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Navajo Nation Member New Mexico Resident For Income Tax Purposes

by admin | Oct 4, 2012 | Tax

Samuel Johnson wrote “In sovereignty there are no gradations”. He probably would not have liked the way things are in the United States. Of course he did not have much use for the people who created the United States of America – How is it that we...

Not Your Average Jill Stein Interview

by admin | Oct 3, 2012 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com Oct. 3rd, 2012 Studying the tax section of the Green Party’s platform inspired me to give Presidential Candidate Jill Stein’s tax returns the same treatment I have given those of serveral other candidates. I was rather...

Who Is Jill Stein Anyway ? Green Party Candidate Discusses Her Background

by admin | Oct 1, 2012 | Tax

Forbes.com Oct 1st, 2012 Jill Stein is the Green Party candidate for President of the United States. I have written about the tax section of the Green Party platform and followed that up with something on the Party’s flap with Google. Google wanted to spike an...

Fifth Circuit Upholds Keller Decision – Shows Power Of The Family Limited Partnership

by admin | Sep 30, 2012 | Tax

The Keller (Keller is the executor of the estate of Maude Williams) case is back. I have been following it since the earliest days of my tax blogging. It is a really amazing family limited partnership case. It illustrates two of my favorite sayings. One is from the...

State Residence For Income Tax – Pay Attention To The Basics

by admin | Sep 26, 2012 | Tax

In a state residence case, a couple of the basics are drivers license and voter registration. It reminds me a little of what one of my early mentors, Paul Deprisco, of Joseph B Cohan and Associates of Dedham ,told me about passing the CPA exam. “It doesn’t...

Dependency Exemptions – Divorce Court Orders Not Binding On Tax Court

by admin | Sep 25, 2012 | Tax

Orders signed by probate court judges don’t cut a lot of ice with tax court judges. That is what Dylan Moody learned in a memorandum decision last week. He was representing himself, which is understandable given the relatively small stakes in the case,...