Tax Blogger Helps Get Judge To Change Decision
A key reason that causes researchers to miss such important details is that we tend to latch onto the first items we find that give us an answer we like.
Conservation Easement Reform – 250% Is Too Much
This has been a big month in the struggle against abusive syndicated conservation easements. There were three Tax Court decisions disallowing over $30 Million in deductions. And now we have the IRS updated report that comes largely from the filings required by its Notice 2017-10.
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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.