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Taxpayer Beats Idaho On Domicile But Loses On Community Property

by admin | Apr 1, 2013 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com Apr 1, 2013 Being on the East coast, I don’t have to deal with the complications of community property. The trials and tribulations of California registered domestic partners are amazing. This decision by the Idaho Tax...

First Circuit Tells Tax Court To Look Harder For Fraudulent Transfer

by admin | Mar 31, 2013 | Tax

It looked like the Sawyer family, heirs to a taxi fortune, had beaten the IRS on a major tax exposure at the end of 2011. Sadly, the First Circuit has told the Tax Court to take another look and possibly rain on their parade. The taxes involved were from 2000, but it...

Amazon and Overstock Lose To New York On Click-through Nexus

by admin | Mar 30, 2013 | Tax

In my pre-Forbes.com days I used to put Amazon links in most posts. You can go here and subscribe to Forbes through my old website if you would like. Passive Activities and Other Oxymorons, not least I am sure because of the catchy title, built a readership...

Let’s Have Judge Judy Tell Us How Old The Earth Is

by admin | Mar 28, 2013 | Kent Hovind, Tax

The adventures of Kent and Jo Hovind in Tax Court have piqued my interest in Young Earth Creationism. Apparently if you study the Book of Genesis really closely and carefully and add up all the begats, you will conclude that the Earth is about 6,000 years old. ...

Tax Court Does Not Buy Vow of Poverty of Prophetess

by admin | Mar 27, 2013 | Tax

Frederic and Elizabeth Gardner ran Bethel Aram Ministries (BAM). Frederic was “Elder, Teacher, Certified Estate & Financial Planner”. Elizabeth was “Prophetess, Teacher, Pastor and Certified Paralegal”. The ministry was organized as a...

Has Scalia Already Thrown In The Towel On Same Sex Marriage?

by admin | Mar 25, 2013 | Tax

As we are gearing up for two days of Supreme Court consideration of same-sex marriage, Dorothy Samuels of the New York Times is wondering how Antonin Scalia is going to behave during the hearings. In her piece “Scalia’s Gay Marriage Problem” she...