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Let Irwin Schiff Die With His Family Not In Prison

by admin | Aug 15, 2015 | Tax

This post was originally published on Forbes Aug 15, 2015 You don’t have to agree with Irwin Schiff’s views on the federal income tax, to feel sympathy for Peter Schiff’s request that his father be released from prison. Irwin, now 87, has been...

Church Attendance Held Against Under Armour Exec In Tax Domicile Case

by admin | Aug 13, 2015 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. It doesn’t seem like going to church should count against a taxpayer , but that is what happened last month in a decision of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. Here is the story. An Overseas Assignment William...

Bristol Palin At Heart Of IRS Scandal – Who Knew?

by admin | Aug 7, 2015 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. I burned the midnight oil Wedenesday and got up early yesterday to finish reading the Senate Finance Committee’s snappily titled report – The Internal Revenue Service’s Processing Of 501(c)(3) And 501(c)(4)...

Guest Post From Bob Baty – Rudy Davis v. Robert Baty – “Worse than rape!”

by admin | Aug 7, 2015 | Kent Hovind

One of the side issues of the Kent Hovind drama that I had stayed away from is the “worse than rape” controversy. Several people signed affidavits that they had heard Judge Rodgers say, during sentencing, that Kent’s crimes were worse than rape ....

IRS Scandal – Blame It All On Lois Lerner And Move On?

by admin | Aug 6, 2015 | Tax

This post was originally published on Forbes Aug 6, 2015 According to statements by Senators Hatch and Wyden the Senate Finance Committee report on the IRS scandal (now on Day 818 by TaxProf count) with the snappy title – The Internal Revenue Service’s...

IRS Says Charitable Trust Not Charitable Enough

by admin | Aug 5, 2015 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. The decision in the case of the Estate of Arthur Schaefer made me realize that I had left something out of Reilly’s Laws of Tax Planning. It was a caution about being too aggressive that we used to use at Joseph B Cohan and...