by admin | Feb 7, 2021 | Tax
Last month the Fourth Circuit upheld a district court decision (Mann v US) supporting the IRS in denying unreasonable charitable deductions for the donation of a house scheduled for demolition. Professionals in the building material reuse industry have been aware of...
by admin | Feb 6, 2021 | Tax
The Tax Court after going dark for a month has rolled out DAWSON its new filing and case management system. The system is supposed to honor the late Howard A. Dawson Jr. Judge Dawson was the longest serving judge on the Tax Court. I’m thinking that if he could...
by admin | Feb 4, 2021 | Tax
Mike Gable of Build Reuse provided his comments on Mann v United States a Fourth Circuit appellate decision concerning charitable deduction of material salvaged from a tear-down. As the Chairman of the Board of Build Reuse, I appreciate the opportunity you have...
by admin | Jan 26, 2021 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. One of my least favorite ideas is hiring private collection companies to collect federal taxes. So I was really intrigued by the second biannual report by the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) on the program....
by admin | Jan 25, 2021 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee, led by Chairman Richard Neal, are urging Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to issue emergency guidance to not-for-profit organizations letting them know that insurrection is not a...
by admin | Jan 24, 2021 | Tax
Guest post by Ellen Lurie Hoffman of National Housing Trust. Protect Affordable Properties and Residents As Peter Reilly points out in “After the Low-Income Housing Tax Credits are Done, Investors Want More,” (Forbes, January 13, 2021), the below market Right of First...
