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The Thinking Behind The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act – Assuming There Was Some

by admin | Nov 29, 2018 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Linda Sugin, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, at Fordham University School of Law thinks about the Tax Cuts And Jobs Act in a much different way then practitioners like myself think about the act. While we are contemplating how...

CPA Convicted Of Assisting On False Tax Return – Did He Get A Raw Deal?

by admin | Nov 23, 2018 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. On Thanksgiving Day 2018, as I pondered things to be thankful for, one of them was that I am not Marc Howard Berger, a CPA, retired from a large regional firm where he was a tax partner. Last week he was denied retrial on his July...

Love Of Music Hurts Chance For Deductions And In Tax Court Use A Lawyer

by admin | Nov 19, 2018 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. The appeal of the Tax Court decision in the case of country music star Joy Ford went pretty quickly as these things go. The opinion of Judge Foley was released on January 25, 2018 and the Sixth Circuit filed its opinion on November...

Wesley Snipes Can Get Another Bite At IRS Collection Apple And Another Trip To Tax Court If He Wants

by admin | Nov 17, 2018 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Every once in awhile a Tax Court decision breaks out of the tax ghetto. This month it is a Wesley Snipes case. I started on it, but when I saw how well Kelly Erb covered it I figured that my post would end up being “what she...

Ask Your Tax Pro About 199A

by admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Ask your tax pro about 199A. That pretty much is most of the practical advice that you need to take away from this piece, which is more a reflection on the way significant changes in the tax law are actually implemented than...

Gadfly Rails Against Secret Tax Law For Exempt Organizations

by admin | Nov 6, 2018 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. It may or may not be necessary for tax law to be complex and difficult to understand. The one thing tax law should not be, though, is secret. What is said and written about the tax law by people who work for the government...