by admin | Nov 3, 2020 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. The Senate Finance Committee’s investigation of conservation easement syndications is a bright spot of bipartisanship on a bleak landscape of divisiveness. I say this even though I was a little disappointed in the proposed...
by admin | Oct 27, 2020 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. In a recent interview, Judge Albert Lauber of the United States Tax Court told me that he is a textualist. And you may find what in his education influences his textualism surprising. It was the study of classical languages,...
by admin | Oct 23, 2020 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. I just picked up on an extraordinary piece of news that has been around for nearly a week with little notice. The Tax Court will be launching a new case management system called DAWSON (Docket Access Within a Secure Online Network)....
by admin | Oct 22, 2020 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. It was only a matter of time before the scandal over conservation easements finally landed on our President. The Washington Post has – Trump got a $21 million tax break for saving the forest outside his New York mansion. Now...
by admin | Oct 17, 2020 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. Senators Grassley, Daines and Roberts have introduced a bill to “end abuse of conservation easements”. The Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2020 is an update to a previously introduced bill that has been...
by admin | Oct 12, 2020 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. There is a good chance that the New York Times story on Trump’s tax returns required some criminal activity by somebody or some somebodies in order to make it happen. This is about what the specific crime might be, but bear with a...
