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Religious Arbitration Clause Does Not Hurt Million Plus Gift Tax Exclusion

by admin | May 11, 2015 | Tax

This post was originally published on Forbes May 11, 2015 There was one estate planner who had a stroke of marketing brilliance a long time ago. He or she decided that we should call death insurance life insurance. Since then estate planners have not done that well...

Gallery Does Not Get Exempt Status And The Lusty Month Of May

by admin | May 8, 2015 | Tax

This post was originally published on Forbes May 8, 2015 You will find that a lot of museums are exempt 501(c)(3) organizations. The Worcester Art Museum, which currently has a samurai theme going on is a good example. Galleries are a different story. That is what a...

Home Schooling Contingency Does Not Kill Alimony Deduction

by admin | May 7, 2015 | Tax

This post was originally published on Forbes May 7, 2015 Alimony deductions seem to generate more than their fair share of tax court litigation. The latest I have noted is the case of Joshua Henry Wish. It is the kind I like, a case where the taxpayer wins without...

The Trials Of Kent Hovind – An American Tragedy

by admin | May 5, 2015 | Kent Hovind, Tax

This post was originally published on Forbes May 5, 2015 Kent Hovind is facing another trial in the federal court in Pensacola on May 18th. In 2006 Hovind was convicted on a 58 count indictment – interfering with the administration of the Internal Revenue laws,...

IRS Denies Exempt Status To Historical Interpreters

by admin | May 4, 2015 | Tax

This post was originally published on Forbes May 4, 2015 Some of the more fascinating people that I met as I covered the Civil War Sesquicentennial in “real time” (i.e. being in the exact place that key events took place exactly 150 years later) were...

Second Circuit Questions Loss Computation In Ponzi Scheme Sentences

by admin | May 1, 2015 | Tax

This post was originally published on Forbes May 1, 2015 It is hard to think of anything better for desert than key lime pie, but maybe $40,000 would do the trick. That was dessert in the “gifting tables’ that Jill Platt and Donna Bello were involved in....