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Syndicated Conservation Easements – Mining Concepts For Tax Dollars

by admin | Nov 9, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. The recent Tax Court decision Coal Property Holdings is a good illustration of Reilly’s Fourth Law of Tax Planning – Execution isn’t everything but it’s a lot. This is a conservation easement syndication deal and the facts...

Kent Hovind Trying To Undo His 2006 Conviction

by admin | Nov 6, 2019 | Kent Hovind, Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Over four years ago I called an end to L’affiare Kent Hovind on this platform as his co-defendant (Paul John Hansen) in his 2015 trial received a below guidelines sentence. Something told me he would be back. There is a new...

President Trump Now A Florida Man

by admin | Nov 1, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. According to a story first reported by the New York Times, our President has decided that he is no longer a New Yorker, but rather a Floridian. I doubt very much that President Trump reads my stuff. Nonetheless, in response to his...

Ed And Elaine “Show Me The Law” Brown May Be Released Soon

by admin | Oct 27, 2019 | Tax

According to the Bureau of Prison Inmate Locator, Edward Brown, age 77, has a release date of 7/26/2045 and Elaine Brown, age 78, has a release date of 11/8/2042. Clearly, the sentences that they received in 2009 were virtually life sentences. They had been prosecuted...

AI Coming For Tax Planners – The Horror

by admin | Oct 24, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. The robots are coming for the tax planners, but from what I can see, we will probably last longer than the truck drivers. This is my tentative conclusion from poking around with Blue J Legal’s Tax Foresight. I spoke with CEO Ben...

Auditing The IRS: What Is Coming In 2020

by admin | Oct 20, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. The office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration is one of over sixty federal IG offices, but it is one that shows up in the news more than most. Most recently it was mentioned in the New York Times as...