22 -- Paycheck Protection Program Gets Big Boost
April 21 -- Florida Firm Passes On Paycheck Protection Program
April 17 -- Paycheck Protection Program – Deductibility Dilemma
April 15 -- Is Now The Time For Non-Filers To Come In From The Cold?
April 14 -- Are Gigsters Frozen Out Of SBA Disaster Relief?
April 14 -- Stimulus’ Tax Benefits Heavily Weighted To Ultrawealthy
April 10 -- Wrong Signature Voids Million-Dollar Plus Refund Claim
April 10 -- A Tax Season Like None Other
April 8 -- Paycheck Protection Program -Ready For Corporations – Questions For Other Entity Types
April 8 -- Paycheck Protection Program – Consider Alternatives
April 8 -- Paycheck Protection Program – Think Fast. Make Mistakes
April 1 -- Tax Court Blesses 35% Valuation Discount On Investment Family Limited Partnership
March 31 -- Paycheck Protection Loans Coming Soon
March 30 -- A Tax Season Like None Other
March 30 -- Paycheck Protection Program – Maybe Next Week
March 29 -- Paycheck Protection Program – Devilish Details – Some Uncertainty
March 28 -- IRS Easing Up On Collection Activity During Crisis
March 28 -- Paycheck Protection Program Looks Like A Very Sweet Deal For Employers
March 21 -- Should You Stop Giving Money To Your College?
March 17 -- Tax Blogger Helps Get Judge To Change Decision
March 11 -- Conservation Easement Reform – 250% Is Too Much
March 5 -- If Spouse Is Behind Bars Think Before Filing Jointly
March 3 -- Response To Deconstruction Deduction Post
February 27 -- IRS Conducts Examination Without Coordination Or Clarity
February 21 -- War On Easement Deductions- $30 Million Denied In Three Cases
February 18 -- Tax Court Denies Millions In Easement Deductions
February 17 -- Wrapping The Green Flag Around Tax Shenanigans
February 7 -- Valuation Abuse In Conservation Easements – Rare Or Pervasive?
February 7 -- Tax Court Demolishes Deconstruction Deduction
February 2 -- Don’t Drop Your Tax Court Petition In the Mailbox
January 29 -- Couple Loses $7,000+ Tax Refund From Being Two Days Late
January 24 -- Deconstruction – CPA Calls For Appraisal Standards For Deductions
January 23 -- Gay Rights, Religion And Dinosaurs – My Top Tax Stories Of The Decade
January 17 -- Mormons And The Tax Law
January 15 -- Tax Court Rescues Taxpayer From The Agent From Hell
January 12 -- IRS Grinch Ruining Christmas For Syndicated Conservation Easements
January 11 -- How Not To Deal With A Bad 1099
January 10 -- Special American Flags – Do It Like The Marines
January 7 -- More On The Mormon Ensigngate
January 2 -- $100B In Mormon Till Does Not Merit IRS Attention
2019 (92)
December 27 -- IRS Wins Most Hobby Loss Cases But Don’t Let That Intimidate You
December 18 -- Tax Court Allows Long String Of Horse Losses
December 15 -- Tax Planning For The High Salary Pauper
December 10 -- Santa Forever
November 28 -- Major Crackdown On Conservation Easements Or IRS Bluff?
November 9 -- Syndicated Conservation Easements – Mining Concepts For Tax Dollars
November 6 -- Kent Hovind Trying To Undo His 2006 Conviction
November 4 -- Audiobooks are booming! By Thomas A. Burns, Jr.
November 1 -- President Trump Now A Florida Man
October 27 -- Ed And Elaine “Show Me The Law” Brown May Be Released Soon
October 24 -- AI Coming For Tax Planners – The Horror
October 20 -- Auditing The IRS: What Is Coming In 2020
October 16 -- Beto O’Rourke, IRS And The Constitution
October 15 -- Grassley To IRS On NRA – Fight Crime Someplace Else
October 13 -- GAO Reports On Charity Tax Abuse
October 8 -- Expats Need Expert Tax Advice
October 6 -- Partnership Tax Returns – Why Do We Even Bother?
September 28 -- Tax Court Can’t Order IRS To Not Jerk People Around
September 27 -- Maker Of Greatest Shot In March Madness History Misses In Tax Court
September 21 -- Tax Court Allows Oil And Coal Magnate Over $10M In Golf Course Losses
September 17 -- Wealth Tax – Constitutional Probably – Good Idea Not So Much
September 11 -- Dressage Trainer Complains Of Tax Court Mansplaining
September 6 -- Tax Court Approves Penalty But Does Not Allow IRS To Pile On
September 3 -- IRS Drubbed In Tax Court On Partnership Interest Deductions
September 1 -- The Beast I Found In The Park
August 28 -- Rubber Hitting The Road On New Partnership Audit Regime
August 26 -- Who Is That Masked Man? DC Circuit Tells Tax Court To Keep It Quiet
August 23 -- What Happens When You Are A Full Year Resident Of More Than One State
August 20 -- Hobby Loss Roundup And A New Law Of Tax Planning Announced
August 12 -- IRS Should Not Be Worrying About Do Not Call Registry
August 5 -- Law Degree Held Against Defendant In Tax Scam
August 5 -- On The Bitterness Of The Gender War
August 2 -- You Can’t Get Tax Advice From Your Spirit Guide
August 1 -- Gender War – Dummy Guide – Where To Begin
July 29 -- Voraciousness Of The New York Income Tax And The Jersey City Solution
July 24 -- How Tax Reform Is Like Gun Control
July 20 -- How Wealth Accumulators Can Use Trusts To Avoid State Income Tax
July 13 -- CPA Sinks Under Millions In Aiding And Abetting Penalties On Mariners Deductions
July 10 -- Joe Biden’s Tax Returns – No Reason Democrats Need To Overpay Their Taxes
July 9 -- Florida Man Blows IRA Bankruptcy Protection
July 8 -- Clever Techniques To Defer Capital Gains – Maybe Too Clever
July 1 -- Cannabis Company Harborside Goes Public – Will Appeal Multi-million $ Tax Court Ruling
June 25 -- Wealth Tax – That Pesky Constitution Might Get In The Way
June 22 -- Former DOJ Tax Lawyer Turned Lobbyist Pleads Guilty To Leaving $2.2 Million Off Tax Returns
June 20 -- Freedom From Religion Foundation Won’t Take Clergy Housing Case To Supreme Court
June 18 -- Deferred Sales Trust – A Tax Plan Or A Product ? A Bit Of Both
June 16 -- Want To Know What A Machinegun Is? Look It Up In Internal Revenue Code
June 14 -- Horse Breeders V IRS: Even The Losers Win
June 10 -- S Corporation Might Have Been Better Plan For Writer Karin Slaughter
June 6 -- Tax Season Therapy The Tweets Of Andrea Carr CPA
June 4 -- How To Win An IRS Hobby Loss Audit
May 31 -- IRS Hobby Loss Regulation – Goofy Says Judge And I Agree
May 29 -- Tax Advisers Are Too Afraid Of The Hobby Loss Rules
May 26 -- Denial Of $33M Deduction That Yielded $2M To University Of Michigan Upheld On Appeal
May 21 -- Don’t Try To Create Tax Basis With Journal Entries
May 9 -- Reflections On Technology – By Michael Schaffner
May 9 -- Malware Attack Paralyzes Tax Businesses Throughout The Country
April 28 -- Tax Court Judge Considers Passing On Deductions Unbusinesslike
April 24 -- Warren’s 7% Solution: Privatization Of Corporate Tax Measurement
April 22 -- Cautionary Tax Tale For Consultants With Long Term Gigs
April 17 -- National Accounting Firm Launches Cannabis Practice
April 11 -- Searching For The Perfect Steak With An Imperfect Tax Plan
April 5 -- Selling Your Business – Watch Out For Effect On 199A Pass-Through Deduction
April 1 -- Advice For The Looming Tax Deadline – No Fooling
March 28 -- Grassley Wyden Take On Sketchy Conservation Tax Shelters
March 26 -- Hobby Loss Claim Goes Down In Flames
March 24 -- A Day At Dinosaur Adventure Land
March 23 -- On The Basis Of Sex: Treats RBG’s Opponents Like Cartoon Villains
March 20 -- Parsonage: Religious Liberty Smuggles Sex Discrimination Into Tax Law
March 18 -- Discrepancy or Discrimination? Doesn’t matter
March 15 -- Lunch At The Drowsy Poet With Eric Hovind
March 15 -- Seventh Circuit Blesses Tax Free Housing Payments To Clergy
March 14 -- Tax Court Petition: Just Go To The Post Office
March 10 -- Don’t Wrestle With The IRS Robots
March 7 -- TIGTA Documents The Wreck Of Tax Compliance
February 26 -- Historian Argues Ronald Reagan’s 1981 Tax Cut Led To Trumpism
February 24 -- EcoVest Wraps The Green Flag Around Tax Shelter
February 22 -- Opportunity Zones – Look Great For Everybody Except Investors
February 21 -- On The Basis Of Sex – About That Pentagon Computer
February 13 -- Sometimes You Crack The Code And Sometimes The Code Cracks You
February 11 -- Low 1040 Refunds Threaten Household Finances
February 4 -- Tax Story Generates Excitement Because Of Minor Nick Saban Connection
January 30 -- Notice 2019-07 250 Hour Requirement – What It Means And How To Meet It
January 29 -- Here Is The First Post On A 2019 Tax Court Decision
January 28 -- Where Convicted CPA May Have Gone Wrong
January 23 -- Conservation Syndicator EcoVest Responds To Injunction Threat
January 21 -- What Should Investors In Conservation Syndications Do When DOJ Seeks Injunction?
January 18 -- Stormy Daniels On Employment Law
January 13 -- On The Basis Of Sex: Watch The Other Lawyers
January 9 -- The Trial And Tribulation Of A CPA Tax Partner
January 4 -- On The Basis Of Sex: Portrayal Of Opposing Attorney Has Little Basis In Reality
January 2 -- Stormy Daniels My Top Tax Story Of 2018 – Almost
2018 (121)
December 31 -- On The Basis Of Sex: How A Tax Case Became A Victory For Gender Equity
December 28 -- “On The Basis Of Sex” – What To Read Before You Watch
December 27 -- Pass-Through Deduction (199A) Will Fuel Wealth Inequality
December 20 -- Crackdown On Conservation Easement Syndications
December 17 -- IRS And Marijuana – Reefer Madness – Tax Court Harborside Decision
December 9 -- Tax Cut Bonanza For Retailers And Wholesalers
December 6 -- Law Professor Argues New Pass-Through Rules (199A) Are Horrible
November 29 -- The Thinking Behind The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act – Assuming There Was Some
November 23 -- CPA Convicted Of Assisting On False Tax Return – Did He Get A Raw Deal?
November 19 -- Love Of Music Hurts Chance For Deductions And In Tax Court Use A Lawyer
November 17 -- Wesley Snipes Can Get Another Bite At IRS Collection Apple And Another Trip To Tax Court If He Wants
November 12 -- Ask Your Tax Pro About 199A
November 6 -- Gadfly Rails Against Secret Tax Law For Exempt Organizations
November 2 -- Tax Refund Claim On Pump And Dump Loss Evokes Memory Of The Tech Bubble
October 29 -- IRS Penalizes Plan Of Minister To Donate House To Ministry While Continuing To Live There
October 27 -- Parsonage Showdown In Seventh Circuit This Week
October 15 -- Preacher Taxed On Regular Gifts From Congregation Members
October 13 -- Atheist Group Asks To Disclose To IRS What Churches Disclose: Nothing
October 12 -- Association For Honest Attorneys Founder Really Needed A Competent Accountant
October 10 -- IRS Keeps Percentages Paid Private Collection Companies Secret
October 7 -- Billion-Dollar Tax, Penalty And Interest Charge Against Exelon Upheld By Seventh Circuit
October 4 -- Lawsuit Against Caterpillar For Inadequate Tax Disclosure Dismissed
October 2 -- Estate Of Monster.com Founder Tax Court Victory Reversed By Second Circuit
September 28 -- IRS Not Making Much Use Of Bank Currency Reports
September 25 -- Window Closing On IRS Program To Lessen Penalties, Avoid Prison For Offshore Shenanigans
September 21 -- Tax Refunds Due Injured Veterans – IRS Should Make It Easier
September 20 -- Do Not Ignore IRS Form 1099-C – It Will Not End Well
September 18 -- Tax Court Rules Not Enough Conservation On Golf Course To Justify $10 Million Deduction
September 14 -- Facade Easement Deduction Not Allowed- Not Real Property Interest And Not Perpetual
September 11 -- Court Of Claims Requires Reimbursement To Insurance Company Despite No Appropriation
September 9 -- Statute Of Limitations Can Sometimes Hurt Taxpayers
September 5 -- How Tax Resistance Can Hurt Your Marriage(s) – The Kent Hovind Saga
September 4 -- Cayman Islands Not Just A Mailbox And Not Like You Saw In ‘The Firm’
August 26 -- Treasury Capital Gain Indexing: Who Can Sue?
August 15 -- Lafayette In Charlton On September 1 2018 – Press Release
August 15 -- The Spirit Of 1824
August 12 -- Why Gender-Critical Radical Feminists Might Want A Church And Why IRS Approved
August 10 -- New IRS Regulations: Maybe TCJA Really Was Bad For President Trump And Some Wealthy Friends
August 7 -- Ninth Circuit Pulls Back Big IRS Victory Issued After Judge’s Death
August 4 -- Pay Your Taxes!
August 3 -- Lesbians Want A Church Of Their Own And IRS Approves
August 2 -- Janet Yellen and the Economic Impact of Gender Discrimination
July 28 -- Hovindologist Down The Flat Earth Rabbit Hole
July 27 -- We May Have To Wait A Year For Decision In Michael Jackson Estate Tax Case
July 26 -- Ninth Circuit Decision For IRS Affects Shifting Of Income To Tax Havens
July 24 -- Law Professors Argue That Housing Tax Break For Ministers Is Unconstitutional
July 19 -- Marijuana Industry Faces Challenging Tax Regime
July 13 -- Banks Not Providing Taxpayers With Accurate Mortgage Interest Information
July 8 -- Tax Lawyer Advises Jeff Bezos To Use Social Welfare Organization For His Philanthropy
July 2 -- IRS Does Not Get Hip-Hop And Hold Onto That NOL Substantiation
June 29 -- Fight Against Chicago Streaming Tax Part Of Larger Struggle To Limit Government
June 25 -- Trump Foundation Truth And Poetry
June 23 -- Using Bank Of America As Trustee Can Be Costly For Massachusetts Residents
June 22 -- Wayfair Shows Supreme Court Can Change Its Mind – What’s Next?
June 20 -- Trump Foundation Campaign Coordination Worst-Case Tax Scenario
June 18 -- Trump Foundation Imbroglio With New York AG Serves As A Lesson For Small Foundations
June 15 -- NY Attorney General And Trump Foundation – Much Ado About Not Much
June 15 -- Hovind’s Hypothetical Pardon
June 13 -- Kent Hovind Pardon Hopes – Not Likely But Not Impossible
June 13 -- What Motivates Flat Earth Believers
June 12 -- Tax Court Approves Of Consultant As Statutory Employee – Tax Act Makes Case Significant
June 6 -- IRS Identity Theft Victim May Have Asked For Money Back Too Late
June 6 -- It’s A Flat World After All
June 3 -- Clean Up Your Foreign Reporting Deficiencies Before It Is Too Late
June 1 -- Abigail Megginson On Dinosaur Adventure Land Now And Then
June 1 -- Climate Conference Calls For Scaling Up Solutions
June 1 -- Lies In “Lies In The Textbooks”
May 30 -- Reflections On The Supreme Court’s Reflections On Sales Tax
May 28 -- Where Will A Trillion Dollars In Clean Energy Investment Come From?
May 27 -- A Mirror For The Shining Light
May 18 -- A Christian Not An Atheist Sparked Lawsuit On Clergy Tax-Free Housing Allowances
May 16 -- Dinosaur Adventure Land: Who are the “volunteers” and why are they there?
May 16 -- Lamar Smith Reflects On Kent’s Hovind’s Narrative Of His Grand Opening
May 8 -- IRS Wants Electronic Filing But Is Harsher On Penalties Than With Paper Filers
May 6 -- Religious Organizations Rally To Preserve Favorable Tax Treatment Of Clergy Housing Allowances
April 30 -- ‘God And The IRS’ Stakes Out Controversial Positions On Religion And Taxes
April 29 -- Kent Hovind’s Audience Has Right To Know About The Holes In His Innocence Narrative
April 27 -- Been Putting Off Disclosing Foreign Assets To The IRS? Right Time May Be Now
April 22 -- Dinosaur Adventure Land Grand Re-Opening:
April 20 -- God And The IRS – And Kent Hovind!
April 18 -- First Circuit Says IRS Cannot Use Smell Test To Squash Plan To Funnel Millions Into Roth IRA
April 16 -- I’m Optimistic That Kent Hovind Has Turned The Corner On Tax Compliance
April 15 -- Name Drop
April 15 -- Lafayette On The Stafford Turnpike
April 15 -- Association For Honest Attorneys Has No Attorney Members And No Longer Has Tax-Exempt Status
April 13 -- NWTRCC Wants Tax Day To Be Peace Day
April 11 -- Kent Hovind Critic Deborah Henderson Weighs In On Holy Cross New Testament Controversy
April 11 -- Stop Calling It Tax Day
April 11 -- Prominent Historian Weighs In On Holy Cross Queer Theory Uproar
April 9 -- How Obscure Article By Holy Cross Prof Made It Into The Right Wing Outrage Factory
April 1 -- Doc Dino Dollars – CSE Form 990 Now Available
April 1 -- Some Tips For The Upcoming Tax Deadline – No Fooling
March 25 -- If You Held Bitcoins In 2017 Put Your Tax Return On Extension
March 21 -- Why President Trump’s Rich Friends Might Have Been Mad About The Tax Act
March 18 -- The Baby Holm Case Is Not A Legitimate Sub-discipline Of Hovindology
March 15 -- Grain Glitch Fix Unfair To Worker Cooperatives – And Stormy Daniels Tax Update
March 7 -- Stormy Daniels And The $130,000 – Based On Agreement, I Call It Capital Gain
March 6 -- The Hazards Of Being Kent Hovind
March 5 -- Last Of The Pensacola Properties Will Be Applied To Kent Hovind’s Criminal Penalties
March 4 -- New Tax Law Immediate Write-Off Increases Demand For Tax Savvy Engineers
February 27 -- Forfeited Deposit Income Ordinary Not Capital Gain
February 26 -- Lamar Smith Joins The Ranks Of Hovindologists
February 21 -- Religious Liberty Suit Against Obamacare Will Move Forward
February 19 -- Cost Segregation Consultant Subjected To Severe IRS Penalties
February 16 -- Appeals Filed On Ruling That Exemption Of Clergy Housing Allowances Is Unconstitutional
February 15 -- Miami Developer Denied Large Loss Due To S Corporation Basis Issues
February 11 -- Cooperative Glitch In Tax Bill May Mean Food Fight In Congress
February 8 -- Florida Man Sticks Ex With Tax Bill – Tax Court Helps A Little
February 4 -- Farmer Tax Break May Help Doctors And Lawyers – And House Cleaners – Among Others
February 1 -- Joy Ford May Sing The Tax Court Blues
January 28 -- Loophole May Allow Highly Paid Professionals To Take Advantage Of 20% Deduction
January 28 -- Natalie McMasters Is No Nancy Drew – A Female Detective For The New Millenium
January 25 -- A Day Late Forecloses Tax Court Hearing Regardless Of Misleading IRS Notice
January 23 -- Hobby Lobby Owner Loses Income Tax Deduction
January 23 -- Cooperatives May Provide End Run Around Limitations On 20% Business Deduction
January 17 -- Sister Kathleen Reilly 1942-2018
January 16 -- Real Estate Investment Trusts, Publicly Traded Partnerships And The 20% Business Deduction
January 7 -- Senate Snuck A Tax Break For Subsidy Farmers Into Tax Cuts And Jobs Act
January 4 -- 20% Deduction – Let The Games Begin
January 4 -- 20% Deduction – Let The Games Begin
January 1 -- Top Tax Concerns Of My Readers In 2017
2017 (142)
December 31 -- Earnings Havoc Unleashed By Tax Act
December 30 -- Tax Bill For Dummies
December 28 -- How Much Owner Salary Should S Corp Pay To Maximize Qualified Income Deduction?
December 27 -- Types Of Work That Will Not Qualify For 20% Deduction – Some Devilish Details
December 24 -- Tax Bill’s Effect On Reported Earnings – How Big A Deal?
December 23 -- Tax Free Housing Benefits For Clergy Will Be Safe For The Present
December 22 -- New York Times Has Trouble Finding Tax Accountants To Discuss Tax Bill
December 21 -- Retroactive Depreciation Changes Encourage Closing Deals Before Year End
December 19 -- Conference Agreement Splits The Difference Between House And Senate On Commercial Real Estate
December 19 -- GOP Tax Bill: Beer, Wine & Whiskey Makers Get A Break
December 17 -- How To Enjoy The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act – Part 2
December 17 -- How To Enjoy The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act
December 16 -- Qualified Business Income Is Key Provision To Tax Cuts And Jobs Act
December 14 -- Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Might Mean More Woman Partners
December 12 -- For Tax Matters Use The United States Postal Service And Don’t Cut It Too Close
December 11 -- Vexatious Litigation Penalties Upheld Against The Courtroom Commando
December 10 -- Former IRS Investigator Joe Banister Loses Appeal Of Aiding And Abetting Penalties
December 10 -- Former IRS Investigator Joe Banister Loses Appeal Of Aiding And Abetting Penalties
December 8 -- Tax Court IRS And Secret Law
December 6 -- Donald Trump Floridian
December 4 -- Flow-Through Relief – Senate Version Of Tax Bill Is Much Better For The Little People
November 30 -- President Trump Needs My Three Bucks To Make America Great And I’m Letting Him Down
November 29 -- Hovindology Update
November 27 -- Stunning Tax Court Victory Against IRS In Horse Case
November 22 -- Citigroup Ready For Sharp Earnings Hit If Tax Cuts And Jobs Bill Passes
November 20 -- Colonel Retread The Best And Worst Memoir I Have Ever Read
November 17 -- Will Destruction Of Johnson Amendment Destroy Charity?
November 14 -- Tax Cuts And Jobs Act – House Bill Invokes The Culture War With Unborn Child Definition
November 14 -- Tax Cuts And Job Acts – Senate Bill Favors Jobs And Gigs
November 13 -- House Bill Repeal Of GST Would Defuse A Ticking Time Bomb For Trust Fund Kids
November 12 -- IRS And Scientology – Everything You Want To Know And More
November 11 -- Senate Tax Cuts And Jobs Bill Caters Less To Billionaires Than House Bill – Does More For Jobs
November 7 -- Not Everybody Gets A Pony From Santa Trump This Tax Cut Christmas
November 6 -- Republican Tax Cuts And The New Gentry
November 4 -- Everything You Need To Know About The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act
November 3 -- Using The Coen Brothers To Learn About Tax Cuts Act Special Business Rate
November 2 -- Waiting For The Tax Cut Shoe To Drop
November 2 -- Florida Couple Fails To Check References Or Keep Receipts – Does Not End Well In Tax Court
October 30 -- Manafort And Gates – That’s How They Got Al Capone
October 27 -- IRS Scandal Ends As It Began With An Apology
October 24 -- Tax Court Expects Better Tax Judgment From Submarine Skipper Than CPA/Lawyer
October 18 -- Playboy Building In Tax Court
October 15 -- Clergy Housing Tax Exemption The Times Square Of Religion And Taxation
October 12 -- Keith Tucker Cashes KPMG Get Out Of Jail Free Card In Tax Court
October 7 -- Clergy Housing Tax Break Ruled Unconstitutional – Again
October 6 -- FASB Confirms Corporate Rate Cut Has Immediate Effect On Earnings
October 3 -- 11th Circuit Denies Tax Deduction For Gay Man’s Reproductive Expenses
October 1 -- Special Rate For Flow-Through Entities Is A Really Bad Idea
September 30 -- Trump’s Corporate Tax Rate Cut Will Wreak Havoc With Reported Earnings
September 29 -- KPMG Haunted By Its Tax Shelter Follies
September 27 -- ‘Taxing The Church’: Can’t Build That Wall Of Separation
September 26 -- Taxpayers Blindsided By Obamacare Lose In Tax Court
September 26 -- Advocacy Group Founded By Roy Moore Accused Of Campaign Intervention
September 19 -- IRS Revokes Exempt Status Of Charity Focused On Timeshare Donations
September 17 -- Edith Windsor And The Struggle Against DOMA As Seen By A Tax Geek
September 13 -- Gulf War Syndrome In Tax Court
September 5 -- Obamacare Travesty In Tax Court
August 18 -- American Living In Canada Loses First Round In Fight Against Harsh IRS Penalty
August 15 -- Grandparents Lose Tax Benefits To Daughter’s Common-Law Marriage
August 11 -- Billion Dollars In Losses From EY Tax Shelter Knocked Out By Tax Court
August 3 -- Take Care If Filing Jointly With Financially Irresponsible Spouse
August 2 -- Billy The Brony On Hovind Hovindicators and Hovindologists
August 2 -- The Subtle Genius of Jimmy Breslin
July 31 -- Did Not Want To Split Tax Refund With Divorcing Spouse, Loses It All
July 28 -- Tax Reform Might Come, Let’s Wait And See
July 27 -- Why Ken Ham’s Ark Is In Kentucky Rather Than New South Wales
July 25 -- Ark Encounter Local Tax Scandal Not Very Scandalous
July 24 -- New IRS Scandal – Syndication Of Conservation Easement Deductions
July 17 -- Billionaire Stephen Ross And The Ten For One Charitable Deduction
July 16 -- Impertinent Pete, Domineering Deborah And Kent’s Kult Kompound
July 15 -- Fox Business Sensationalizes IRS Wedding Shop Seizure Story
July 13 -- The Flag Of Our Love – A Response To The View of a Sesquicentennial Tourist
July 12 -- Billionaire Miami Dolphins Owner Gets Shut Out At Tax Court
July 10 -- Failure To Get Bank Subordination Fatal To Easement Charitable Deduction
July 9 -- Boys Playing War In The Jungle In The Time Of Tin Soldiers And Nixon
July 7 -- Feed Your Sales Representatives Like Hockey Players And Get 100% Tax Deductions
July 3 -- Congress To IRS – Hands Off The President’s Favorite Charitable Tax Dodge
July 1 -- Theodore Valentine’s Hovind Documentary – Reactions
June 30 -- IRA Withdrawal Penalty A Cost Of Do-It-Yourself Divorce
June 27 -- Billionaire Bruins Owner Beats IRS On Tax Deductions For Away Game Meals
June 26 -- Scholar Goes To Rest With Margaret Fuller
June 25 -- Kent Hovind Update – Waiting For Theo’s Other Shoe To Drop
June 24 -- Brookings Institution Takes On Biggest Charitable Tax Break Used By President Trump
June 20 -- Beware Of Disability Income Tax Traps
June 15 -- Address On Federal Return Creates State Income Tax Problem
June 12 -- Tax Rate Of 137% On Net Disability Settlement
June 10 -- IRS Offers Estate Tax Relief To Widows And Widowers
June 7 -- How To Know Your Electronically Filed Income Tax Return Was Really Filed
June 4 -- Judge Cites Rapper In Wrap Ruling
June 3 -- Tax Woes Of The Marijuana Business Where Conservatives Lose Their Enthusiasm For States Rights
May 28 -- Hole Opens In Tax Blogosphere – Say It Ain’t So Joe
May 24 -- IRS Nixes Student Loan Payoff Charity
May 22 -- Housing Industry Panicking About Tax Reform
May 18 -- Motion To Stop IRS From Examining Marijuana Dispensary Up In Smoke
May 18 -- IRS Leans On LA Tax Assessors For Land Building Allocation
May 14 -- Mississippi Taxing – Nuclear Power And Accusations Of Racism
May 10 -- Chicago Loses $29 Million Appeal By Expedia And Other Online Travel Companies
May 9 -- Marijuana Retailer Not Protected From IRS Summons
May 8 -- Lafayette Was Here – Probably
May 5 -- Spotlight On Charitable Foundation Abuse
May 4 -- President’s Religious Liberty Order Might Not Change IRS At All
May 1 -- George Will And Columnist Tax Literacy
April 30 -- You Should Just Hang Up On IRS Collection Calls, Legitimate Or Not
April 29 -- Trump Tax Proposal And Art Of The Deal
April 26 -- Theodore Valentine The Hovindicator With Buyer’s Remorse
April 24 -- Century Old Tax Dispute Clouds Property Title
April 14 -- Amazon’s Fight With IRS – At Least It Gives People Work
April 11 -- Finally Something About The Baby Holm Controversy
April 11 -- Mixing Penny Stock With New Cryptocurrency Does Really Not Improve Either
April 6 -- Florida Man Goes From Multilevel Marketing To Cryptocurrency – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
April 3 -- There’s Still Time To Fund A Roth IRA For Your Underemployed Millennial
March 26 -- The Devil And Lois Lerner
March 24 -- Quadratic Equations And Tax Benefits David Rockefeller In Tax History
March 20 -- Blog Cited In Appellate Brief In Form 1099 Case
March 16 -- Stop Telling Me To Drink On St. Patrick’s Day
March 15 -- No, President Trump Didn’t Escape Income Taxes For 18 Years
March 9 -- Lawsuit Challenging Charities Backing Israeli Settlements Fails On Standing
March 7 -- Tax Litigation Is Not The Place For Alternative Facts
March 1 -- Florida Man Runs Afoul Of IRS Basis Rules For S Corporations
February 28 -- How Big Is Sixth’s Circuit’s Attack On IRS Substance Over Form Rule?
February 20 -- Conservative Judge Okays Huge Roth IRA Tax Shelter, Slams IRS Substance Over Form
February 19 -- Match Group CEO Wins Tax Case By Arguing His Heart Was In Texas With His Dog
February 18 -- Two Cousins Far Apart In the Spring Of Tin Soldiers And Nixon
February 16 -- Target Brands Unit Cannot Entirely Avoid Colorado Income Tax
February 12 -- City Plays Grinch When Ellen DeGeneres Helps Single Mother
February 10 -- Clergy Housing Tax Break Seen As Unconstitutional
February 10 -- Argument For The Constitutionality Of The Parsonage Exclusion
February 5 -- Transactivist Comments On Article About O’Donnabhain Decision
February 5 -- President Trump Exaggerates Limits On Clergy Speech At Prayer Breakfast
February 5 -- An Examination Of IRS Startling Argument On Gender Confirmation Surgery
January 31 -- Decision On Clergy Housing Tax Benefit Coming This Summer
January 27 -- IRS Scandal Daily Coverage: The Final Chapter
January 23 -- TaxProf Calls An End To Day By Day IRS Scandal Coverage
January 21 -- Getting Out Of The Blue Calls From IRS? Just Hang Up
January 18 -- Donald Trump On Getting Mad AND Getting Even – The Twissing of John Lewis
January 18 -- Ninth Circuit Upholds Tax Court In Disallowing RV Business Deductions
January 15 -- Xavier High School Memories Of The First Inspection
January 14 -- Pastor Calls For Church Transparency With IRS Form 990
January 12 -- Comprehensive Tax Reform Threatens Supply Of Affordable Rental Housing
January 7 -- Tax Shelter Guru Gets $60 Million IRS Penalty And No Day In Court
January 6 -- Rudy Davis And The Prisoners He Looks Out For
January 1 -- IRS Denies Exempt Status To Scholarship Fund Targeted To Founder’s Child
2016 (183)
December 30 -- Kent Hovind Innocence Narrative The Latest Chapter
December 29 -- IRS Cracking Down On Easement Donation Syndications
December 24 -- Tax Court Sustains IRS Strict Interpretation Of Charitable Acknowledgement Rules
December 19 -- A Very Cinema-graphic Passage
December 18 -- On Bitcoins, Tulips And IRS Tax Compliance
December 15 -- Becket Fund Helps Clergy Intervene In Parsonage Lawsuit
December 13 -- Online Travel Companies Win Another Round In Fight Over Occupancy Taxes
December 12 -- IRS Says Fixing Up Your Own House Is Not Charity
December 9 -- IRS Coinbase Summons What Are You Going To Do When They Come For You ?
December 7 -- Ed Brown Thinks I Have A Staff – Go Figure
December 1 -- Thomas More Law Center Victory Over California AG – Big Win For Free Speech Or Dark Money?
November 27 -- Tax Court Upholds IRS Penalties On Decades Old Cattle Shelter Losses
November 26 -- IRS Denies Exempt Status To Christian Coffee Shop
November 23 -- Father Kent Hovind SJ Not So Much
November 21 -- Foreclosure Cash For Keys Not Taxable As Service Income
November 19 -- What To Do Right Away In Anticipation Of Coming Trump Tax Cuts
November 19 -- IRS Can Sometimes Collect Corporate Tax From Former Shareholders
November 14 -- A Cheer And A Half For Meritocracy
November 8 -- Future Generations Endorses Hillary Clinton
November 8 -- Live Blogging Election Night
November 7 -- Top 100 S&P Companies Averaged 25% In Income Taxes Actually Paid
November 3 -- Not Every Women’s Rights Narrative Starts At Seneca Falls
November 3 -- How Much Do Large Corporations Pay In Income Tax ? Probably Less Than You Think
November 2 -- New York Times Analysis Of Trump’s Tax Position Misses A Lot
October 31 -- Jill Stein Finds It Is Not Easy Being Green
October 25 -- Law Professor Calls Trump’s Tax Losses Fake
October 20 -- Trump Had A Point About His Own Taxes In The Debate
October 20 -- How Much Do Public Companies Pay In Income Taxes?
October 12 -- The Tax Deduction That Donald Trump Loves And Warren Buffett Probably Likes
October 10 -- Donald Trump’s Deep Love Of Tax Depreciation – An Affair To Remember
October 8 -- Trump And Clinton Returns And What Regular Folk Need To Know About Carryovers
October 6 -- The Unintended Tax Loophole That Might Have Saved Donald Trump Big Bucks
October 3 -- Donald Trump’s 1995 Return And A Lesson In Unrealized Appreciation
October 2 -- Donald Trump’s 1995 Return: What The New York Times Missed
October 1 -- The Most Important Thing To Remember This Election
October 1 -- Lawyer Subject To Injunction Defends Timeshare Charitable Deduction Appraisals
September 28 -- IRS Private Collection Program Is Fundamentally Flawed
September 26 -- IRS Announces Private Collection Firms – They Start In The Spring
September 26 -- The Xavier Stories – A Roundup
September 25 -- The Xavier Regiment – Back To The Future
September 22 -- Does IRS Exelon Win Threaten Triple Net 1031 Deals?
September 20 -- Jill Stein Puts Financial Transactions Tax Front And Center At Northampton Church
September 20 -- A Unitarian Universalist Sends Rudy Davis Seven Principles And Six Sources
September 17 -- Learn Kindergarten Math And Stop Calling Them All Third Parties
September 16 -- The National Anthem – Stand Up – Sit Down – A Case For Both
September 16 -- More On The National Anthem Controversy
September 15 -- Minister’s Vow Of Poverty Does Not Beat Income Tax – And Kent Hovind Update
September 13 -- Mike Pence Voted For Bill That Cost Him Tens Of Thousands In Income Tax
September 11 -- Kent Hovind’s Big Splash In The Conecuh County Pond
September 11 -- Can You Beat The IRS By Waiting Out The Ten Year Statute?
September 8 -- New York Strip Club Fights Tax Battle Using Scholars And Loses
September 2 -- Freedom From Religion Foundation Has Clear Path To Challenge Clergy Housing Tax Break
August 31 -- Experts Comment On Tom Clancy Estate Litigation
August 30 -- Kent Hovind Has Conecuh County Editor Concerned
August 28 -- Tom Clancy’s Widow Prevails Over Kids From First Marriage In Estate Dispute
August 25 -- The Brokenness Of IRS Collections
August 19 -- The Statutory Problem With IRS Firearms
August 15 -- IRS Weapons And Ammunition Spending Is Unremarkable
August 15 -- Science Fiction Author Reflects On His Xavier Days
August 11 -- Jill Stein Releases 2015 Federal Tax Return
August 9 -- AICPA Has No Standing To Litigate IRS Credential Program
August 8 -- Tax Payments Can Be Delayed For A Very Long Time
August 5 -- Accounting Manager Fights IRS For Deduction For MBA Courses
August 3 -- Fifth Amendment Protects Liechtenstein Tax Haven Documents From IRS
July 30 -- Where Are Jill Stein’s Tax Returns?
July 30 -- Beer For Rudy’s Horses
July 28 -- EPI Economists Argue That Financial Transaction Tax Is Win Win For Economy
July 27 -- Saga Of An Entrepreneurial Family Catching A Tough IRS Audit
July 20 -- The Guardian Seeks Transparency In Amazon Tax Court Case
July 19 -- A Very Broad Transaction Tax Might Have Merit
July 13 -- Nevada Corporation Exists Under IRS Name For Decades
July 12 -- Facebook, Leprechauns And The Cayman Pot Of Gold
July 9 -- How To Not Get A Deduction For Paying Your Girlfriend’s Mortgage
July 7 -- Restoring Fifties Plymouths Ruled Business Not Hobby By Tax Court
July 5 -- Anachronism In Richard Russo’s Everybody’s Fool?
July 2 -- Transgender Comic Julia Scotti Blows The Doors Off Fairview Famous
July 2 -- Remembrance Of Things Past – St. Johns Fairview Class Of 1966
July 1 -- Has Kent Hovind Really Handed The Keys To Creation Science Evangelism Ministries?
June 28 -- Hovind Ministries In URL Tug Of War
June 28 -- F. Lee Bailey Bankruptcy Rooted In Poor Record Keeping
June 25 -- Tax Court Denies Amway Losses Due To Lack Of Profit Motive
June 24 -- Donor-Advised Funds: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
June 23 -- Deep Discount From Asset Values In Family Limited Partnership Valuation
June 21 -- Form 1099-R From Insurance Company Can Be Bad Tax News
June 18 -- Taxes Ogres And Onions In Gramercy Herald Square Transfer Tax Case
June 16 -- Kermit Washington Story Has Lessons For Donors Founders And Boards
June 9 -- NJ Domestic Partners Denied Estate Break Of Married Couples
June 6 -- Snow Day Extends Tax Court Filing Deadline
June 6 -- Ben Sheffler Reflects On His Time With Interlock Media Covering Kent Hovind Trial
June 4 -- Kent Hovind, Interlock Media And The Allure Of Conspiracy
June 2 -- IRS Chief Counsel Denies Basis Mitigation From Estate Tax Increase
June 1 -- Wrong Attachment Kills Tax Court Jurisdiction
May 31 -- Airplane Tax Deductions Do Not Fly For Urologist
May 30 -- Sons Of Xavier Keep Dancing – An Interlude In My Account Of The Decline Of The Regiment
May 25 -- Kermit Washington Indictment And The Allure Of Zero Overhead Charity
May 23 -- When Penalties Are Punitive They Are Not Tax Deductible
May 20 -- Third Circuit Rules Grocery Store Chain Can Deduct Perks Sooner Rather Than Later
May 18 -- Daniel Berrigan And Those In The Silent Generation That Did Not Shut Up
May 14 -- Almost Heaven Alabama – The New Dinosaur Adventure Land
May 12 -- The Atlantic Sensationalizes Religious Property Tax Case
May 12 -- Tax Court Rules That Blogger Is Subject To Self-Employment Tax
May 12 -- Radio Station Considered House of Public Worship For Ohio Property Tax
May 7 -- TIGTA Pushes IRS To Crack Down On Hobby Loss Deductions
May 4 -- Tax Court Rules International Waters Not Foreign Country But Misses That Mariners Are Not Marines
May 3 -- The Epilogue Class (1971) Gathers- 1970 – The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia – Part VII
May 3 -- High Flying Insurance Agent Could Not Stop IRS Jeopardy With Let’s Make A Deal
May 3 -- Kent Hovind And Attacks On Eric Hovind – Method In The Madness?
May 1 -- $16 Million Golf Course Conservation Deduction Disallowed On Fine Points
April 30 -- Expatriate Lawsuit Featuring Rand Paul Shot Down
April 28 -- Kent Hovind May Be Calling Off The Hounds
April 28 -- Claiming A Conservation Easement Deduction? Use A Tax Attorney
April 27 -- AMT Credit Carryover Dies With The Taxpayer
April 26 -- Bill Sardi Thinks Eric Hovind Should Be Polishing His Resume
April 26 -- Alert Vanguard Client Service Leads To Intervention In Elder Abuse Case
April 25 -- Even Ernie Land Cannot Get Kent Hovind To Shut Up About Some Things
April 24 -- Kent Hovind Calls The Dogs Out On His Own Family
April 23 -- Massachusetts Hits Yacht Owner With Use Tax
April 21 -- Review: Disrupted By Daniel Lyons, As Read By An Accountant
April 19 -- Why General James Mattis Might Not Run For President
April 19 -- Hovind Family Drama – Real Creationists Of Escambia County
April 16 -- Left Face – 1970 – The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia – Part VI
April 15 -- Clinton, Sanders Somewhat Confusing Vigorous Agreement On Social Security Cap
April 14 -- Friedman LLP Survey Of Business Leaders On Tax Issues Has Surprising Results
April 13 -- Being Gay In The Sixties In Antonin Scalia’s High School
April 12 -- TheDirty.com Editor Nik Richie Loses In Tax Court
April 11 -- Panama Papers – Much Foreign Ownership Is Innocent
April 8 -- Freedom From Religion Foundation Attacking Clergy Housing Tax Benefit Again
April 5 -- Is Block Advisors A Threat To CPAs?
April 5 -- We Didn’t Start The Fire – 1970-The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia – Part IV
April 1 -- Humanity Of Warfare Is Not An Oxymoron
March 30 -- IRS Turns To Crowdsourcing To Improve Systems
March 30 -- No Diamonds On Our Shoulders – 1970-The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia – Part V
March 30 -- The Final Revenge Of Corporal Burns – 1970-The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia – Part III
March 28 -- Estate Denied Discounts For Marketable Security Family Limited Partnership
March 26 -- Time For Sergeants – 1970 – The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia- Part II –
March 25 -- Sixth Circuit Looking To Protect Taxpayers From IRS Not IRS From Taxpayers
March 22 -- IRS Bounty Hunters Should Not Waste Time On FBAR Penalties
March 22 -- Becoming Part Of The Regiment – 1970 – The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia – Part I
March 21 -- And Then They Came For The Go Masters
March 21 -- AICPA Versus Block Advisors In Spat I Hope They Both Lose
March 17 -- IRS And Liquor By The Wink
March 14 -- Sales Tax Collection By Out Of State Vendors May End Up At Supreme Court Again
March 14 -- Gay Marriage Constitutional Crisis?
March 13 -- The PLoS One Hand Of The Creator Debacle – Or Sometimes Things Are Found In Translation
March 12 -- Reenactor Argues That Confederate Battle Flag Was Always A Symbol Of Hate
March 5 -- Why I Like Kent Hovind
March 4 -- Chasm Of Class And Privilege – Clinton Tax Plan Hits Top 1% – Sanders Plan Hits Top 5%
March 4 -- How Much Personal Use Of Airplane Is Too Much For Tax Free Exchange?
March 2 -- Tax Losses From Genetically Engineered Deer Allowed
February 29 -- Ernie Land On Kent Hovind’s March Surprise
February 29 -- Kent Hovind’s January Surprise Deferred To March
February 27 -- Colorado Can Force Vendors To Rat Out Residents On Use Tax
February 26 -- Sanders Tax Plan Harder On Millionaires Than Billionaires
February 23 -- Tax Foundation Model Favoring Cruz Doubted By Many Economists
February 21 -- Should enQ Get To Sell Spots In IRS Phone Queue?
February 20 -- IRS Rules Bingo Is For Charities Not A Charity In Itself
February 17 -- Oxymorons In The Tax Law Can Not Be Fixed With Clever Ideas
February 16 -- How Valid Is Tax Foundation Dynamic Scoring?
February 14 -- Easement Deductions – A Place In Greenwich Village And A $25 Million Eagles Nest
February 9 -- Is Tax Foundation Unfair To Bernie Sanders?
February 7 -- Kentucky Can Attract Tourists Who Like Bible More Than Bourbon Without Violating First Amendment
February 4 -- IRS And The Tea Party – Scandal Enters A New Millennium
February 3 -- Pete Santilli’s Release Delayed In Oregon – Efforts Supporting Kent Hovind A Factor
February 2 -- Tax Dependency Exemptions For Noncustodial Parents – It Is All About Form 8332
February 1 -- You Do Not Have To File A Joint Return And There Are Some Reasons Not To
January 29 -- NorCal Tea Party Patriots V IRS – Grassroots Or Astroturf?
January 28 -- Tax Foundation Analysis Of Sanders Plan Only Shows Downside
January 24 -- Kent Hovind Accused Of Jesuit Vatican And CIA Infuence
January 21 -- Tax Planning In Bernie Sanders Land Would Feel Familiar To Elderly CPAs
January 19 -- Bernie Sanders Tax Plan Moderate On Top Income Tax Rate
January 19 -- Where In The World, What In The World, Is Kent Hovind’s “January Surprise”! -Guest Post By Robert Baty
January 17 -- Disparate Tax Views At Opening Of Bernie Sanders Worcester Office
January 15 -- Bernie Sanders Might Drive Bill O’Reilly Away With Nonexistent 90% Threat
January 14 -- Conservation Easement Tax Deductions And Valuation Abuse
January 13 -- How To Cash Your Powerball Winning Ticket Anonymously
January 10 -- How Real Is Junior ROTC? View Of A Son Of Xavier Who Kept Marching On To Cold War Victory
January 9 -- Poor Return Preparation Kills Facade Easement Tax Deduction
January 6 -- Tax Foundation Scores Ben Carson Tax Plan
January 6 -- No Foreign Income Tax Exclusion For Army Civilian In Afghanistan
January 5 -- Tax Court Sorts Out Basis On Russian Fast Food Merger
January 4 -- Mass Appeals Court Supports Revenue Department In Penalizing Paper Check
January 3 -- Raw Story Uses Video Editing To Defame Kent Hovind
January 2 -- Family Partnership Valuation Discounts Approved By Tax Court
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December 30 -- How Much Is That Picasso In The Window? Tax Court Says Quite A Bit
December 29 -- World Class Rider Does Not Insure Allowable Tax Losses In Horse Case
December 28 -- Reading Boswell’s Life Of Johnson With James Gould Cozzens
December 26 -- Give’m Hell 54th – On Confederate Monuments In New Orleans
December 23 -- Did You Hear The One About Bernie Sanders And Kent Hovind Walking Into A Tax Blog?
December 18 -- Bernie Sanders And The 90% Income Tax Rate That He Does Not Call For
December 17 -- Technology Officer Loses Appeal On Capital Gains Treatment From Sale To Google
December 17 -- Venus Flytraps And Elusive Gator On Golf Course Not Worth Millions In Tax Deductions
December 17 -- On Becoming Unstuck In Time
December 12 -- Sumner Redstone Liable For Tax On Long Ago Gift
December 11 -- Photographer Inspired By Ansel Adams Does Not Fare Well Against IRS In Tax Court
December 9 -- National Organization For Marriage Denied Attorney Fees In IRS Lawsuit
December 7 -- State Wants Its Share Of The Sharing Economy
December 6 -- Starting A Charity To Boost Your Product Sales Frowned On By IRS
December 4 -- What Is With This Chan Zuckerberg LLC Thing? Tax Geeks Speak
December 2 -- What Art Of The Deal Tells Us About Donald Trump And His Tax Views
December 1 -- IRS Trying To Make It Harder To Qualify As Real Estate Pro
November 29 -- Hobby Lobby Owners Win First Round In $3 Million Tax Refund Case
November 23 -- Foundation Of Big GOP Donor Loses Tax Court Case Over Political Ads
November 22 -- Tax Court Denies Exempt Status To Group Using Trading Card Games To Promote Sobriety
November 21 -- Aspen Colorado Waste Reduction Fee Upheld
November 20 -- Princeton University Will Have To Prove It Deserves Property Tax Exemption
November 19 -- Trump In Worcester – Little On Tax – Much On How Rich He Is
November 19 -- Trump In Worcester – Little On Tax – Much On How Rich He Is
November 18 -- Ownership Through LLC Kills Local Charitable Property Tax Exemption
November 14 -- Witness What Our Elders And Ancestors Have Accomplished
November 14 -- Bernie Sanders Less Of A Socialist Than Dwight Eisenhower
November 13 -- On The Eve Of My Absolutely Final Sesquicentennial Event – USCT Grand Review Harrisburg.
November 12 -- Former IRS Commissioners Scold Congress For Gutting IRS Budget
November 12 -- Ben Carson’s Tax Proposal Takes On The Mortgage And Charity Sacred Cows
November 10 -- Member Of Market America Millionaire Club Loses Criminal Tax Appeal
November 7 -- Where Is Kent Hovind Now?
November 7 -- This CPA Not Rooting For AICPA In Its IRS Lawsuit
November 7 -- Republicans Want IRS To Target Hillary Clinton
November 4 -- Taxing The Virtual World
November 2 -- Democratic Presidential Candidate Drops Out Without Releasing Tax Plan
October 31 -- Redstone Family Saga Writ Large In Favorable Tax Court Decision
October 28 -- IRS Commissioner Koskinen Impeachment Trial Would Be Historic
October 28 -- Interview With Student Loan Activist Alan Collinge On Bankruptcy Protection
October 27 -- Maureen O’Hara’s Ill Fated Cuban Oil Tax Shelter
October 27 -- Grand Review In Harrisburg – Great Way To Cap The Sequicentennial
October 24 -- God May Bless Your Pot Shop – Tax Court Not So Much
October 23 -- No Orange Jumpsuit For Lois Lerner
October 23 -- IRS Should Be Asking For Cooperation Not Volunteering
October 22 -- Too Much Assuming Leads To Over Quarter Million Late File Penalty
October 20 -- Massachusetts Hits Staples For $10 Million On Sham Interest Deductions
October 17 -- Irwin Schiff Famed Tax Protester Dies In Prison
October 17 -- Montana Court Rules For And Against Online Travel Companies
October 16 -- Why Don’t We Eliminate The Charitable And Mortgage Interest Deductions?
October 15 -- Santorum 20/20 Flat Tax Might Be Hard On Many Small Businesses
October 14 -- A Twisted Tale Of New Jersey Use Tax
October 14 -- Democrats Have Civil Debate With No New Tax Positions
October 14 -- Some Unique WWII Memoirs
October 13 -- Live Blogging From Debate Night With We Want Bernie Worcester
October 13 -- Hillary’s Tax Proposals Will Make Things More Complicated
October 13 -- Lincoln Chafee OK With Tax Code As Is With Higher Top Rate And Exemptions
October 12 -- Jindal Tax Plan Creates A Wonderland Of Dodging
October 10 -- IRS Scandal Narrative Still Inspires Passion
October 9 -- Volkswagen’s Emissiongate May Include Tax Crimes
October 7 -- Paul Caron’s Day By Day IRS Scandal Has Jumped The Shark – Conclusion
October 6 -- Paul Caron’s Day By Day IRS Scandal Has Jumped The Shark – Part 1
October 5 -- Boston Bernie Backers Probably Not Bashing Bruins
October 4 -- Bernie Sanders May Have Drawn Crowd Over 30,000 In Boston – Not Much Tax Talk
October 2 -- Rand Paul Suffers Setback In Foreign Reporting Lawsuit
September 30 -- President Obama Could End Special Tax Treatment For Two Twenty Guys
September 29 -- Trump Tax Plan Would Increase Deficit By Over $10 Trillion
September 28 -- Trump’s Plan Inverts Traditional Tax Planning Makes Carried Interest Moot
September 25 -- A Slick Estate Planning Trick And Intimations Of Mortality
September 24 -- Noted Catholic Historian Not Surprised By Dorothy Day Reference In Pope Francis Speech
September 23 -- Yogi Berra’s Sayings Worked Their Way Into Tax Decisions
September 21 -- The Tax Code Explained & Why It Matters In This Presidential Race (No, It’s Not 70K Pages)
September 20 -- Tax Rules Forbid Churches From Endorsing Candidates, Will IRS Take Action?
September 15 -- Estate Tax Hits 100th Birthday And Paul Caron Calls For Many Happy Returns
September 13 -- Jeb Bush Tax Plan Could Disrupt Real Estate And Small Business
September 10 -- Jeb Bush And The Spirit Of 1986
September 8 -- From Russia With Built-In Losses
September 3 -- Presidential Candidate Tax Plans Coming In Slow
September 1 -- Billion Dollar Ball By Gilbert Gaul And The Unlikely Charity Known As College Football
August 30 -- Tax Planning For The Risk Of A Bernie Sanders Win
August 27 -- Why IRS Telephone Scamming Works
August 26 -- Denouement Of L’Affaire Kent Hovind – The Sentencing Of Paul John Hansen
August 25 -- About That Kenneth Copeland Mansion You Saw On John Oliver
August 24 -- Sending IRS Against Phony Churches Is Bringing A Knife To A Gun Fight
August 23 -- John Oliver Should Not Blame IRS For Televangelist Tax Abuse
August 22 -- Kent Hovind Associate Paul Hansen Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison – Gets Credit For 10 Months Awaiting Trial
August 22 -- Paul Hansen Receives Below Guideline Sentence – End Of L’affaire Kent Hovind?
August 19 -- Does Ninth Circuit Mortgage Interest Decision Create Special Rights?
August 18 -- Travel Blogger Finds Sex, Drugs Even Some Museums But No Tax Deductions
August 15 -- Let Irwin Schiff Die With His Family Not In Prison
August 13 -- Church Attendance Held Against Under Armour Exec In Tax Domicile Case
August 7 -- Bristol Palin At Heart Of IRS Scandal – Who Knew?
August 7 -- Julian Block On Deducting Worthless Loan To Spouses
August 7 -- Guest Post From Bob Baty – Rudy Davis v. Robert Baty – “Worse than rape!”
August 6 -- Julian Block Tells You to Forget About Deducting Your Business Suits
August 6 -- IRS Scandal – Blame It All On Lois Lerner And Move On?
August 6 -- USCT Reenactor Responds To The Neoconfederate From Bavaria
August 5 -- IRS Says Charitable Trust Not Charitable Enough
August 5 -- Lu Gauthier Issues Warning About Information Returns
August 5 -- Does Paper Filing Avoid Identity Theft?
August 4 -- Citizens United Fighting To Keep Dark Money As Dark As Possible Loses To NY AG
August 4 -- Julian Block On How To Take A Tax Deduction For Protecting Your Good Name
August 3 -- Review Of Julian Block’s Home Seller’s Tax Guide
August 3 -- Alan Collinge Still Fighting For Student Debt Reform
July 31 -- Evidence That Judge Did Not Call Kent Hovind’s Crimes Worse Than Rape
July 30 -- Judicial Watch Reveals That They Read Tax Blogs At IRS
July 26 -- Troubles About Flat Earth And Other Kent Hovind Developments
July 24 -- Divorce Has Tax Traps – Get Some Advice
July 22 -- IRS Defends Its Policy Of Not Penalizing Small Errors
July 22 -- President Obama Challenges IRS Scandal Narrative
July 21 -- Corporate Advances Kill Individual Charitable Deduction
July 19 -- IRS Denies Exempt Status To Group Helping Undocumented Aliens Leave USA
July 17 -- Tax Court Drops The Hammer On Employee Welfare Plan
July 16 -- Charity Begins At Home But Should Not End There
July 15 -- Account Of Kent Hovind’s Trial – Timeline
July 15 -- Jonathan Schwartz Finishes His Account Of Kent Hovind’s Trial
July 13 -- Court Agrees Lois Lerner’s Group Did Not Trigger Individual Audits
July 12 -- Kent Hovind Celebrated At Welcome Home Party
July 11 -- Raw Story Notices When Kent Hovind Seen With Jim Bob Duggar
July 10 -- Kent Hovind’s Battle With IRS – Collateral Damage
July 9 -- Will IRS Force Gay Marriage On Conservative Churches?
July 7 -- Kent Hovind Homecoming
July 5 -- Something Borrowed Makes You Blue – Student Debt And Joint Returns
July 2 -- Jeffrey Webber’s Cayman Insurance Shelter Nixed By Tax Court
June 29 -- Mario Biaggi’s Criminal Case Followed By Tax Travails
June 26 -- SpongeBob SquarePants In A Tax Case!
June 25 -- National Park Service Bans Confederate Flag Sales
June 24 -- Chief Counsel Gives Narrow Scope To Partnership Liability Regulations
June 20 -- In Defense Of Conservation Easement Charitable Deductions
June 18 -- Joan Farr Claims IRS Denial Of Exempt Status Is Example Of Persecution Of Christians
June 17 -- Campaigning For Bishopric Not A Valid Exempt Purpose – Kent Hovind Update
June 16 -- Using Your IRA Funds To Start A Business Is Very Risky
June 15 -- Exchange Facilitator Does Not Beat Missouri Use Tax On Learjet
June 12 -- Why Is Multi-State Tax Compliance So Hard?
June 9 -- The Juror Who Freed Kent Hovind Steps Forward
June 9 -- A Filmmaker’s View Of The Trials Of Kent Hovind
June 8 -- Lu Gauthier Reports On Important Massachusetts Domicile Case
June 8 -- Here Is Hoping That The First Thousand Posts Are The Hardest
June 5 -- A New York Day Is Like A New York Minute At Least For Taxes
June 4 -- Structuring Seems Like A Crime You Can Commit By Accident
June 3 -- Estate Tax And Goodwill From Boston Tax Institute
June 3 -- Failure To File Texas Franchise Tax Form Voids Lawsuit
June 2 -- Oregon Tax Court Approves Taxation Of Church Rectory
June 1 -- News From The Boston Tax Institute
June 1 -- Conservation Easements – Tax Court Lets Owner Sell Them Or Give Them But Not Both
June 1 -- From Secession 1861 to Appomattox 2015: The View of a Sesquicentennial Tourist
May 30 -- Structuring – First Kent Hovind – Now Dennis Hastert
May 28 -- TurboTax Glitch Leads To Long Battle With IRS
May 27 -- Limits Of Hobby Lobby – Priests For Life Denied Rehearing On Contraception Mandate
May 23 -- The Grand Review Of 2015 And Why Black History Is History
May 23 -- Full Fathom Five – A Daughter Finds The Story Of The Father She Never Knew – Perfect For Memorial Day
May 23 -- Memorial Day Reading – Donald Cook – Xavier Graduate With Greatest Military Distinction
May 21 -- Kent Hovind To Be Free In August – Maybe Sooner
May 20 -- Tax Girl Challenges Homeownership And You Should Really Listen To Her
May 20 -- Report On Kent Hovind Court Proceedings Monday May 18, 2015
May 18 -- Free Kent Hovind Movement Has Big Win
May 18 -- Kent Hovind Remains In Custody – Judge Would Have Ruled Against Motion To Dismiss
May 18 -- Entrepreneurial Cardiologist Denied Real Estate Pro Status By Tax Court
May 16 -- Kent Hovind Not Facing Trial On Monday
May 16 -- Kent Hovind In Pensacola – Looks Like No Trial On Monday
May 16 -- Heading For The Grand Review
May 15 -- Kent Hovind’s Innocence Narrative – Truth Some – Whole Truth Not So Much
May 13 -- California Attorney General Can Demand Full IRS Forms From Charity
May 12 -- IRS Not Grossly Negligent In Disclosure Of Exempt Application
May 11 -- Religious Arbitration Clause Does Not Hurt Million Plus Gift Tax Exclusion
May 8 -- Gallery Does Not Get Exempt Status And The Lusty Month Of May
May 8 -- Review Of “Ways And Means For Managing Up” By F William Smullen
May 7 -- Home Schooling Contingency Does Not Kill Alimony Deduction
May 6 -- Kent Hovind Trials – Final Round Of The First Fight – Installment Five
May 5 -- The Trials Of Kent Hovind – An American Tragedy
May 4 -- IRS Denies Exempt Status To Historical Interpreters
May 1 -- Second Circuit Questions Loss Computation In Ponzi Scheme Sentences
April 30 -- TIGTA Report On IRS Exempt Process – End Of The Beginning?
April 30 -- IRS Partnership Adjustments In Millions May Produce No Tax
April 28 -- Tax-free Roth Conversions – From The Boston Tax Institute
April 28 -- Two NFL Entities Dropping Exempt Status – Details Maybe Never
April 27 -- Is IRS Targeting Drunkards?
April 27 -- No Exclusion For Income Earned Over International Waters
April 26 -- Could Rand Paul Back Kent Hovind?
April 24 -- IRS Forced To Release Names Of Targeted Groups
April 23 -- Minority Shareholders Liable For Part Of Corporate Income Tax
April 22 -- Detective’s Vacation And Sick Time Not Excluded From Taxable Income
April 21 -- Kent Hovind Trials – Final Round Of The First Fight – Installment Four
April 20 -- New Player In The Kent Hovind Defense
April 20 -- Superior Point Of Sale Software Does Not Mix Well With Skimming
April 17 -- From The Boston Tax Institute
April 15 -- Heir Of Honduran Timber Fortune Wins Large Refund In Tax Court
April 14 -- Appomattox – April 2015 – Prequel
April 14 -- Do Not Be Pressured Into Signing Last Minute Joint Return
April 12 -- Appomattox – April 12, 2015 – Auld Lang Syne
April 12 -- Appomattox – April 11th – Freedom
April 11 -- Kent Hovind Trials – Final Round Of The First Fight – Installment Three
April 11 -- Hovindication Finds Its Opposite If Not Equal Reaction
April 10 -- Kent Hovind Trials – Final Round Of The First Fight – Installment Two
April 10 -- Blessed Are The Peacemakers – Appomattox Sesquicentenniial
April 10 -- Tax Court Allows Multimillion Multiyear Arabian Horse Losses
April 9 -- Appomattox Gearing Up For Surrender
April 8 -- Still Some More Blood To Effuse
April 6 -- Kent Hovind Trials – Final Round Of The First Fight – Installment One
April 6 -- IRS Agent Causes Grief For Taxpayer’s Spouse By Being Helpful
April 6 -- Real Timing Appomattox During Tax Season
April 3 -- Bill Caplinger Says You Can’t Be A “Thug For Jesus”
April 3 -- Another Proof That S Corp Can Be Best Choice For Professional Practices
April 1 -- Zombies Can’t File Tax Court Petitions
April 1 -- Clinic Escort Discusses Details Of 1994 Pensacola Abortion Clinic Murders
March 31 -- Retired IRS Kent Hovind Critic Seeks To Debate Structuring
March 31 -- Kent Hovind And The Professors Of Pensacola
March 30 -- Exelon Subsidiary Denied Tax Breaks On Three Mile Island Purchase
March 27 -- Will the real Kent Hovind please stand up? Dr. Dino gets outed by an ex-employee.
March 27 -- Nay Nay We Won’t Pay – Evaders, Protesters and Resisters Versus IRS
March 25 -- Did Andie MacDowell’s Mountain Hideaway Require Tax Incentives?
March 23 -- Ninth Circuit Rules Against War Tax Resister
March 20 -- Kent Hovind Will Face A New Trial
March 20 -- Is Talk Of Executive Action On Tax Loopholes Political Theater?
March 20 -- Tax Court Rules That Being Accommodation Party In Tax Shelter Is Hard Work
March 18 -- Alex Jones Interviews Kent Hovind – Can Bill O’Reilly Be Far Behind?
March 18 -- Hovindologist Reviews Kent Hovind’s InfoWars Performance
March 18 -- Dude Ranch Shareholders Stuck With Corporate Tax – It’s All About Execution
March 17 -- Celebrate This Saint Patrick’s Day The Kent Hovind Way
March 17 -- Court Dismisses Suit Against Government From IRS Search That Led To Suicide
March 16 -- Don’t Sic IRS On Racist Frat Boys
March 14 -- Order In Kent Hovind Case
March 14 -- Ernie Land, Kent Hovind’s BFF, Comments On The Trial
March 14 -- Looks Like No Charitable Deduction For Gifts To Steak And You Know Day
March 13 -- Kent Hovind Likely To Be Sentenced To Another Two To Three Years On Contempt Conviction
March 12 -- Kent Hovind Convicted On One Of Four Counts – Rudy Davis Proclaims A Miracle
March 12 -- Jury In Kent Hovind Trial Sent Home For Good Night’s Sleep Will Reconvene This Morning
March 12 -- Jury Finds Kent Hovind Guilty Of Contempt Of Court No Verdict On Fraud Charges
March 11 -- Breaking – Jury Begins Deliberations In Kent Hovind Trial
March 11 -- Kent Hovind Trial Day 6 – Doctor Dino Gives Jury The Old Gish Gallop
March 11 -- Kent Hovind Trial Day 6 – Hovindicators Feeling Upbeat About Doc Dino’s Testimony
March 11 -- Did Eighth Circuit Bulldoze Caterpillar Dealer’s Like Kind Exchanges?
March 11 -- What Would A Graphic Novel By Kent Hovind Look Like?
March 10 -- Kent Hovind Trial Day 5 – The Language Of Sovereignty
March 10 -- IRS Busts In Las Vegas Tip Case
March 9 -- Coach Dave Daubenmire Wrong About How A “Jury of Peers” Would Help Kent Hovind
March 9 -- Pensacola Shows Little Interest In Kent Hovind Trial
March 7 -- Kent Hovind Trial Day 4 – Owner Of Seized Property Tells Tale Of Threats Abuse And Harassment
March 7 -- Kent Hovind Trial Day 4 Eric Hovind The Good Steward Testifies
March 6 -- 1099-C From Out Of The Blue? Don’t Ignore It! Fight It!
March 5 -- On Eve Of Testimony In Kent Hovind Trial Son Eric Opens Up To Reporters
March 5 -- The Two Faces Of Doctor Dino – Day 3 Of The Kent Hovind Trial
March 5 -- Day 3 Of Kent Hovind Trial – Government Will Finish On Friday
March 5 -- IRS Grossly Unqualified To Make Determinations About Software Related Exempt Applications
March 4 -- Jonathan Schwartz Brings Filmmaker’s Eye To The Kent Hovind Trial
March 4 -- As It Opens In Kent Hovind Trial Government Focuses On Hansen’s Extensive Filings
March 4 -- Government Focusing On Codefendant Hansen As Kent Hovind Trial Commences
March 3 -- Little Drama Outside As Jury Selection In Kent Hovind Trial Proceeds Smoothly On Day One
March 3 -- Kent Hovind Supporters Getting Organized
March 2 -- Looks Like Kent Hovind Not Capturing Much Sympathy
March 2 -- On Eve Of Kent Hovind Trial – With The Hovindicators Under The Blood Of Jesus At The Red Roof Inn
March 2 -- Lois Lerner Out From Under Freedom Path Lawsuit For Now
February 28 -- On Kent Hovind – Worth A Thousand Words
February 27 -- Will Christian Soldiers Be On The Streets Of Pensacola As Kent Hovind Goes To Trial?
February 25 -- IRS Denies 501(c)(3) Exemption To Booster Club Due To Inurement
February 24 -- From The Boston Tax Institute
February 24 -- Estate Intended For Charity Depleted By Litigation And Income Tax
February 23 -- Tom Cahill Recommends Happiness Project
February 23 -- You And Your Shadow Do Not A Partnership Make
February 22 -- Has Kent Hovind Broken Any Laws?
February 19 -- Tom Brady’s MVP Truck Even More On The Tax Implications
February 18 -- Good Execution Protects Sellers From IRS Transferee Liability
February 16 -- Islamic Teaching On Usury Kills Property Tax Exemption In Tennessee
February 15 -- Kent Hovind’s Reliance On Tax Pro Letters Was Not Reasonable
February 13 -- John Koskinen Saves Tax Season With Form 3115 Relief For Small Business
February 13 -- Kent Hovind Supporters Gaining Ground
February 11 -- Lois Lerner’s Old IRS Team Looking Anti-tech
February 10 -- Breaking: AICPA Says Help Might Be On The Way
February 10 -- Ninth Circuit Cuts Break To Son Of Man Sentenced To Life For Price Label Switching
February 9 -- Tax Court Hammers IRS CI Who Went Out Into The Cold
February 8 -- When Reason Fails Try Ridicule?
February 8 -- Fifth Circuit Rules Jurisdictional Arguments Frivolous – Bad News For Hansen And Hovind?
February 7 -- Wiley Drake Starts Boots On The Ground Campaign For Kent Hovind In Pensacola
February 7 -- Creation Science Hall Of Fame Supports Kent Hovind
February 5 -- Evolution Of A Hovindologist
February 5 -- Mr. Koskinen’s Last Chance To End The Form 3115 Madness
February 4 -- Oil Rig Manager Does Not Qualify As Foreign Resident
February 3 -- An Awesome Critique Of The Prison Industrial Complex By One Who Knows It Well
February 2 -- Repair Regs And Tax Pros Are Like Headlights And Deer
January 29 -- Don’t Use The IRS To Address Koch Political Spending
January 29 -- Kent Hovind – Trial Delayed – Documents Uncovered
January 27 -- A Free Kent Hovind Might Have Backing For A Bigger Better Dinosaur Theme Park
January 26 -- Moneygram Loses Big In Tax Court And Nobody Seems To Care
January 25 -- Latest Hovindication Developments
January 22 -- Exclusive – Kent Hovind Claims Congressmen Are Looking Into His Case
January 21 -- Bitter CPA Fight Good For Attorneys And Nobody Else
January 20 -- Will Kent Hovind Become This Year’s Cliven Bundy?
January 19 -- President Obama Would Make Death A Taxable Event
January 16 -- On SF Payroll Tax, Managing Partners And Pirate Captains
January 15 -- IRS Revokes Exempt Status Of Faux Veterans Groups
January 14 -- Mexican Police Helped Drug Cartel Massacre 314 Migrants – NationofChange
January 14 -- Charities In Pennsylvania Must Be Pure To Avoid Local Property Taxes
January 13 -- Looking At Kent Hovind’s Innocence Claims
January 13 -- Looking At Kent Hovind’s Innocence Claims
January 12 -- Kent Hovind Asks Supporters For Noise And Light To Defend Him
January 12 -- CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, 1963
January 12 -- Kent Hovind Asks Supporters For Noise And Light To Defend Him
January 11 -- Kent Hovind Update
January 9 -- LBJ Unmasked By Phil Nelson
January 9 -- The Stickiness Of Domicile – Hard To Leave State Income Tax Behind
January 8 -- The “LBJ University of Dirty Politics”
January 8 -- Can Walgreen Stance On Property Tax Hurt Income Tax Position Of 1031 Investors?
January 7 -- America’s Hitler
January 6 -- Dressage Riding Physician Convinces IRS On Hobby Loss Audit But Loses To Massachusetts
January 5 -- Report On IRS Targeting Of Conservatives – No Christmas Pony For Darrell Issa
January 5 -- If Only Obama Had Taped Conversations
January 4 -- You Need Partners To Have A Partnership
January 2 -- United States v. Hansen & Hovind
January 2 -- Tom Cahill Forgives The FBI
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December 29 -- Phantom Mares And Real Trucks Don’t Make For A Winning Horse Loss Tax Case
December 26 -- Is IRS Ninth Circuit Salus Mundi Win A Pyrrhic Victory?
December 25 -- Tax Court Rules Wounded Warrior Can Take His Time With The Trash – Merry Christmas
December 24 -- The Wheels On The Easement Void The Deduction
December 23 -- Court Rules Churches Can Continue To Conceal Financial Information
December 22 -- Sixth Circuit Disallows Fool For A Client Defense
December 19 -- Exactly What Kind Of A Criminal Might Lois Lerner Be?
December 18 -- First Circuit Loss For Transgender Prisoner May Have Positive Tax Implications For Others
December 17 -- Final Way Station On The Road To My Forbes Millennium
December 16 -- Tom Coburn Tax Decoder Takes On Clergy Tax Abuse
December 15 -- Federal Tax Exemption Often Not Enough For Local Assessors
December 13 -- Senator Tom Coburn v. IRC 107
December 12 -- Did You Hear The One About Lois Lerner Walking Into A Bar?
December 11 -- With Amazon Facing $1.5 Billion Income Tax Bill, Bezos Too Busy To Testify
December 11 -- Iowa Corporation Not Liable For California Corporate Tax From Ownership Of LLC Interest
December 10 -- Seventh Circuit Will Not Let Tax Protester Blame His Lawyer For Conviction
December 9 -- Chief Counsel Advice Provides Timely Warning About 1099 Filing Requirements
December 8 -- Disabled Veteran Sues Bank Of America Over Erroneous Form 1099-C
December 3 -- Was Kent Hovind 2006 Structuring Indictment Flawed?
December 2 -- Repair Regs – A Hellish Tax Season And Refunds Of Biblical Magnitude
December 1 -- Restoring Trust In IRS Is A National Imperative
November 30 -- God’s Property Radio And Kent Hovind – Not A Great Source For The Whole Truth
November 28 -- How I Accidentally Impersonated A Veteran
November 27 -- Ernie Land Challenges Common Law Theorists And Others To Make Kent Hovind A Test Case
November 26 -- Thespians And Pagans Fight Assessors In New York Court
November 25 -- Motocross Racing With Tax Deductible Dollars Works This Time
November 24 -- AAA Does Not Revive With New S Election – Explained By Jelly Beans
November 24 -- Between The Scylla Of Creation Science And The Charybdis Of Militant Rationalism I Steer A Perilous Course
November 23 -- A Creepy Message From The Federal Government
November 23 -- Why I Skipped The 1864 Sesquicenntential
November 23 -- I Really Missed President Obama At Gettysburg Address Sesquicentennial
November 21 -- Can Horse Owners Win In Tax Court By Partnering With Trainers?
November 21 -- Should President Obama Offer Amnesty For Legal Residents Behind On Taxes?
November 20 -- Seventh Circuit Kicks Parsonage Can Down The Road – Some Commentary
November 19 -- Kent Hovind And Creation Science Evangelism – How Not To Run A Ministry
November 18 -- What’s In A Name? Should Naming Rights Reduce Charitable Deductions?
November 17 -- Interview With Former Judge Central To Kansas Property Tax Consultant Controversy
November 14 -- Do Property Tax Consultants Need To Be Reined In?
November 13 -- Clergy Housing Tax Break Withstands Challenge – Atheist Group Lacks Standing
November 13 -- Kent Hovind Finally Silenced? – Guest Post From Robert Baty
November 11 -- Tax Court Goes To Webster For Definition Of Construction – And Watch That NAICS Code
November 10 -- Kansas Property Tax Consultant War – A Sign Of Things To Come?
November 7 -- Technology Officer Denied Capital Gain Treatment On Sale To Google
November 5 -- Judicial Watch Loses Orthodontist Suit Against Delay Of Obamacare Employer Mandate
November 4 -- AICPA Wasted Member Dues On IRS Lawsuit
November 3 -- What If Lois Lerner Was Right About The Tea Party?
October 29 -- Government Coming Down Harder On Kent Hovind
October 28 -- There Is An Accountant Art Expert – Who Knew?
October 27 -- True The Vote Suit Dismissed By Bush Nominated Judge – Jenny Beth Martin Not Happy
October 23 -- National Organization For Marriage – No Recovery Of Attorney Fees In Case Against IRS
October 21 -- IRS Collection Action Can Be Delayed For A Long Time
October 20 -- Taxpayer Barred From Communicating With CPA Still Hit With Late File Penalty
October 17 -- UnFair: Exposing The IRS – Does Not Make Strong Case Or Decent Documentary
October 15 -- StubHub Does Not Have to Collect Chicago Amusement Tax
October 14 -- UnFair – One Night Stand Tonight – Exposing IRS Or Fair Tax Infomercial?
October 13 -- District Court Sets The Bar Lower For Accountants Than Attorneys
October 10 -- Paper Filing 1040 On October 15th? Go To The Post Office! Use Certified Mail
October 9 -- Teresa Giudice’s Surprise Sentence And Possible Better Ways To Motivate Compliance
October 8 -- Susan Crile Paints A Picture Of Tax Court Victory For Artists
October 7 -- Will Romney 2016 Be Haunted By Unreleased Tax Returns?
October 6 -- Tax Court Judge Appreciates Art More Than Your Average Revenue Agent
October 3 -- TIGTA Must Disclose More About Investigation Of Possible IRS Release Of Koch Industries Return Information
October 2 -- Seventh Circuit Allows Do-over On Tax Court Stipulations For Deceived Taxpayers
October 1 -- LLC Lease Structure Costs Idaho Charity Property Tax Exemption
September 30 -- Court Rules Oklahoma ObamaCare Not OK
September 30 -- New York Springs Sales Tax Trap On Passive LLC Members
September 29 -- James Traficant Jr. And The Taxpayer’s Burden
September 27 -- Nevada High Court OKs Tax That Hits Strip Clubs, Exempts NASCAR And Boxing
September 26 -- Scholarships Do Not Make Beauty Pageant A Charity
September 24 -- Physicians Case Against ObamaCare Knocked Out On Standing
September 23 -- For Joint Filing Status You Have To File
September 21 -- CEO At Climate March Calls For Carbon Tax
September 21 -- Live From Climate March Opening
September 19 -- Computer Game Pioneer Trip Hawkins May Escape Tax Debt
September 18 -- Professional C Corp Denied Deduction For Uncashed Salary Check To Owner
September 17 -- Need To Show Rental Effort To Deduct Expenses
September 16 -- Montana Catches Non-filer With Property Tax Break
September 15 -- Grandfather Beats IRS In Tax Court Without Lawyer
September 14 -- NFL Not The Only Organization That Does Not Need Or Deserve Tax Exempt Status
September 11 -- Parsonage Supporters Encouraged By Seventh Circuit Oral Arguments
September 11 -- Seventh Circuit Oral Arguments On Parsonage A Shipwreck For Freedom From Religion Foundation?
September 10 -- Did Florida County Tax Man For Being Happily Married?
September 9 -- Joan Rivers Made Tax History
September 8 -- Andrew Kay Passes – Helped Accountants Abandon Pencil Pushing
September 5 -- New Hampshire Supreme Court Declines More Power In Tuition Credit Case
September 4 -- Tax Court Refuses To Extend Home Concrete Logic
September 3 -- IRS Shows Serious Meatspace Prejudice
September 2 -- Debt From KPMG Tax Shelter Survives Bankruptcy
August 29 -- Tea Party Patriots Inc Dodging Tax On E-mail Fees?
August 28 -- IRS Will Not Tax Forfeited Jackpots Of Compulsive Gamblers
August 27 -- Bank Out 40 Grand When It Allows Withdrawal Two Hours After IRS Levy
August 26 -- Do You Need To Maximize Rents To Claim Rental Losses?
August 25 -- How I Caught William James Plagiarizing Himself
August 25 -- Home Sweet RV Does Not Always Produce Best Tax Result
August 22 -- Where Tax Shelters Go When They Die
August 21 -- Tax Court Omits Key Sentence In Ruling Against Taxpayer
August 19 -- Robert Redford’s New York Tax Trouble Provides Lessons For Planners
August 18 -- The OID Fraud And Criminal Gullibility
August 15 -- IRS Stampedes A Cattle Shelter
August 14 -- For Property Tax Exemption Culture Not As Good As Charity
August 13 -- Alimony Deduction Requires Good Substantiation
August 12 -- Connecticut Limits $60 Million NOL Carryback
August 11 -- Constitutionally Challenged Co-defendant Does Not Create Mistrial For Tax Fraudster
August 8 -- Org Tries Exempt Status Multiple Choice – IRS Answers None Of The Above
August 7 -- John Koskinen Indicates IRS Revolving Door Is A Feature Not A Bug
August 6 -- FAIR Tax Abolishes IRS – Then What?
August 5 -- Homeowner Association IRS Ruling Highlights Schizophrenic Nature Of Associations
August 4 -- State Fails To Force Electronic Payments On Taxpayer With Hacking Concerns
August 1 -- Has Mind Control Conspiracy Captured IRS?
July 31 -- Don’t Leave Money To Children Buried Under IRS Liens
July 31 -- Veteran Activist Mourns His Mentor
July 30 -- Obamacare Upheld Against Another Challenge – Court Rules Against Sissel
July 30 -- Retailer Can Only Deduct Perks When Redeemed
July 29 -- Kent Hovind’s Battle With The IRS In Retrospect
July 28 -- Time To Let Kent Hovind Go Home?
July 25 -- Pulling IRS Into Your Business Dispute Might Not Be Such A Good Idea
July 24 -- Failure To Withhold Does Not Excuse Failure To Pay
July 24 -- Social Security Disability Taxation – Curious And Confusing According to Tax Court
July 23 -- IRS Promises To Target Churches – Eventually
July 23 -- Use Of Condo By Son Blows 1031 Exchange For State Tax Purposes
July 21 -- New Jersey Domestic Partners Lose Estate Benefit By Not Registering
July 18 -- Chicago Politician Loses Appeal Of Criminal Tax Conviction
July 17 -- Government Shutdown Does Not Convert Prison Time To Probation
July 16 -- Facade Easement Deduction Allowed
July 16 -- Social Security Number May Be Mark Of The Beast But That Will Not Save Your Job
July 15 -- Mo Vaughn Strikes Out In District Court Penalties Upheld
July 14 -- Massachusetts Court Tells Dunkin Donuts Former Parent It’s Time To Pay The Taxes
July 8 -- Should You Follow The Clintons And Do Your QPRT Sooner Rather Than Later?
July 7 -- City Taxes Trip Up Investment Advisor Restructuring
July 3 -- Pickett’s Charge 150 – Aftermath
July 1 -- Appeals Court Approves Michael Dell’s Proposition 13 Dodge
June 30 -- Military Housing Allowance Much More Limited Than Clergy’s
June 26 -- Kuretski – Was Legal Dream Team Really Trying To Help The Taxpayers?
June 25 -- Facade Easement Valuation Cannot Be Percentage Rule Of Thumb
June 23 -- Step Kids Remain Step Kids After Divorce
June 22 -- New Voice Of Gen-X Remembers 1994 When World Soccer Came To USA
June 19 -- Does Sixth Circuit ABC Decision Give Tenants Incentive To Buy?
June 18 -- Cocaine Ponzi Schemes And Tax Prep – Not A Good Mix
June 17 -- Paul Reddam’s KPMG Tax Shelter Stunk In More Ways Than One
June 13 -- Personal Goodwill Avoids Corporate Tax Exposure
June 12 -- Will National Grid Try Dumping Its Electrons Into Boston Harbor?
June 11 -- Your Son The Lawyer Should Not Be Your Exchange Facilitator
June 10 -- Confidence Games – How The Most Prestigious Accounting Firms Raided The Treasury
June 9 -- Real Estate In Your IRA – How Not To Do It
June 9 -- Warning to Occupy Wall Street – Rape Can Still be Part of the Penalty
June 6 -- CPA Faces Prison For Letting Client Deduct Personal Expenses
June 5 -- California Court Rules That Research Fee On Electric Rates Not A Tax
June 4 -- Freedom From Religion Foundation On Clergy Housing Income Tax Break
May 28 -- Did IRS Target Israel? Suit By Pro-Israel Z Street Will Move Forward
May 28 -- Dietrich Mateschitz’s Red Bulls Will Be Paying Harrison NJ Some Real Estate Tax
May 27 -- Ranch Heiress Shows IRS She Is Real Cowgirl
May 26 -- Massachusetts Court Considers Global Warming In Property Tax Case
May 23 -- Church 501(c)(3) Status Is A Good Deal – Do Not Ruin It With Corporation Sole
May 22 -- American Atheists Denied Standing To Challenge Church Tax Breaks
May 22 -- Inaugural Guest Post – Robert Baty On Presuppositionalism
May 21 -- Tax Court Threatens To Sanction Courtroom Commando Mac MacPherson
May 19 -- TIGTA Alimony Report May Cause Crisis Of Conscience Among Tax Professionals
May 16 -- Real Estate Dealer Or Investor – Can’t Switch At Drop Of Hat
May 15 -- Phelan Decision Showed How To Get Capital Gains Treatment While Engaging In Development Acitvity
May 15 -- How Much Of Alimony Tax Gap Is From Gaming The System?
May 15 -- Tax Court Petitions – UPS v USPS – One Letter – Big Difference
May 14 -- Joint Electronic Returns – Check With The Ex Before Hitting Send Button
May 13 -- Can Somebody Explain Tax Shelters To Thomas Piketty?
May 8 -- Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers Owner Scores Touchdown In Tax Court
May 7 -- Nonrecognition On Divorce Transfers Hurts Receiving Spouse
May 6 -- IRS Cannot Levy Tribal Payments
May 5 -- Risk Of At-Risk – Ominous Memo Hints At Fallout From IRS Audits Of Large Partnerships
May 5 -- Doing The Civil War Sesquicentennial In Real Time
May 2 -- Tax Denier Wins Damage Claim Against IRS Levy – Kind Of
May 1 -- IRS Chief Counsel Checks 1986 Committee Reports To Give Break On Foreclosed Real Estate
April 30 -- Kicking The Jesuits Out Of California – Some Quirky Artwork Documenting California History
April 30 -- Alimony That Does Not Look Like Alimony
April 29 -- Graduation Contingency Kills Alimony Deduction
April 28 -- Tax Court Denies Amway Losses – Again
April 25 -- Football Dad Beats IRS In Tax Court
April 23 -- The American Lynching-Mob by Rev. Dean Richmond Babbitt, DD, LLD
April 23 -- Horse Breeder/Lawyer Wins In Tax Court. Was It Worth It?
April 22 -- Court Approves Tax Sale Of New Mexico Property For Less Than 1% Of Its Value
April 21 -- Sawyer Taxi Heirs Midcoast Fortrend Deal – Could Have Been Worse
April 18 -- IRS Chief Counsel Has To Decide If Nail Polish Is A Luxury
April 17 -- Bill Cassidy Providing Emergency Assistance To Wealthy Televangelists
April 17 -- Kansas Hungry For $40 Million Tax Slice Of Pizza Hut Franchisee’s Profits
April 16 -- Tax Court Views Ballpark Guesstimates As Fields Of Dreams
April 15 -- Strong Language In Partnership Agreement Might Help With Expense Deductions
April 13 -- Non-Custodial Parents Out Of Luck When Form 8332 Withheld
April 10 -- Clergy Out In Force To Defend Their Housing Tax Break
April 7 -- No Money For April 15 1040 Balance Due? Don’t Panic!
April 5 -- Easement Valuations Not So Easy Anymore
March 26 -- Bitcoins Not Tax Fairy Dust – Second Life Still A Tax Haven?
March 24 -- No Margin For Error When Using IRA Rollover As Bridge Loan
March 23 -- Do Some Looking And Thinking Before Signing Form 1040
March 14 -- Building Repair Deductions – Thirty Per Cent Of What?
March 14 -- Hedge Fund, TEFRA And Community Property Give Woman Tax Nightmare
March 6 -- Could You Make Tax Protester Theories Work For You?
March 5 -- Lois Lerner Takes The Fifth Again – Political Theater?
March 4 -- CREW Fails To Force IRS To Take Even Harder Stand On 501(c)(4) Political Spending
March 2 -- Tea Party Patriots Celebrates Fifth Anniversary By Asking For Money
March 2 -- Did Clergy Lobby Get To Dave Camp? No Limit Proposed On The Mega Housing Allowances Of The Mega Pastors
February 27 -- The Only Comment On Camp Tax Proposal You Need To Read – And Some Others
February 26 -- Another Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Tax Disaster
February 23 -- Tiny Church Intervenes In Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Most Pointless Case
February 22 -- Sylvia Dion CPA Asks – Where Are The Women?
February 20 -- New Jersey Gets To Second Guess IRS On Estate Tax Marital Deduction
February 19 -- Was CPA Tax Evader On The Lam Or Hiding In Plain Sight?
February 11 -- Pilot To Black Panther To Pastor Calls For Financial Transparency In Churches
February 9 -- Benefit Of Clergy – Why Special Tax Treatment For Ministers Needs To Go
February 7 -- Alaska Denies Permanent Fund Dividend To Career Marine
February 7 -- Tax Court Cuts No Slack On Strip Joint Fraud Penalty
February 4 -- The Dog That Did Not Bark – IRS Issues Adverse 501(c)(4) Rulings To Deafening Silence
February 1 -- Flap About NFL Tax Exemption Seems Silly
January 26 -- KPMG Tax Partner Denied Mulligan On Sketchy Tax Shelter
January 25 -- Obama Administration Weak On Church State Separation? Clergy Housing Allowance Appeal
January 22 -- Is Tax Court Rebelling Against Supreme Court?
January 20 -- Is Kent Hovind A Tax Protester?
January 18 -- Soldier To Tax Accountant – Rachel Millios EA
January 16 -- Applying Teapartygate Logic To Bridgegate
January 14 -- From Pawn Stars To Bridgegate – After Over Two Centuries The Burke Paine Debate Still Echoes
January 10 -- Fort Lee Is More Than A Speed Bump On Governor Christie’s Presidential Road
January 7 -- Post Divorce Tax Intimacy Can Be Riskier Than Post Divorce Sex
January 5 -- Are IRS Property Seizures The Stuff Of Reality TV?
January 2 -- Pritzker Trust Dodges Illinois State Income Tax
January 1 -- How To Ranch Like Tom Cruise On A Lower Budget
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December 26 -- Alaska Supreme Court Denies Permanent Fund Dividend To Soldier Deployed To Iraq
December 26 -- Did Tenth Circuit Help KPMG Weasel Out Of Liability To Buy.com Founder?
December 25 -- Kind Christmas Wishes To Those Behind Bars And The Tax Collectors Too
December 22 -- Tax Lessons From Woody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine’
December 20 -- Andrew Schiff Does Not Recommend That You Imitate His Father Irwin
December 17 -- How To Tax Kody Brown And The Sister Wives And Other Polygamous Families?
December 15 -- Euro Pacific Capital’s Peter Schiff Defends His Tax Protesting Father Irwin Schiff
December 11 -- Catskill NY Pagan Phryganium Exempt From Real Estate Taxes
December 8 -- Cigarette Importer Sees $300M Deduction Go Up In Smoke
December 8 -- Duke Energy’s Billion Dollar Distribution May Be At Root Of Tax Court’s Crescent Holding Decision
December 1 -- Do We Need A Clergy Tax Simplification Act Of 2014?
November 27 -- Southern Baptist Leadership Unconcerned About Clergy Abuse Of Tax Break For Housing
November 23 -- Judge Declares Tax Exclusion For Clergy Housing Payments Unconstitutional
November 22 -- Historian Views Kennedy Assassination As Climax Of American Catholic History
November 20 -- Justice Antonin Scalia Led High Point Of Gettysburg Ceremonies
November 19 -- Live From Gettysburg Address Sesquicentennial
November 17 -- IRS Letter To Senator Boxer On Short Sales Not Good News For Everybody
November 15 -- Tatiana's Status As Brighton Beach Icon Hurts Owner In Tax Appeal
November 13 -- No, Unrecorded Intrafamily Home Mortgages Aren't Deductible
November 8 -- Ninth Circuit Rules 85-Year-Old Tax Protester Should Stay In Jail
November 6 -- Mobile Workforce Act Good Idea But May Need More Limits
November 2 -- SPLC Calls Family Research Council Hate Group – Should IRS Take Action?
November 1 -- When Planning Never Forget The Alternative Minimum Tax
October 31 -- President Obama Will Be Missed At Gettysburg Address Commemoration
October 31 -- Actuary In Tax Court Beats Northwestern And IRS On Accuracy Of 1099-R
October 30 -- We're With The Band – Kind Of
October 27 -- Organizing Junk Mail Does Not Qualify As Manufacturing
October 23 -- JD Salinger – Was January 27 2010 A Good Day To Die
October 21 -- Was JD Salinger Facing A Major Estate Tax Problem ?
October 17 -- Study Shows Taxpayers With Balance Due More Likely To Cheat
October 16 -- Lawyers Hosting Event For Judges Does Not Count As Charity
October 10 -- Are CVS Stores Actually Good 1031 Targets ?
October 8 -- Blame It On the Lawyers – Creating Basis Out Of Thin Air Not The Taxpayer's Fault
October 6 -- Unveiled God Needs A Lawyer In US District Court
October 3 -- JD Salinger Really Was A Park Avenue Rich Kid
October 2 -- Court Rules Against Slots Playing As A Business
October 1 -- Should Humanist Groups Seek Church Status ?
September 28 -- Has Kent Hovind Given Up Fight Against IRS ?
September 23 -- Criminal Minds Stand-In Cannot Catch A Break In Tax Court
September 23 -- Musician Wins Hobby Loss Case
September 21 -- TIGTA Finally Stumbles On The Real IRS Scandal
September 19 -- Did Tax Court Just Say That There Are Thousands Of Unfiled Oil Partnership Returns ?
September 17 -- Occupy Wall Street Anniversary Focuses On Robin Hood Tax
September 15 -- Does Tax Court Booster Decision Threaten Scouting?
September 13 -- Real Estate Partnerships And State Income Tax – Nasty Surprises
September 12 -- Chamberlain Medal Of Honor Raises Tax Question – Can You Value What Cannot Be Sold ?
September 10 -- Wisconsin Will Tax Its Native Wandering Stars – The Stickiness Of Domicile
September 9 -- Sixth Circuit Highlights S Corporation Perils In Broz Decision
September 8 -- Is IRS Targeting Magic The Gathering ?
September 7 -- Freedom From Religion Foundation Demands Financial Transparency From Churches
September 5 -- Parent Booster Clubs – Raising Money For Your Own Kid Is Not Charity
September 2 -- $10 Million N.C. Taxpayer Loss Shows Need For Planning To Move Tax Domicile
August 29 -- IRS Recognizes All Marriages But Not Civil Unions
August 28 -- Tea Party Patriots Inc And IRS – Who Is Being Unreasonable ?
August 27 -- Louisiana Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday – Why Stop There ?
August 26 -- Open Atheists Already Collect Tax-Free Clergy Housing Allowances
August 25 -- S Corporation SE Avoidance Still A Solid Strategy
August 23 -- Whistleblowing Can Be A Business
August 22 -- Michigan Collects Use Tax On Illinois Resident's Rhode Island Yacht
August 21 -- Group Claiming To Teach True Meaning Of Islam Denied Exempt Status
August 21 -- IRS Eases Up On War Tax Resisters
August 20 -- Pot Growers Exempt Application Goes Up In Smoke
August 20 -- IRS Kills Tax Exemption Of Foundation Pushing Eternal Life
August 18 -- Government Lawyers Advocate For Atheism As A Religion
August 15 -- Charity Begins At Home But Cannot End There
August 15 -- Misinformation Causes Loss Of Senior Property Tax Rebate
August 14 -- S Election For Cash Basis C Corporation Fraught With Peril
August 13 -- Doctor Dino – Kent Hovind May Lose In Court But Will Never Give Up
August 12 -- Military Retirement Pay Veterans Benefits And Divorce Make For Tax Confusion
August 9 -- Windsor As A Precedent – Much More Than Taxes
August 8 -- F. Lee Bailey Two Million Dollar Tax Lien But Still A Mensch
August 7 -- IRS To Collect Estate Tax From Beneficiary After More Than A Decade
August 6 -- Rhode Island Not Giving Historic Credit For Journal Entries
August 6 -- Internet Password Protocol Not A Charitable Activity
August 4 -- Ranching Is A Hard Business But Tax Examiners Can Think It Is Fun
August 2 -- Did Scientology Critic Get Turned Down By IRS For Church Status?
August 1 -- Horseless Carriages Too Much Fun To Be Charitable
July 31 -- North Carolina Declares Cash Register Zappers Contraband
July 31 -- Pastor Loses Parsonage Exclusion To Poor Planning
July 30 -- Would Eliminating The Property Tax Deduction Be A Big Deal?
July 29 -- Woman CPA Sees Little Progress In A Generation
July 29 -- Hard For Snow Birds To Avoid New York Tax
July 28 -- Second Circuit WorldCom Decision Evokes Nostalgia For Dialup
July 26 -- Federal Land Patent Barring Property Tax Argument Fails In Wisconsin
July 25 -- Why Tax Reform Is Impossible
July 24 -- Do Women CPAs Just Need To Lean In ?
July 24 -- Not Good For Real Estate Loss When Tax Court Judge Says Purports
July 23 -- Freedom Rider Asks To Give Peace A Chance – Peace Tax Fund Act Of 2013
July 19 -- Eleventh Circuit Approves IRS Targeting Of Certain Political Beliefs
July 18 -- Real Estate Pro Status Does Not Mix With Full Time Day Job
July 17 -- Court Of Claims Cuts No Slack On Filing Deadline
July 17 -- Toxic Combination Day Trading And Failure To File A Tax Return
July 16 -- CREW Director Insists Case Against Citizens United Attorney Is Strong
July 16 -- Fee Interest In Motels Not Like-kind To Leasehold
July 15 -- Side Agreement Voids Easement Charitable Deduction
July 15 -- Chief Counsel Goes Easy On 1031 Debt Paydown
July 11 -- Interview With Student Loan Activist Alan Collinge – Fair Value In An Unfair System ?
July 10 -- Claim Citizens United Attorney Broke Charity Tax Law Doesn't Hold Up
July 8 -- Gettysburg 150 – Thank You National Park Service
July 7 -- Walking In Armistead's Footsteps 150 Years Later – Gettysburg Day 3 – Pickett's Charge
July 5 -- Gettysburg Interlude – Understanding Historiography
July 4 -- Gettysburg Day 2 – Worst Ground I Ever Seen
July 4 -- The Most Glorious Fourth
July 4 -- Gettysburg Day 2 – Heading Into Action
July 3 -- Walking In Armistead's Footsteps 150 Years Later – Gettysburg Day 3 – Pickett's Charge
July 3 -- Did Doris Kearns Goodwin Blow It At Gettysburg ?
July 3 -- Did Doris Kearns Goodwin Blow It At Gettysburg?
July 2 -- Gettysburg Day 2 – The Advantage of Moving Down The Hill
July 2 -- Gettysburg Day 2 – Worst Ground I Ever Seen
July 1 -- Gettysburg Day 1- Through The Streets To Cemetery Hill
July 1 -- Gettysburg Day 1 – Passing Into Legend And History With The Iron Brigade
July 1 -- Gettysburg Day 1 – First Shot – Where Fate Meets History
June 30 -- Hopes of Our Country Were on Our Bayonets – Gettysburg Day 0
June 30 -- Gettysburg Braces For Invasion
June 29 -- If Money Comes Out Of Plan Somebody Has To Pay
June 27 -- DOMA Decision May Affect Civil Unions
June 27 -- DOMA Unconstitutional – Scalia Unhappy – Let’s Get Practical
June 26 -- Tea Party Patriots Do Some Splainin
June 26 -- Enrolled Agents Deserve More Respect
June 24 -- Day 46 Of Tea Party Patriots Scandal
June 23 -- Tea Party Patriots — Federalist Papers — Really ?
June 18 -- Tea Party Patriots, Inc.–Movement Or Money Machine?
June 17 -- Tax Court Dusts Off Crane Decision
June 14 -- Tea Party Patriots Audit IRS Rally At Capitol June 19
June 13 -- Need Strong Documentation Of Time Spent To Claim Real Estate Losses
June 11 -- AICPA Wastes More On Conferences Than IRS
June 9 -- Citizens Should Stop Trashing The IRS
June 8 -- Whole Life Insurance Tax Disasters
June 7 -- Dental Management Company Did Not Do Any Managing
June 6 -- IRS Does Not Spend Enough On Conferences
June 5 -- Conservation Easement No Deduction For Hypothetical Vineyard
June 4 -- Jerome James Taxed As California Resident While Playing For SuperSonics
June 3 -- A Bit Of Ancient History Dead Sea Scrolls In Tax Court
June 2 -- John Bierwirth’s Grumman Takeover Defense Led To Pension Litigation
June 1 -- NFL As Tax Exempt Less Than Meets The Eye?
May 29 -- In Defense Of Special Tax Breaks
May 28 -- Tax Reform – Should Partnerships And S Corporations Follow The Same Rules ?
May 27 -- Current Tax Reform Push Less Promising Than 1986
May 25 -- White House Agrees DOMA Should Be Repealed But Dianne Feinstein Not A Traitor
May 25 -- Creation Science Hall Of Fame Granted 501(c)(3) Status
May 24 -- State Court Can Order Custodial Parent To Release Exemption
May 23 -- Homeland Security Targets Tea Party ?
May 21 -- RVania Resident Taxed By New Mexico
May 21 -- Someone Claiming To Be Jamie Dimon Arrested By Homeland Security
May 20 -- Occupy Wall Street Challenges DOJ On Foreclosure Crisis
May 20 -- New York Toys With Out Of State Partner
May 20 -- Bank Cannot Issue 1099-C And Subsequently Try To Collect
May 18 -- Hipster Tax Has Historical Precedent
May 18 -- IRS And 501(c)(4) Damned If They Do Damned If They Don’t
May 17 -- Doctor Dino Denting Deficit ?
May 16 -- Leisure Suit Larry Shows Up In Tax Court Decision
May 15 -- Billy Sol Estes – Better To Owe It To You Than Cheat You Out Of It
May 15 -- Have Some Sympathy For IRS Cincinnati Gang That Couldn’t Sort Straight
May 14 -- Let The IRS Stick To Collecting Taxes
May 14 -- Doctor Joyce Brothers Cameo In Tax Court And Women’s History
May 13 -- Electing To Capitalize Expenses Can Pay Off On Sale
May 12 -- Brooklyn Grandmother Wins On Dependency Exemption
May 9 -- Book On New Jersey Wines Does Not Support Deducting Trips To France
May 6 -- Searching For A Little Piece of New Jersey In Virginia
May 2 -- IRS Troops Will Take To The Street On Seventh Day In May
May 2 -- Ohio Businesses Should Brace For Use Tax Tsunami
April 29 -- Tough IRS Position Means More Trusts Will Get Hit With New ObamaCare 3.8% Tax
April 28 -- Fifth Avenue Inspirational Shopping Not Doing Business
April 27 -- To Attack Abortion, Kansas Mucks Up Its Tax Code
April 26 -- How 38 Studios LLC Turned A CPA Into A Warrior
April 24 -- How To Shatter The Public Accounting Glass Ceiling ?
April 22 -- Do Land Patents Trump Property Taxes ?
April 21 -- Could Repairman Jack Come In From The Cold ?
April 20 -- IRS Not Screening Informant Reports Well
April 19 -- Tax Court Tells Man He Is A Mensch But Alimony Deduction Denied
April 18 -- How Not To Care About IRS E-mail Snooping
April 18 -- Sales Tax Class Action Suits Seem Frivolous
April 18 -- A Dirty Stinking Business And No Charitable Contribution
April 16 -- District Court Rules Signing Advances To Physicians Are Current Wages
April 16 -- Does IRS Hate Cats ?
April 15 -- Do Not Be Pressured Into Blindly Signing A Joint Return
April 15 -- Suze Orman In Press Conference On DOMA Calls For Great Gay Migration
April 14 -- Filing Extension On April 15 Can Be More Important Than You Think
April 14 -- Taxing The Third Space
April 13 -- Splitting Up Family Assets Can Raise Estate Taxes
April 12 -- IRS Encourages CPA To Take Up New Trade
April 12 -- The First Angry Tax Blogger
April 12 -- April 15 What To Do If You Don’t Have The Dough
April 11 -- Keeping The 99% Out Is Not Promoting Social Welfare
April 10 -- Megachurch Denied Property Tax Exemption For Gym And Bookstore/Cafe
April 9 -- GLAD Alerts Same Sex Couples To Act Quickly To Preserve Refund Rights
April 9 -- Wesley Snipes Raises Creationist Hopes For Kent Hovind
April 6 -- Wesley Snipes Almost Out – Kent Hovind Remains In Prison
April 6 -- Sex And The Single Transcendentalist – An Evening With Megan Marshall
April 2 -- Lawyers Unite To Keep Dark Money Dark
April 1 -- Taxpayer Beats Idaho On Domicile But Loses On Community Property
March 31 -- First Circuit Tells Tax Court To Look Harder For Fraudulent Transfer
March 30 -- Amazon and Overstock Lose To New York On Click-through Nexus
March 28 -- Let’s Have Judge Judy Tell Us How Old The Earth Is
March 27 -- Tax Court Does Not Buy Vow of Poverty of Prophetess
March 25 -- Has Scalia Already Thrown In The Towel On Same Sex Marriage?
March 25 -- DOMA Justice Rally In Boston Today
March 23 -- Conservatives Should Oppose DOMA
March 23 -- Who Will Play Margaret Fuller When The Movie Comes Out ?
March 23 -- Charity President Needed To Write Herself A Letter To Claim Charitable Deduction
March 23 -- Will E-cigarettes Become A Taxing Experience ?
March 21 -- International Flight Attendant Does Not Score As Well As Sergio Garcia In Tax Court
March 20 -- Only Modest Valuation Discounts Allowed On Estate Artwork
March 17 -- Wyoming Beats The On-line Companies On Room Tax
March 16 -- Written Business Plan Is Crucial In Horse Tax Court Case
March 15 -- New Yorkers Work For A Sober Saint Patrick’s Day While Maine Enables
March 12 -- No Fans Of Sister Wives At The IRS ?
March 11 -- Carried Interest Debate Heats Up Without Much Light
March 8 -- Render Unto Caesar – Mormon Tithe Not A Necessary Expense In IRS Collection Case
March 6 -- Ellen DeGeneres Speaks Out For Spanish-American War Widowers
March 2 -- Time To Eliminate Joint Filing ?
February 26 -- What Were They Thinking ?
February 24 -- Don’t Be Fooled By E-Mail ‘From IRS’ – But Don’t Ignore Their Snailmail
February 24 -- Partnership Needs More Than One Partner
February 21 -- Bill Romanowski's Tax Court Loss Not A Typical Horse Case
February 17 -- Married Same Sex Couples – Windsor Decision Requires Action This Tax Season
February 16 -- Fertility Treatment – Is IRS Heteronormative Or Just Muddled ?
February 13 -- Even Real Estate Salesman Has Trouble With Passive Loss Exception
February 11 -- Co-op Owner Wins Casualty Loss Appeal
February 8 -- Is IRS Persecuting Kent Hovind For Creationism ?
February 7 -- Maryland Exempts Residence For Mormon Temple Workers As "Convent"
February 6 -- Is Art Advisory Panel Giving Taxpayers A Fair Shake ?
February 5 -- Future Baseball Commissioner Tackles Tax Laws As Complex As Infield Fly Rule
January 30 -- Not Income Tax Evasion – Structuring – That’s How They Got Kent Hovind
January 27 -- Real Estate Professional Status – Becoming More Important – Very Hard To Prove
January 27 -- Is Super Bowl Monday Holiday More Important Than Tax Reform ?
January 25 -- IRS Plays Sore Winner In House Burning Charity Case
January 23 -- Why Phil Mickelson’s Remark Was Really Dumb
January 23 -- Why Phil Mickelson’s Remark Was Really Dumb
January 22 -- Tax Planning – Repairman Jack Style
January 19 -- White House Blows Smoke At Pot Petitions
January 17 -- Are Tax Protesters Actually Winning ?
January 14 -- Avoiding Excess Credit Card Interest Should Not Be A Taxable Event
January 13 -- Your Money Or Your Life – Which Can You Deduct ?
January 11 -- Would Be Developer Tripped Up By Interest Tracing Rules
January 6 -- War Tax Resisters – Don’t Call Them Frivolous
January 5 -- Will Liberal Ministers Challenge Their Own Tax Loophole ?
January 2 -- Form 8332 – Don’t Let The Kids Live In Another Home Without One ?
January 2 -- Some Tax Developments Unrelated To The Fiscal Cliff Drama
2012 (260)
December 31 -- Westboro Baptist Church – Piers Morgan – Death Star – High On “We The People” – Taxes Not So Much
December 30 -- Fiscal Cliff Team Not Worst Congress Ever – Just Seems That Way
December 29 -- A Petition To Get The IRS Out Of Defining Family
December 28 -- Should Piers Morgan Go Or Stay And Other Weighty Issues
December 26 -- Retired IRS Officer Launches Petition Against Clergy Tax Benefit
December 23 -- All I Want For Christmas Is An AMT Patch
December 20 -- Pot Business May Be Legal In Washington State But There Are Still Rules
December 20 -- High Marginal Rates Can Lead To Poor Choices
December 18 -- Tax Court Not Quick To Find Abuse In Innocent Spouse Case
December 15 -- Naming Spousal IRAs After Senator Hutchison – Is That A Priority ?
December 14 -- Some People Can’t Resist The Siren Call Of Tax Season
December 12 -- Fourth Circuit Upholds Conviction of Gentlemen’s Club Owner
December 11 -- Warren Buffett And George Soros Want Higher Estate Tax Than Obama Proposes
December 10 -- Can Real Estate Professionals Beat The 3.8% Obamacare Tax ?
December 9 -- Newt Gingrich May Beat The Obamacare 3.8% Tax – Can You ?
December 4 -- Sprint Racing Driver Can’t Convince Tax Court He Is In It For The Money
December 2 -- Who Should Be Accelerating Income Into 2012?
December 2 -- Is Costco’s Jim Sinegal A Hypocrite ?
December 1 -- Bill O’Reilly Likes Wealth Tax Idea Even Less Than I Do
November 28 -- CRS Refuses To Disclose Who Requested Withdrawal Of Report On Marginal Rates
November 28 -- Educational Assistance Foundation for The Descendants of Hungarian Immigrants in The Performing Arts – Can’t Make This Stuff Up
November 24 -- S To LLC As A Fiscal Cliff Acceleration Strategy ?
November 24 -- Joint Returns Need Warning Labels
November 19 -- IRS Position On Wandry Decision Makes 2012 Gifting More Difficult
November 17 -- Carbon Tax Getting Serious Consideration As CBO Seeks To Address Regressiveness
November 14 -- Sixth Circuit Agrees That Cliff Claven Is Not A Thief
November 10 -- Penalty On Qualified Plan Withdrawal To Pay Alimony
November 8 -- Hurricane Sandy Tax Relief – More Than Meets The Eye
November 4 -- Unfair Tax Court Decisions On Life Insurance Are Tip Of Unclaimed Property Iceberg
November 2 -- Evangelicals And Corporation Sole – Not A Marriage Made In Heaven
November 1 -- Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Arrested Again
October 31 -- The Ryan Bailey Story As A Tax Tale
October 29 -- Hurricane Sandy Tax Planning
October 28 -- Balanced Budget And Comprehensive Tax Reform Made Simple ? The Automated Payment Transaction Tax
October 27 -- Must Earl Grey Collect Sales Tax From Captain Picard?
October 27 -- Track Star Ryan Bailey’s Coach Beats IRS In Tax Court
October 26 -- Major Estate Tax Change Looming – Don’t Be A Last Minute Louie
October 24 -- Nude Dancing As An Art Form? Not Funny When You Think About It
October 23 -- Same Sex Couples – Registered Domestic Partners – Community Property – What A Mucking Fess
October 22 -- Debate Proceeds Despite Green Party Lawsuit – Hear Jill Stein On Defense Here
October 21 -- George McGovern Passes On – Where Were You In 1972 ?
October 21 -- Beware Of Partnership Status Sneaking Up On Your Business Venture
October 20 -- Second Circuit Declares Section 3 Of DOMA Unconstitutional
October 18 -- Eliminating Tax Expenditures To Cut Rates – Early Results Are Underwhelming
October 17 -- Jill Stein In Jail Worried About Students In Debt Bondage
October 17 -- Jill Stein On Defense And A Healthier Country
October 16 -- Arresting Jill Stein – Stupidest Idea I Ever Heard
October 16 -- Green Party Jill Stein Plans To Crash Romney Obama Debate At Hofstra
October 16 -- Jill Stein Meets Henry George
October 15 -- Don’t Freak Out If You Hear Your Trust Is Defective
October 14 -- Romney Wants No Estate Tax – Case For 2012 Mega Gift Remains Compelling
October 13 -- Bipolar Disorder Is Insidious
October 11 -- Is A Vote For Jill Stein A Vote For Higher Prices At The Pump ?
October 11 -- Carried Interest – Any Blame Should Go To Obama And Greens Should Not Care
October 9 -- Jill Stein Lining Up With Freedom From Religion Foundation On Parsonage Exclusion ?
October 9 -- Jill Stein And The Green Party On Protecting Female Only Spaces
October 7 -- Green Party Candidate Jill Stein On Racial Justice
October 7 -- Greens And The Confederate Flag – Jill Stein Not Whistling Dixie
October 6 -- IRS CI Needs To Sharpen Its Shooting
October 5 -- Young Earth Creationists Whipsawed By IRS
October 4 -- Let Those Traders Go To Work Building Windmills – Jill Stein On The Transaction Tax
October 4 -- Navajo Nation Member New Mexico Resident For Income Tax Purposes
October 3 -- Not Your Average Jill Stein Interview
October 1 -- Who Is Jill Stein Anyway ? Green Party Candidate Discusses Her Background
September 30 -- Fifth Circuit Upholds Keller Decision – Shows Power Of The Family Limited Partnership
September 26 -- State Residence For Income Tax – Pay Attention To The Basics
September 25 -- Dependency Exemptions – Divorce Court Orders Not Binding On Tax Court
September 24 -- Romney Accountant’s Letter – Exercise In Obfuscation ?
September 22 -- Mitt Romney Passing On Nearly Two Million In Charity – Stupidest Thing I Ever Heard
September 21 -- Private Residence Club Does Not Trigger “New York Rule” On Resident Status
September 20 -- Romney Ryan On Student Loans – Crony Capitalism ?
September 19 -- Mitt Romney And The 47% All A Matter Of Context
September 15 -- 1099s From Insurance Companies – Don’t Ignore But Don’t Take At Face Value Either
September 13 -- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Finds H&R Block Customers Not Necessarily Gullible
September 11 -- Tax Court Denies Late Petition Sent FedEx Express Saver
September 11 -- Are Divorce Attorneys Trying To Whipsaw IRS ?
September 11 -- Sale Of Hartford Property For Delinquent Real Estate Taxes Whets Appetite For Rest Of The Story
September 10 -- September 17 Remember America’s Bloodiest Day
September 10 -- Larry The Cable Guy Needs To Turn In Receipts
September 7 -- Phil Driscoll To Supreme Court – Enough Not Enough
September 6 -- In Defense Of Special Tax Treatment For Clergy
September 6 -- Pitney Bowes Passes Go From Boardwalk But Lands On Income Tax
September 4 -- Google Plays Bess Truman To Jill Stein As Harry
September 3 -- Will Warren Buffett Be Endorsing Jill Stein For President?
September 2 -- Southern Baptists Against Clergy Tax Abuse
September 1 -- Where Do Romney And Obama Stand On Special Tax Status For Ministers ?
August 31 -- Sometimes You Should Just Pay The Tax
August 30 -- Challenge To Clergy Tax Break Gets Green Light — Next Stop, Scientology?
August 28 -- Do They Learn Enough Latin At Groton To Understand Quid Pro Quo ?
August 28 -- Domicile Case Lets Me Cite A Classic
August 27 -- How To Fix The Student Loan System
August 27 -- Where Is Occupy In The Election?
August 27 -- New Jersey Tax Court Cuts A Break To Madoff Victim
August 26 -- Pennsylvania Court Gives No Relief To Investor In Tax Shelter From Hell
August 25 -- Weekend Slot Player Wins A Dandy Yankee Doodle Victory In Tax Court
August 22 -- Will Student Loans Delay A Major Housing Recovery?
August 21 -- Real Reason Romney Returns Not Being Released ?
August 18 -- Should We Care About Romney’s Unreleased Tax Returns ?
August 17 -- How Would Warren Buffett Feel About Paying A Billion Per Year ?
August 17 -- Paul Ryan’s Return Should Have Gone On Extension
August 16 -- Can We Prevent An Education Bubble?
August 15 -- American Working Abroad Gets Nasty State Income Tax Surprise
August 15 -- Some Presidential Words On Federal Income Taxes
August 12 -- Did Mormons Benefit From The IRS Scientology Deal ?
August 10 -- Son Of Boss – Don’t Blame Romney Blame His Tax Pros
August 9 -- Julian Block On Taxation Of Prizes And Awards
August 8 -- Romney, Marriott And Son Of Boss —- For Dummies
August 8 -- Convicted Cicero Town President Learns Silence Not Golden In Tax Court
August 5 -- Some Zero Tax Romney Returns Would Be As Shocking As Gambling At Rick’s
August 3 -- Professor Proposes Charitable Alternative To Flexible Spending Use It Or Lose It Rule
August 2 -- Rafalca London Olympics Medal Or Not – No Current Tax Savings
August 1 -- Chief Apostle Bishop Corletta Vaughn Still Liable For Ministry Payroll Taxes
August 1 -- Another Judge Declares DOMA Unconstitutional
July 31 -- Tony Martin’s Career Comeback Casbah Led To Tax Court Encounter
July 30 -- First Circuit In Easement Donation Case – Don’t Confuse The South End With South Boston
July 29 -- Julian Block May Have Some Tax Advice For Kanye West
July 28 -- Innocent Spouse Status Not Just For Women
July 28 -- While Dogs Against Romney Are Rooting For Rafalca I’m Studying Hobby Loss Cases
July 26 -- Is Independent Scientology The Key To Unlock The Church Of Scientology’s Secret Agreement With The IRS?
July 26 -- Seventy Year Old Priest Needs More Than A Day In Prison – Sixth Circuit Rules
July 24 -- “Canyon” Controversy – Blame The Advisers Not The IRS
July 22 -- That’s How They Got Al Capone But Scientology Maybe Not
July 20 -- Julian Block On Cosmetic Surgery As A Business Expense
July 19 -- IRS Veteran Weighs In On Deduction For Scientology Auditing In Secret 1993 Agreement
July 18 -- Romney Returns – Could Son Of Boss Deals Be Worrying Him?
July 17 -- Should Scientology Entities Be Recognized As Exempt Organizations? – Part 1
July 15 -- Don’t Use 501(c) Status As A Hallmark Of Credibility
July 14 -- IRS Scientology “Thirty Years War” – Village Voice Legal Expert Argues “Treaty” Is Unconstitutional
July 13 -- The Discerning Person’s Guide To The Tax Blogosphere
July 12 -- Julian Block Explains How To Save Taxes While Being Kind To Animals
July 11 -- If Katie Holmes Has A Problem With Scientology – So Did IRS Until 1993
July 7 -- Taxing Marriage To Fund Domestic Violence Grants – Sense Or Nonsense ?
July 6 -- Worker Classification Issue Can Be Worse Than Disallowed Deductions
July 4 -- Easy To Trip Up On Alimony Deduction
July 3 -- Zombies And The Estate Tax – Law Professor Questions How Dead Are The Undead ?
July 2 -- I’ll Take A Scoop Of Broccoli But You Can’t Make Me
July 1 -- Tax Fraud – If You Are Not Going To Listen To Advice Better You Don’t Ask
June 30 -- Form 1040 As A Do-It-Yourself Forensic Tool In Divorce
June 28 -- Julian Block On The Tax In The Health Care Act That Everybody Knew Was A Tax
June 28 -- Individual Mandate In Obamacare Is Constitutional- Penalty Is A Tax
June 27 -- Student Loan Crisis – Worth A Thousand Words
June 26 -- Trying To Sell Bar To Undercover IRS Agents Gets Owner Free Federal Housing
June 24 -- When You Have To Kill A Man It Costs Nothing To Be Polite
June 24 -- Equality Setback – PA Does Not Recognize NJ Civil Union For Estate Tax
June 23 -- Sauce For The Gander ? Revenue Agent Loses Job For Losing In Tax Court
June 22 -- Nebraska Supreme Court Rules – State Court Cannot Order Joint Federal Return
June 20 -- Coalition Of The Clueless Loses A Round In Its Pointless Telephone Excise Litigation
June 16 -- Pennsylvania Court Denies Property Tax Exemption To Another Religious Camp
June 13 -- Estate Case Drives Another Nail Into DOMA’s Coffin
June 11 -- Churches And Other NFPs Need To Send Better Acknowledgments
June 10 -- Author Bemoans Taxpayer Illiteracy
June 9 -- Fourth Circuit Holds Former Shareholders Not Liable For Corporate Tax In Midcoast Deal
June 9 -- Tax Court Rules 1099-C From Portfolio Recovery Associates Not Valid For Year Issued
June 9 -- Sixty Four Dollar Question – Eleventh Circuit Rules IRS Can Charge Preparers For ID Numbers
June 8 -- Federal Circuit Finds Statute Circular – Invalidates Regulation
June 6 -- Does Sallie Mae Want Students To Default ?
June 5 -- Tax Protesters Rack Up Another “Victory”
June 3 -- After Twenty Years Congress Still Has Not Acted On Sales Tax
June 2 -- CPAs Face Challenge In Early Stage Of Zombie Apocalypse
June 1 -- Marriage Equality Victory On DOMA In First Circuit – Same Sex Couples Need To Watch Statute Of Limitations
May 31 -- Couple Denied Homebuyer’s Credit – You Are Not Your S Corporation And Your S Corporation Is Not You
May 29 -- Go Tell The Spartans – Passive Activities Makes It To 300 – Thanks To Jennifer Aniston Not In The Nude
May 29 -- California Judge Thinks Mike’s Lemonade Is Beer ? Go Figure !
May 25 -- Could Saying “Thank You” Help With The Deficit ?
May 22 -- Something To Watch Out For If You Have Investment Interest Expense – Possible Refund Opportunity
May 22 -- Some Tax And Financial Tips For The Divorced From Julian Block
May 20 -- Zuckerberg Wedding – The Things You Have To Do When You Are A Billionaire
May 20 -- Seventh Circuit Surprised To See Accounting Firm “Screw Up Its Taxes”
May 19 -- Kim Kardashian And Kris Humphries – Is There A Tax Angle ?
May 15 -- Student Loan Crisis – New York Times Catching Up With My Guest Posters
May 15 -- Connecticut Wants To Be Sure Elementary Students Learn To Pay Sales Tax On Books
May 13 -- IRS Attorney Advises Agents Not To Be Intimidated By No Trespassing Signs
May 12 -- Wandering Tax Pro On The Tax Aspects Of Divorce
May 9 -- Family Limited Partnership Needs To Have Partners – Plural
May 9 -- President Obama Being For Marriage Equality Does Not Make Marriage An Unqualified Good Deal
May 7 -- Donating TriBeCa Facade Easement Is Like Renouncing Your Super Powers
May 6 -- Divorce Lawyers – Frequently Not The Best Tax Advisors
May 5 -- Conversion Of “Rental Property” To Personal Use Does Not Blow 1031 Like Kind Exchange
May 4 -- Dell Not Subject To Damage Claim For Collecting Too Much Sales Tax
May 2 -- Could Refinancing All Student Loans Be A Free Lunch For The Taxpayers?
May 2 -- Beating The Possible Estate Tax Increase Without Switching To Cat Food – The Midmill Dilemma
April 30 -- Sallie Mae Not Opposed To Bankruptcy Relief For Student Loans
April 27 -- Supreme Court Has Taken Ammunition From IRS In Son Of Boss Cases – Time To Fix Bayonets ?
April 26 -- News Flash to Obama On Student Loans: It Is Not The Interest Rates…It Is The Sticker Price
April 25 -- Supreme Court Takes Break From Obamacare To Bail 1% Out Of Abusive Shelters
April 25 -- Student Loans – Beyond The Interest Rate Debate
April 23 -- Time To Occupy Department Of Education?
April 22 -- 2012 Mega-Gift ? Tough Decision For The Moderately Wealthy
April 22 -- Drag Racing And Horse Breeding In The Same Case – At Least They Didn’t Try Amway
April 19 -- People Who Criticize Romney’s Extension Are Ignorant Or Hypocritical – The Proportions Vary
April 16 -- Unfair To Knock Romney For Getting An Extension
April 14 -- Does Obama Return Make Michael S Solheim “First Accountant” ?
April 14 -- IRS Strikes Out Retired Pitcher Dave LaPoint – Alimony Not For The Dead
April 11 -- CPAs Need To Know When To Call In Tax Attorney
April 8 -- Stupid Is As Stupid Does – Tax Protesters And The Cheek Defense
April 6 -- F. Lee Bailey Was No Tax Court Virgin
April 5 -- F. Lee Bailey Tax Attorney – More Fun Than Anietra Hamper’s Underwear
April 3 -- Did F. Lee Bailey Have A Fool For A Client ?
April 1 -- Doctor Who Is Too Busy Defending Earth To Help With Your Estate Plan ? Maybe You Don’t Need Him
March 31 -- Big Government, Congressman Ryan, and Student Loans
March 29 -- Student Loan Defaulter Calls For Solidarity
March 29 -- Corporate Tax Departments Will Start Hating Telecommuters
March 28 -- Hog Gets Slaughtered – Roth IRA Not Qualified To Hold S Stock
March 25 -- Cash Parsonage Allowances – Constitutional But Bad Tax Policy – Law Professor Argues
March 22 -- Take Alarm At The First Experiment On Our Liberties
March 22 -- Catholic Church As Bulwark Of Religious Liberty ? What Would Pius IX Say ?
March 20 -- The Unconstitutionality of the Parsonage Exemption
March 20 -- Obamacare Contraception and the Bishops – Extremes Converge
March 19 -- The Supremes and Obamacare – Women and Weapons – Wheat and Weed
March 19 -- Why College Prices Keep Rising
March 16 -- Did Tim Geithner Help Rick Santorum With His Returns ?
March 14 -- Course of True Love Not Running Smooth
March 13 -- Should Threat of Clawback Discourage 2012 Mega Gifts ?
March 11 -- Would Obama Force Jesus to Hand Out Birth Control Pills ?
March 9 -- Crummey Powers – Back to Arm Breaking Threats
March 8 -- The Dark Side of Flow-through Entities – Taxable Income Without Cash
March 7 -- Selling Stock to Fortrend and Midcoast – Ignorance is Bliss
March 7 -- Note for “Super Wednesday” – Either Party Can Occupy the Student Loan Issue
March 5 -- To Help Other People at All Times – Kansas Court Finds BSA to be Humanitarian Organization
March 4 -- Tax Court Judges Need to Have a Sense of Humor
March 3 -- Expedia Gets To Keep Taking Extra in Philadelphia
March 3 -- Corporate Employers Take Principled Stand Against DOMA
March 3 -- Will High Gas Prices Slow Housing Demand From Millennials?
March 2 -- Contraception Exception and Mansions for Televangelists – Retired IRS Officer Connects the Dots
March 1 -- Convict Not Banking on Yellow Ribbon – Homestead Exemption Maybe
February 29 -- Newt and Medicare Tax – Condemned or Vindicated – You be the Judge
February 28 -- The Tax Shelter from Hell – U.S. Steel Tower in Pittsburgh
February 26 -- Chief Counsel Squashes Mysterious Technique
February 26 -- Land Holding Family Limited Partnership Stands up for Woman of the Year
February 24 -- Round Up the Usual Suspects – Paying for a 28% Corporate Rate
February 23 -- Some Not Ready for Prime Time Minor Developments
February 22 -- Should Jeremy Lin’s College Coach Get a Tax Break for Being a Congregationalist ?
February 21 -- Southern Baptist Minister Defends Clergy Tax Benefit
February 19 -- Same Sex Couples Need to Act Soon to Preserve Possible Refund Rights
February 18 -- IRS Veteran Carries Fight Against Clergy Tax Abuse into Retirement
February 16 -- Fantasy Gravel Mining And Other Fun From the Tax Court
February 15 -- Court Stomps on Clergy Tax Abuse
February 14 -- If You Want to Rely on a Lease for Tax Purposes You Need to Follow It
February 13 -- Pardon By President Ron Paul – Last Hope for the Browns ?
February 10 -- IRS Has To Play Ball With Mets on Darryl Strawberry’s Money
February 5 -- Be Prepared to Prove the Time You Spend on Losing Side Activities
February 4 -- A Bar Called Murphs – New Jersey Politics – Understated Income – Shocking Combination
February 2 -- Chase Tries to Fix Mortgage Screw-up by Arguing Borrower Not Good at Latin
January 30 -- IRS Wins a Horse Case for a Change
January 30 -- Is There a Media Blackout of the Student Loan Crisis ?
January 28 -- Dude Ranch Shareholders Learn What You Do Know Can Hurt You
January 27 -- IRS Eases Up on Abuse Victims
January 27 -- Hooking Up With Gen Y – Challenge for Business
January 23 -- Gingrich and Medicare Tax – Pig Maybe – Hog Not – Geithner Definitely Not
January 22 -- Joint Return for Divorcing Spouses – Think Thrice – Then Think Again
January 20 -- Left Should Challenge Obama, Not Romney, on Carried Interest
January 19 -- Northwestern Whole Life Policy Creates Tax Disaster – Again
January 18 -- Is Tax Court Decision End of Colorado Conservation Range War ?
January 16 -- Photographing, Writing, Flying But Ultimately Not Deducting
January 10 -- Student Loans and Bankruptcy – The Debate Continues
January 8 -- IRS Promotes its Social Media Resources
January 8 -- “Occupy Cabrini” Does Not Spare Boston Archdiocese from Property Taxes
January 7 -- Could Romney Use His Own Return to Call Obama’s Bluff on Carried Interest ?
January 4 -- Snark Hunting Not Deductible
January 4 -- Boston Taxi Heirs Prevail in Tax Court
2011 (297)
December 30 -- 6 Family Limited Partnership Developments In 2011
December 29 -- Should Student Loans be Dischargeable in Bankruptcy ?
December 29 -- Should Student Loans Be Dischargeable In Bankruptcy
December 28 -- New York Likes to Hang on to the 1% as Long as it Can
December 28 -- 5 Neglected Tax Developments of 2011
December 24 -- 8 Unfair 2011 Tax Decisions
December 23 -- 10 LGBT Tax Developments in 2011
December 21 -- Housing the Echo Boomers – Next Big Real Estate Opportunity ?
December 21 -- Housing the Echo Boomers – Next Big Real Estate Opportunity ?
December 20 -- Of Thongs and Sheet Music – 10 Lamest Taxpayer Arguments of 2011
December 17 -- Attitudes of Young Americans Bode Ill for Housing Recovery
December 17 -- Attitudes of Young Americans Bode Ill for Housing Recovery
December 17 -- Manhattan Spring Costs Internet Executive Quarter Million in State and City Tax
December 14 -- How to Double Your State Income Tax Without Really Trying
December 11 -- Tax Court Hard on Widowed Nurse
December 11 -- Tax Court Protects Anonymity of Whistleblower 14106-10W
December 7 -- Hawaiian Civil Unions Will Be Same as Marriage for State Income Taxes
December 6 -- NOL Gives IRS Second Chance to Disallow Deduction
December 6 -- San Francisco Loses Large Tax Case Against Catholic Church
December 3 -- Millions from Flipping Shampoo ? Who Knew ?
November 28 -- Wells Fargo Ignores Mail Loses Security Interests
November 27 -- NYC Cannot Collect Commercial Rent Tax for World Trade Center Airspace
November 26 -- Super Committee Rumor on Gift Tax Replaced by Proposed Legislation
November 24 -- More Electronic Snooping – IRS Can Issue Summons for Metadata
November 24 -- Turbo Tax Defense Works for Patent Attorney
November 23 -- Madoff Investors Receive New Jersey Tax Refunds
November 20 -- Sysco Journal Entries Not Respected by Massachusetts Tax Board
November 19 -- Statute of Limitations Does Not Save Gary George From Old State Tax Assessments
November 17 -- Is Expedia Stealing From its Customers ?
November 15 -- Oregon Cost Segregation Decision Could Vindicate Consultants
November 15 -- No Agricultural Exemption for Beehives on Cell Tower Property
November 12 -- Family Limited Partnerships Require Good Planning and Execution
November 12 -- Obamacare Insurance Mandate – Another Circuit Heard From
November 11 -- Have Estate Planners Fallen for an Urban Legend ?
November 9 -- Excesses of the Eighties – CPA Remains Liable on $19,000,000 Tax Debt
November 9 -- Reduction in Gift Tax Exclusion May Have a November 23 Effective Date
November 7 -- IRS Fight Against Sex Change Deduction Was Stupid
November 7 -- IRS Accounting Method Change Prevents Escape by Statute of Limitations
November 6 -- Kentucky Court Rules Expedia Not Required to Remit All the Room Taxes it Collects
November 4 -- Sprint Uses Partnership Structure to Dodge Louisiana Corporate Tax
November 4 -- Seventy Major Employers Line Up Against DOMA
November 3 -- Can You Play the Lottery as a Business?
November 2 -- When Will the Education Bubble Explode?
November 2 -- Capital One Not Putting Refund on $400,000,000 into its Wallet
October 28 -- Student Borrowers Need Help To Understand Repayment Rights
October 28 -- Student Loan Borrowers Need Help to Understand Repayment Rights
October 28 -- Richard Egan Estate Subject to 40% Penalty on Doomed Shelter
October 27 -- Bishop Corletta Vaughn, Chief Apostle, Held Personally Responsible for Ministry’s Payroll Withholding
October 27 -- Student Loan Problems – Help to Avoid Default
October 23 -- Indiana Property Tax Collection – We Need Jimmy Stewart
October 23 -- radfems to OWS Women – You Do Not Have to Get Arrested to be Assaulted
October 21 -- I Grew Up With The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 – Will We Retire Together ?
October 20 -- Wandering Tax Pro Remembers The Tax Reform Act of 1986
October 19 -- Scientist Calls For End To Percentage Depletion for All Extraction – Not Just Oil
October 19 -- How To Sell Your Home To A Stranger For A Fraction Of Its Value
October 18 -- IRS Chief Counsel Advises on E-mail Content Summons in Collection Case
October 18 -- Same-Sex Couples Allowed Equal Rights In Alaska Despite Marriage Amendement
October 17 -- New Hampshire Law Partners Face Maine Income Tax
October 15 -- Taxpayer Floats Like a Butterfly With Substantiation – Tax Court Still Stings Like a Bee
October 15 -- Occupy Wall Street – The Unfinished Business of 19th Century Reform
October 14 -- Blended Family Not Like the Brady Bunch – At Least in Probate Court
October 11 -- Same Sex Couples and Community Property – What a Mucking Fess
October 11 -- Is Income Based Repayment a Solution to Crushing Student Debt ?
October 10 -- Is Income Based Repayment A Solution To Crushing Student Debt?
October 10 -- Stan Lee Was Smarter Than He Knew When He Turned Down Harry Stonehill
October 9 -- Harry S. Stonehill is Dead but Tax Litigation on 1962 Raid Lives On
October 8 -- Warning to Occupy Wall Street – Rape Can Still be Part of the Penalty
October 7 -- Real Deductions for an Imaginary Beach House
October 7 -- Occupy Wall Street – Let’s Have a Student Loan Bailout – But We Need to March on the Colleges
October 5 -- Occupy Wall Street – The Unfinished Business of 19th Century Reform
October 5 -- Declaration of the Occupation of New York City – Thomas Jefferson is Tough Act to Follow
October 4 -- Occupy Wall Street – Forget Carried Interest – Here is How to Really Stick it to the Hedge Funds
October 3 -- Chief Counsel Warning -Watch the Detail on Form K-1
October 2 -- CPA to Tax Policy Wonks – Can You at Least Look at Our Numbers ?
October 2 -- Occupy Wall Street – Veteran Activist Speaks Out
September 30 -- Occupy Wall Street In Boston
September 30 -- Occupy Wall Street in Boston
September 30 -- Occupy Wall Street – Finally A Tax Proposal Warren Buffett Should Love
September 28 -- Missouri Mariner’s Tax Home Found to be Port of New York
September 28 -- Middle District of Pennsylvania Rules Three Obamacare Provisions Unconstitutional
September 27 -- How to Play Hardball with IRS Examiners
September 27 -- WorldCom Stock Losses Not Considered Theft – Court of Claims Rules
September 25 -- Can a CPA Bury his Client by Trying to Save Him ?
September 25 -- Dentist’s Employment Contract Kills Personal Goodwill Argument – Ninth Circuit Rules
September 24 -- Registered Domestic Partners and Same-Sex Spouses in California – More Questions Than Answers
September 22 -- Wandering Tax Pro Will Not Be Loved in Real Estate Community
September 22 -- Gun Collections Pose Special Estate Problems
September 20 -- How to Get to 1.5 Trillion Without Getting Warren Buffett to Chip In Very Much
September 19 -- Shulman to Congress: Repeal DOMA You Dummies
September 18 -- Ships Pilot / Developer Case Shows Importance of Aggregation Election
September 18 -- Taxpayers Allowed Late Investment Interest Election
September 18 -- Cell Phone as Working Condition Fringe
September 17 -- Jobs Bill Will Tax Jennifer Aniston More – But Not Warren Buffett
September 15 -- A “Century” on forbes.com – Ellen Degeneres Can You Hear Me Now?
September 15 -- Obama and the Hedge Funds – With Enemies Like That, Who Needs Friends?
September 14 -- American Jobs Act of 2011 – Oil Subsidies or Wounded Warriors ? Republicans Get to Choose
September 14 -- Will Whistleblowing be Changing the Tax Game ?
September 13 -- Form 990 and the War on Terror
September 12 -- Ending Carried Interest by Regulation – View From the Very Top
September 11 -- The Wandering Tax Pro’s 9/11 Tribute
September 10 -- Will Jobs Bill Make Another Look at Production Deduction Worthwhile?
September 10 -- The Wandering Tax Pro’s 9/11 Tribute
September 10 -- Why Can’t Every Day be September 12th ? Go to Your Blood Donor Center Soon
September 9 -- Paper Tiger – Real Tiger – Fire-breathing Dragon – Three Faces of the IRS
September 8 -- Estate of Enron CEO Kenneth Lay Wins in Tax Court
September 8 -- September 15 Deadline Relief – Mixed Blessing
September 7 -- Obama’s Phony War on Hedge Funds – Attack on Real Estate
September 6 -- When It Comes to the Two Year Statute – You are on Your Own
September 5 -- Provision of Sperm as a Charitable Activity
September 5 -- Has Taxpayer Bill of Rights Turned IRS into a Paper Tiger?
September 4 -- War Tax Resister Claims IRS Regulation Violates Human Rights Treaty
September 3 -- Stubborn People – Gotta Love Them
September 3 -- Can Obama End “Carried Interest” by Regulation? – Experts Start Weighing In
September 2 -- Obama’s Phony War on Hedge Funds – View From the Far Left
September 1 -- Obama vs Hedge Funds – Is it a Real Fight or Professional Wrestling ?
September 1 -- Hurricane Irene Extends Some Deadlines – 1.5 Cheers from Tax Preparers
August 29 -- Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You? IRS CI Stepping Up its Act
August 27 -- Aggravation for Expatriate – Can Moving From Japan to New York Make You a Rhode Island Resident?
August 25 -- Open Letter to Warren Buffett from a Prison Rape Survivor and Another Century
August 24 -- Did Warren Buffett Leave $675,000 of Tax Savings on the Table ?
August 24 -- How Double Taxed Are Investors ?
August 24 -- Preparer Registration Wastes Time and Money – Guest Post by Joe Kristan
August 23 -- Wall Street Journal Catches Up With Me on Clergy Tax Abuse
August 23 -- Could President Obama End Carried Interests Without Congress ?
August 22 -- Asking the right tax questions – Guest Post by Professor Annette Nellen
August 22 -- Can Carried Interest be Fixed Without Legislation ? Part 3 of a Two Part Series.
August 21 -- “Patriot’s” Comment Evokes Nostalgia for the Old 42nd Street
August 20 -- Warren Buffett Dislikes Hedge Fund Managers – Let’s Take It Out On Subchapter K
August 20 -- Hedge Fund Managers – Hoist on Their Own Petard ?
August 19 -- How Do Hedge Fund Managers Work Their Tax Magic ? – Part 1 of a 2 Part Series on What Warren Buffett is Mad About
August 19 -- Tribe To Receive Millions In Federal Unemployment Tax Refunds
August 17 -- Key Part of Obamacare Unconstitutional – Eleventh Circuit Rules
August 17 -- Yo “Patriots” Your BS Doesn’t Work For Property Taxes Either
August 17 -- How Double Taxed is Warren Buffett ? 35% or 7% ?
August 16 -- We Won’t Get Ahead By Taxing Warren Buffett More — Jennifer Aniston, Maybe
August 15 -- The Real Reason Warren Buffett’s Taxes Are Low
August 15 -- Warren Buffett Benefits More From Deferral Than a Low Rate
August 14 -- Soon I Start Charity For Taxi Mechanics From Old Country
August 13 -- Horse Breeders Win In Tax Court
August 11 -- Wandering Tax Pro Meanders to Forbes
August 10 -- War Tax Resistance Today
August 10 -- War Tax Resistance Today
August 9 -- Damages For Distress from Harassment Taxable
August 9 -- I Still Think The Life Insurance Company Screwed Them
August 7 -- From The Halls Of Montezuma To The Jail Of Concord
August 7 -- From The Halls of Montezuma to The Jail of Concord
August 4 -- Woman Sues Rite Aid for 12 Cents – Or More ?
August 4 -- Phantom Income From Life Insurance
August 3 -- IRS Can’t Take a Joke
August 3 -- Pennies on the Dollar ? Too Much !
August 2 -- David Wallace Would Have Loved This
August 2 -- E-books Exempt from New York Sales Tax
August 1 -- New York Marriage Equality Includes Taxes
July 31 -- Amended Return Will Not Shorten Six Year Statute
July 31 -- S Corporation Rental Income Not Passive Except When It Is
July 30 -- IRS Feels Peace Activist’s Stubborn Ounces
July 29 -- Random Round-up
July 29 -- Charitable Acknowledgment Requirement is Absolute
July 28 -- Thomas More Law Center Appeals Obamacare To Supreme Court
July 28 -- Covenant Not To Compete – Not Good for Seller or Buyer
July 26 -- Drag Racing and Amway – Fun Not Profit
July 25 -- You Can Be Two Places at Once if One of Them is New York
July 22 -- Man Gets Innocent Spouse Status
July 22 -- IRS Meets Mr. Mxyzptlk
July 19 -- Getting Grants for Yourself Not a Valid Exempt Purpose
July 19 -- Big Brother Gets Little Sister as Dependent
July 19 -- Alimony Not For the Dead
July 18 -- Boston Not For Profit Leads Fight Against DOMA
July 18 -- Using Points to Beat ObamaCare Excise
July 17 -- Cliff Is Not a Thief
July 13 -- Fathers Denied Dependency Deduction For Lack of Form
July 12 -- Tax Simplification Proposal
July 11 -- Trader in Securities Status Difficult to Attain
July 10 -- Roni Deutch Clients Find No Help From The Tax Lady
July 9 -- Unpaid Credit Card Interest Creates Taxable Income
July 7 -- Timber Case Shows Value of Family Limited Partnership
July 6 -- No Time Limit on Excise Tax on Abusive Roth IRA
July 6 -- Tax Court Values Regional Media Empire
July 5 -- Suit Against Parsonage Exclusion Dropped
July 3 -- IRS Looking at When Bloggers Can Be Considered Part of News Media
July 2 -- Health Care For All Seasons
July 1 -- Tax Court Got No Splaining to Do But Splaining Anyway
June 29 -- Gifts of California Real Estate – Who’s Gonna Know ?
June 29 -- New York Marriage Equality – Tax Implications
June 27 -- Let That Whistle Blow
June 24 -- Unfair Lending
June 22 -- From the Boston Tax Institute
June 22 -- IRS Disses Doggie Diplomas and Other Developments
June 20 -- Tax Rate of 131% ? – It Can Happen
June 17 -- Divorce Attornies Need to Watch Their Language
June 15 -- Selling Soap as a Hobby – Amway IBO’s in Tax Court
June 15 -- Ignore Those Bad Idea Bears-IRA Not a Good Bridge Loan Source
June 14 -- From the Boston Tax Institute
June 13 -- A Ruling on Fraud and Some Innocent Spouse Cases
June 10 -- No Lady Doctor Exception to Late File Penalty
June 9 -- Looks Like a Duck -Walks Like a Duck – Talks Like a Duck – Not a Duck
June 8 -- Regards To Your Single Member LLC
June 8 -- Wear That Badge of Fraud Boldly
June 7 -- From The Boston Tax Institute
June 6 -- Lien Filing Threshold Raised
June 5 -- Some Exemption Rulings
June 3 -- Another Tax “Benefit” of Marriage
June 2 -- Why Tax Practitioners Should Work for Tax Reform
June 2 -- State Tax Credits as Capital Assets
June 1 -- Six Year Statute on Basis Overstatement – Another Circuit Heard From
June 1 -- Seven Year Itch ?
May 31 -- From The Boston Tax Institute
May 30 -- Having Your Cake and Eating it Too
May 28 -- Is Print Material Worth the Paper it is Printed On Anymore ?
May 27 -- LGBT Advocacy Organization Denied Exempt Status
May 27 -- LGBT Advocacy Organization Denied Exempt Status
May 27 -- To Keep Your Story Straight You Need to Know What it Needs to Be
May 26 -- How to Screw Up an Easement Deduction
May 25 -- Faster Basis Recovery Allowed When Earn-out Payments Unlikely
May 24 -- From The Boston Tax Institute
May 23 -- Assignment of Refund
May 23 -- How Forgiven Debt Begets Tax Issues
May 20 -- Dealership With Multiple Franchises Cannot Separate Goodwill
May 19 -- Personal Service Corporation and C Corp – Recipe for Disaster
May 18 -- Conservation Easesments A New Field For Villainy
May 17 -- More From The Boston Tax Institute
May 17 -- Serial Guest Blogger Comments on Family Limited Partnership Case
May 16 -- Blame it on the Scrivener
May 15 -- Survivor Spurns Self Reliance – Richard Hatch Loses Appeal
May 13 -- If You Kill Your Parents It’s Your Own Fault You are an Orphan
May 11 -- What Is So Great About Sliced Bread ?
May 10 -- Massacusetts Leading Tax Educator Contributes to PAOO
May 9 -- Threaten to Go Bankrupt – That Will Really Scare Them
May 8 -- Enterpeneur Wants Comprehensive Tax Compliance Solution
May 6 -- It’s 10:00 PM Should You Know Where Your IRS Agent Spouse Is ?
May 5 -- Hard Rock Case Still Up in the Air Though Some Elements Well Grounded
May 4 -- Creative College Funding Plan Fails
May 2 -- Learning to Be a Bad Guy
April 30 -- Saga of A Male Rape Victim in an Alternate History
April 29 -- Some Stubborn People
April 27 -- Tax Court Sticking with Three Year Statute on Basis Overstatements
April 27 -- Should IRS Gets Extra Time to Nuke Abusive Shelters ?
April 25 -- What is Nothing ?
April 23 -- The Four Per Cent Solution
April 22 -- Is IRS Ready to Attack Advance Bonus Arrangements ?
April 20 -- Does Virginia Historic Decision Impact Boardwalk Holding ?
April 18 -- Deadline Passes For Some But Not All Same Sex Couples for 2007
April 17 -- The Schlep Factor
April 13 -- A Wrinkled Return
April 11 -- RTFI – Read The Instructions
April 8 -- The Colonel and the Pacifist
April 8 -- How to Make a Small Fortune in Day Trading ?
April 6 -- From The Halls of Montezuma
April 4 -- Driver – Take Me Where the Action Is
April 1 -- IRS Gets Mystical and Some Other Minor Developments
April 1 -- Deadline Looms for Same Sex Couples 2007 Amended Returns
March 30 -- When The Wall Comes Tumbling Down
March 28 -- Another SE Scheme That Didn’t Work
March 25 -- Who’s the Casualty Here ?
March 23 -- Some More Randomness
March 21 -- Thanksgiving Without Mom Almost Costs $3,000,000
March 19 -- The Hazards of A Common Name
March 18 -- Miss Is As Good As a MIle
March 17 -- Danger Danger Will Robinson – Housing Stock to Be Devastated
March 14 -- Congress Provides Subsidy to Gay Marriage
March 11 -- PAOO Make Bay Windows – Next Stop Ellen
March 9 -- Neither Mentionable Nor Deductible
March 7 -- Sometimes You Need to Burn First
March 4 -- It’s OK To Tell Them Why You Want Them to Hold Your Money
February 27 -- Amended Returns Due to DOMA Case – What Needs to be Done
February 24 -- DOMA Unconstitutional – Practical Tips
February 23 -- Through The Hoops
February 23 -- Time For Robin and Terry To Amend
February 21 -- OK 2010 This is Really Goodbye
February 20 -- Even More About Short Sales
February 18 -- Staying Out of the Dog House
February 16 -- Donee Gets Income Tax Deductions for Medical Expenses and Taxes
February 14 -- If You Were Wondering _____ Don’t Even Bother to Ask
February 11 -- From Mercenaries to Mothers Milk
February 10 -- IRS Memo Muddies the Water for Blackwater Employee
February 9 -- How to Keep Out of The Penalty Box – RTFI
February 7 -- Saying Goodbye to 2010
February 4 -- Non-Custodial Parents – You Need the Freaking Form 8332
February 2 -- Try Try Again
January 31 -- A Sad Life Insurance Story
January 28 -- S Corp Rental
January 26 -- Group Home Qualifies for 27.5 Year Life
January 24 -- So You Want to be an Exempt Organization ?
January 24 -- Another Scoop for PAOO – Short Sale Relocation Assistance Does Not Create Lien Equity
January 21 -- Take A Walk on the Boardwalk – Collect a Big Historic Credit
January 19 -- The Saga Continues
January 18 -- More On Short Sales- Relocation Grants are For Relocation
January 17 -- Interest Accrues While IRS Delays
January 14 -- The Stuff You Find In Tax Court Opinions
January 12 -- Work Fight or Pray – Vestige of the Medieval in Our Tax Code
January 10 -- Peace with Spain
January 7 -- Cleaning Up For the New Year – Thank You Maam
January 5 -- You Figure it Out
January 4 -- Blowing My Own Horn
January 4 -- Blowing My Own Horn
January 3 -- Do You Have a Need To Know ?
January 3 -- Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave
2010 (95)
December 31 -- Evidence of Ferengi Infiltration of IRS
December 29 -- Ready, Fire, Aim
December 27 -- Grandma’s Wedding – Grandpa Celebrates
December 27 -- Nasty Surprise Brewing for Winner of Employee Classification Suit
December 25 -- PAOO Reaches 100 – Merry Christmas
December 24 -- How Much Process Do We Really Need?
December 24 -- What’s New With The Chief Counsel?
December 22 -- Year End Estate Move – Other Than Plug Pulling
December 22 -- Some Items of Interest
December 19 -- Parsonage Exclusion – Shouldn’t Enough be Enough?
December 19 -- Something to Keep Busy With
December 17 -- Making Room For The New
December 15 -- Health Care Reform Constitutional?
December 15 -- Flipping Properties
December 13 -- Auxilliary Legion of Super Posts
December 13 -- Survey Says – No Discount For Family Limited Partnership
December 10 -- And Go Down in Flames
December 8 -- Ripped From the Headlines
December 7 -- IRS Claims Discretion In Minority Discounts In Lien Discharge Cases
December 6 -- Nothing From Nothing Is Nothing
December 6 -- Tax Business Not For Everybody
December 4 -- More On Lien Releases
December 2 -- PAOO Greatest Hits
December 1 -- Booth Rental Upheld As Valid Independent Contractor Strategy
November 29 -- IRS To Stop Lousing Up Short Sales
November 29 -- Another Round of Miscellany
November 27 -- Smart Grid Experiment Participants Qualify For Income Exclusion
November 26 -- Think Before Filing Joint Returns
November 24 -- Does Cohan Still Rule ?
November 21 -- Making A List And Checking It Twice
November 18 -- A Tisket A Tasket – Your Hedge Fund’s in a Basket
November 14 -- The Powder To Blow It Away
November 12 -- Time To Purge The Draft Posts
November 10 -- IRS More Liberal Than Tax Court on Home Mortgage Interest
November 8 -- We Only Wash Losses Here
November 7 -- And Another Purge
November 6 -- Let The Sun Shine In
November 5 -- Inadvertent Termination
November 3 -- Courts and Value Billing
November 1 -- Time to Face the Music
October 29 -- What’s It Worth To Say Your Wine is From Long Island ?
October 29 -- Chief Counsel Reiterates Dependency Option for Same Sex Couples
October 27 -- You Should Wear Shoes in Tax Court But Don’t Bring the Box
October 25 -- FLP Good for the Family Business – But Maybe not the Family Jewels
October 22 -- Wag The Dog
October 20 -- Bring A Gun To School But You Better Have Insurance
October 18 -- Debit by the Window – Credit out the Window
October 15 -- Welcome to the Sausage Factory – RTFI
October 13 -- It’s Over
October 11 -- Sauce for the Goose
October 8 -- They Also Serve
October 6 -- Owe It to You or Cheat You out of It
October 4 -- The Mills of the Gods Grind Slowly
October 2 -- Clock is Ticking On Amending Returns of Same Sex Couples
September 29 -- You Don’t Need a Matchmaker at the Family Reunion
September 27 -- Shoemaker’s Children
September 24 -- Joint Extension Payments
September 23 -- Short Note on Purging Earnings and Profits
September 22 -- OOPS I Should Have Had A LLC
September 19 -- Incentive To Innovate
September 19 -- Blast From The Past
September 15 -- Time to Purge C Corporations
September 13 -- Have Some Free Insurance – Not
September 10 -- IRS Declines Rubbing Salt in The Wound
September 8 -- Deemed Partnership
September 6 -- Real estate election relief
September 3 -- Pigs Get Fed
September 1 -- Need Form for Dependency Deduction
August 30 -- LLC Member Not Presumed to be Passive
August 27 -- Sorry We’re The Tax Court Not Divorce Court
August 24 -- Should Mass Same Sex Couples Consider Amending Returns ?
August 23 -- LLC or S Corporation – Six of One A Dozen of the Other
August 19 -- You’ve Got Your Aliens and Then There’s Your Real Aliens
August 18 -- Divorcing Spouses Should be Careful About Joint Returns
August 16 -- Credit Card Rebates May Yield Charitable Deductions
August 13 -- Aggressive Life Insurance Plan Fails – Or Maybe Not
August 12 -- Does Tax Court Ruling on Gender Reassigment Go Far Enough ?
August 9 -- You Have to be Able to Keep Your Face Straight
August 6 -- Guess me Out of the Ballpark
August 4 -- It Doesn’t Have to Be a Good Idea
July 30 -- Investment Interest Relief
July 29 -- Threat to Parsonage Exclusion
July 27 -- It’s Not Just Us Taxapyers That’s Confused
July 22 -- They’re From the Government and They’re Not There to Help You
July 15 -- Tax Court Crafts Ultimate Pick Up Line
July 5 -- Just Because They Won’t Let You Do it Doesn’t Make it a Good Idea
July 3 -- Windfall For “Unmarried’ Couples
June 27 -- Breaking Up is Hard to Do
June 21 -- The Magic of S Corporations – Tax Alchemy in Reverse
June 17 -- Sometimes You Should Just Pay The Taxes
June 8 -- Steve Martin – Tax Advisor
May 7 -- Saint Patrick’s Day in May
March 24 -- Let’s Be Counted Early and Often
March 8 -- Listen Pete Reilly Has Come Unstuck in Time
January 11 -- IRS Lactation Intolerant
2009 (6)
December 31 -- Last Minute Goal by Taxpayers Makes FLP Hockey a Draw for 2009
December 30 -- Cohan Rules
December 30 -- Read This Before You Bundle Grandma Onto the Plane
December 29 -- Those Pesky 1099s
December 29 -- Devil Is In The Details
December 28 -- All That Glitters is Not Taxed. Or is It ?