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Court Rules Churches Can Continue To Conceal Financial Information

by admin | Dec 23, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Freedom From Religion Foundation’s lawsuit challenging the exemption of churches from the requirement to file Form 990 has been dismissed . Some Background L Ron Hubbard is reputed to have remarked to fellow author Theodore...

Sixth Circuit Disallows Fool For A Client Defense

by admin | Dec 22, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Did you hear the one about the kid who murdered his parents and then asked the court for mercy, because he was an orphan? Gerald Scott and Don Gooch have inspired me to come up with a followup. Then the kid appealed his conviction...

Exactly What Kind Of A Criminal Might Lois Lerner Be?

by admin | Dec 19, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. If Lois Lerner is a criminal, exactly what kind of a criminal is she? If you spend much time reading IRS scandal or, as I like to call it, Teapartygate material, you will often encounter some form of the question that Joe Otto asks...

First Circuit Loss For Transgender Prisoner May Have Positive Tax Implications For Others

by admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. The nature of gender and sexuality, violence against women and the humane treatment of prisoners. The First Circuit decision in the case of Michelle Kosilek is such a perfect storm of white hot controversial issues that ignite...

Tom Coburn Tax Decoder Takes On Clergy Tax Abuse

by admin | Dec 16, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Senator Tom Coburn has served as a deacon in a Southern Baptist church but that has not prevented him from taking a blast at a tax break that benefits the Southern Baptist Convention mightily. In his Tax Decoder, he takes on many...

Senator Tom Coburn v. IRC 107

by admin | Dec 13, 2014 | Tax

Here is an other guest post from Robert Baty. Bob is a retired IRS Appeals Officer. He has something of an obsession with an obscure Revenue Ruling from 1970. Revenue Ruling 70-549 allows colleges affiliated with the Church of Christ to provide faculty and...