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Expatriate Lawsuit Featuring Rand Paul Shot Down

by admin | Apr 30, 2016 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Judge Thomas Rose of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has shot down a lawsuit (Crawford v Treasury) brought by several plaintiffs including Senator Rand Paul challenging various aspects of...

Kent Hovind May Be Calling Off The Hounds

by admin | Apr 28, 2016 | Kent Hovind

It looks like Kent Hovind may be regretting just a bit the fury that he unleashed by going public with his dispute with his son Eric over control of ministry assets. During last night’s Q&A starting around 1:20, he indicates that there has been all sorts of...

Claiming A Conservation Easement Deduction? Use A Tax Attorney

by admin | Apr 28, 2016 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Physicians and engineers are in general a lot smarter than accountants. That’s why some of them get into tax trouble. Those are the ones who add ruffles and flourishes rather than doing things like everybody else does. They...

AMT Credit Carryover Dies With The Taxpayer

by admin | Apr 27, 2016 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. People will often remark of wealth that “You can’t take it with you” . That is probably the last frontier of the estate planning industry. I’m sure there are people working on it. There are some things...

Bill Sardi Thinks Eric Hovind Should Be Polishing His Resume

by admin | Apr 26, 2016 | Kent Hovind

I heard from Bill Sardi who has some thoughts on the current conflict in the Hovind family that has spilled into the public sphere. Kent mentioned Bill around the 7:00 mark in this phone call with Rudy last year. Bill mentions Kent in this recent post on...

Alert Vanguard Client Service Leads To Intervention In Elder Abuse Case

by admin | Apr 26, 2016 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. A cautionary tale about elder abuse with some unlikely heroes is at the heart of the Tax Court decision in the case of Angelina Alhadi. The tax issue was whether payments to Ms. Alhadi were taxable income or non-taxable gifts or...