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Notice 2019-07 250 Hour Requirement – What It Means And How To Meet It

by admin | Jan 30, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Real estate management companies that want to distinguish themselves should be looking at IRS Notice 2019-07 That is the main lesson of today’s post, but it also applies to tax preparers and self-sufficient owners. There...

Here Is The First Post On A 2019 Tax Court Decision

by admin | Jan 29, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. I am so relieved. It has been a month since we have had a fresh Tax Court decision. The long dark night finally ends with T.C. Summary Opinion 2019-1. The name of the petitioner is, of course, public record and you can easily find...

Where Convicted CPA May Have Gone Wrong

by admin | Jan 28, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. The trial, conviction and sentencing of Marc Howard Berger, tax partner in a large regional CPA firm, for assisting in filing a false tax return has not gotten much coverage beyond parroting DOJ press releases, which make him out to...

Conservation Syndicator EcoVest Responds To Injunction Threat

by admin | Jan 23, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. EcoVest Capital is not rolling over and playing dead in response to a Justice Department complaint that, if acted on, would knock them out of the business of syndicating conservation easements. DOJ filed the complaint, on December...

What Should Investors In Conservation Syndications Do When DOJ Seeks Injunction?

by admin | Jan 21, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Last month, I wrote about the Department of Justice beginning to crack down on abusive conservation easement syndications. DOJ is seeking an injunction against people associated with EcoVest Capital, which according to Peter Elkind...

Stormy Daniels On Employment Law

by admin | Jan 18, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. I find it strange that in this day and age, I can choose to get an abortion, but I can’t choose my own employment classification in a job where I sell my body and its nudity. – Katie of Independent Entertainer Coalition The...