by admin | Oct 13, 2018 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. On October 24, the Seventh Circuit will be hearing oral arguments in Gaylor V. Mnuchin, the challenge that Robert Baty provoked the Freedom From Religion Foundation to take up against tax-free cash housing allowances for...
by admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. Joan Farr, C.E.O. and founder of the Association for Honest Attorneys (A.H,A!), and I agree on one thing. She got a really raw deal, which was confirmed by the Tenth Circuit earlier this month. We differ in our analysis. I have...
by admin | Oct 10, 2018 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. It would be interesting to know what the split is when a private collection company convinces a delinquent taxpayer to pay up. There is a belief common in some circles, that private businesses do everything better than government...
by admin | Oct 7, 2018 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. A sketchy 1031 exchange getting slammed is not that big a deal. A deficiency north of $400 million and an $87 million penalty – That’s a big deal. And then there is the penalty being assessed even though both PwC and...
by admin | Oct 4, 2018 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. There are not many stories that hinge on an accountant being the key to the story behind the story. Even rarer, perhaps sui generis, is a story in which the income tax disclosures in financial statements are a critical piece. All...
by admin | Oct 2, 2018 | Tax
Originally published on Forbes.com. Somehow I missed the big win that the Estate of Andrew J McKelvey had in Tax Court in April 2017. Fortunately Ashlea Ebeling was on the ball with Monster Founder McKelvey’s Estate Sidesteps Tax On $200 Million PPVF Capital...
