by admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Originally published on Forbes.com. Swart Enterpirses is an Iowa Corporation that had no business activity or physical presence in California. California still dinged the company $800 in minimum tax, $1,106.71 including interest and penalties. The reason was that...
by admin | Dec 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Originally published on Forbes.com. James Stuart thought that Peter Hendrickson had “cracked the code” – the Internal Revenue Code, that is. Joe Kristan would characterize it as finding the tax fariy – that magical sprite who make your taxes go...
by admin | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Originally published on Forbes.com. This is the time of year, I always start worrying about 1099s. You might say that my worrying is premature, since they won’t be coming for a couple of months and the ones from the investment companies will be wrong and you...
by admin | Dec 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Originally published on Forbes.com. Freddie S. Raley is my new hero. He was featured recently in a decision by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Southern Division. Mr. Raley is an 83 year old disabled veteran. He is suing Bank of...
by admin | Nov 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Originally published on Forbes.com Nov 18th, 2014 When Avery Fisher gave Lincoln Center $10.5 million in 1973 to renovate Philharmonic Hall it was agreed that the hall be called Fisher Hall in perpetuity. Perpetuity turns out to be measured in decades rather than...
by admin | Oct 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Originally published on Forbes.com Oct 13th, 2014 Last week, in writing about a prominent artist who was targeted for hobby loss treatment, I bemoaned the fact that accountants are generally not as well educated as lawyers. Well, I’m happy to say that...
