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Tax Court Denies Amway Losses – Again

Tax Court Denies Amway Losses – Again

My first suggestion is that if you want to have a side business to make personal expenses deductible (which is something that you should not do at all, by the way), Amway is about the worst thing to pick.  People with persistent Amway losses do not do well in Tax Court.  The other is that if you expect that a side activity will ultimately be profitable, you might want to consider suspending the losses under Code Section 469.  Although in principle, this does not immunize you from being attacked under Section 183, as a practical matter it does since you are not getting a current benefit.   You will get the benefit when the activity becomes profitable or you abandon it.

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Football Dad Beats IRS In Tax Court

Football Dad Beats IRS In Tax Court

Weakness in the dependency exemption system that the Form 8332 was supposed to solve.  The system is based on the assumption that there will be a custodial parent designated, but that is not necessarily the case.  I’ve seen in practice that it can be a rather murky question.

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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.