by admin | Jan 2, 2019 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. Looking back on 2018, during which I wrote quite a bit on the implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, I was surprised to see that in terms of reader interest (measured in pageviews), my top two stories were not TCJA related. The...
by admin | Dec 31, 2018 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. People who make lists of the best legal dramas like this one by the ABA and this one by IMDB will need to be doing some updating with the release of “On the Basis of Sex”. It is really great on many levels. This post...
by admin | Dec 28, 2018 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. It never occurred to me that a Tax Court decision could star in a motion picture, but it has happened. The film has a pretty provocative title “On the Basis of Sex”, but they don’t mean it that way. Felicity Jones...
by admin | Dec 27, 2018 | History, Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. Christmas came early for tax pros this year. As a kind of stocking stuffer, the IRS gave us a draft of Publication 535 that explains the qualified business income deduction. And then there was the big present from the Joint...
by admin | Dec 20, 2018 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. The Justice Department is taking on abusive conservation easement syndications. A complaint was filed on December 18 in the Northern District of Georgia seeking an order stopping Nancy Zak of Forever Forests LLC, appraiser Claud...
by admin | Dec 17, 2018 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. The federal tax treatment of state-legal marijuana businesses makes no sense. As I used to tell staff who made “no sense” comments – That’s not a requirement. That is the basis of Reilly’s First...