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Last Minute Goal by Taxpayers Makes FLP Hockey a Draw for 2009

by admin | Dec 31, 2009 | Tax

Originally published on PAOO on December 31, 2009. The Estate of Samuel Black is another win for taxpayers on the issue of whether interests in family limited partnerships should be valued based on the fair market value of the underlying assets or the partnership...

Cohan Rules

by admin | Dec 30, 2009 | Tax, Uncategorized

Originally published in PAOO December 30, 2009. Every tax geek who visits New York should be sure to stop at Times Square to pay respects to the founder of one of our great principles – The Cohan Rule. As a Broadway producer Cohan had to spend lots of...

Read This Before You Bundle Grandma Onto the Plane

by admin | Dec 30, 2009 | Tax

Originally published on PAOO December 30, 2009 just two days before the year without an estate tax. The end of that year promises to be a trope in many murder mysteries for years to come. I just read in the Wall Street Journal that many people are being kept on life...

Those Pesky 1099s

by admin | Dec 29, 2009 | Tax

Originally published on PAOO December 29, 2009. The health care reform bill in the Senate has some provisions that have nothing to do with health, care or reform. They are in there to get some more money coming in. One of them is to eliminate the exception to...

Devil Is In The Details

by admin | Dec 29, 2009 | Tax

Originally published on PAOO December 29, 2009. Creative Commons 3 – Alpha Stock Images – Nick Youngson In June of 2007, the Estate of Sylvia Gore joined the ranks of failed Family Limited Partnership. The case is worthy of consideration because...

All That Glitters is Not Taxed. Or is It ?

by admin | Dec 28, 2009 | Tax

Originally published on PAOO December 28, 2009. Given any thought to the tax implications of virtual transactions? I didn’t think so. Do you want some thoughts? If not stop reading. The IRS has not issued any guidance on the tax issues on virtual...