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Innocent Spouse Loss Has Some Valuable Lessons

Innocent Spouse Loss Has Some Valuable Lessons

Robin signed the 2009 return. Robin did not sign the 2010 return.  Terry signed Robin’s name to the 2010 return.  The tab for tax alone was almost $90,000.  The address used on the return was the address of the family business and they did not forward mail to Robin.  Robin first learned of the deficiency when California garnished their wages.

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US v Harry Stonehill – America’s Jarndyce v Jarndyce

US v Harry Stonehill – America’s Jarndyce v Jarndyce

The three Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests at issue in this case are the most recent chapter in what is now over a half-century’s worth of litigation as Mr. Stonehill, and Ms. Stonehill on behalf of his estate, have sought to uncover the full extent of U.S. government involvement and conduct in those raids and the subsequent litigation.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.