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Two Great Books By And About Women – And Men
You and I both know that technically it was not Susan’s “status as a widow” that avoided the capital-gains taxes, but I was really starved for any financial details in the story, so I appreciated it. The take-away is that Carter Burden was a successful example of the hold, borrow, die strategy, but we can tell from the memoir that it was pretty stressful for his heirs.
Review of Carol Strickland’s “When Sparks Fly Up: The Lost Story of Margaret Fuller”
The biggest plus to this book is that it shows us Margaret Fuller seen through the eyes of other capable women playing the cards that they have been dealt by the mid-nineteenth century.
Some March Madness In The Tax World
I don’t know if I will ever catch up again, but I will keep trying. I had really good excuses last year. There was my Lafayette project and major health issues, happily resolved, for myself and my partner. Now there is just advancing age and a sort of demoralization as I question the whole enterprise of helping people be tax compliant without overpaying.
What Happens When You Have To Pay Social Security Back
We understand why petitioner views his predicament in this way, but this Court is bound by the provisions of the Code.
Spring Cleaning Tax Roundup: Ranching, Oil, Hobbies, Easements, and Endless Litigation
When I first started blogging, I would generally knock things out pretty quickly. I am somewhat amazed at the number of pieces I put out while I was still working and then touring the country. To be somewhat fair to my self, I will say that I didn’t dig as much in the early days. But really I think it is mainly me getting older. Attorney Heggestead notes that he is getting old in his email. From what I can make of his bio he is a few years older than I. I can’t resolve to hang on till the Stonehill story is complete, but as long as Mr. Heggestead is in I will be in, God willing.
Robert Baty On Zinski v. Liberty University
Here is a guest post from Robert Baty on an employment discrimination case against Liberty University. He connects it with the long struggle against the parsonage exclusion that he triggered.
Spring Cleaning With Hallucinations
There are over twenty files this year that I have put some work into with higher numbers and I am kicking myself for not having reviewed opinions and the like for a while. So here is some of the stuff that I will probably never give the full treatment to. My version of spring cleaning.
Inside Dean Steeves’ Long IRS Battle: $16M Assessments, a ‘Mandatory Tax-Excepted’ Ministry, and Why the Merits Never Get Reached
Steeves has been overall unsuccessful in the cases he has been bringing. He seems to lose them on procedural or technical issues. The merits of the arguments that he raises against the tax are never addressed.
Mixed Feelings on Price v. Commissioner: Right Result, But It Still Bugs Me
Mr. Winkler, on the other hand, is an actual tax attorney and Tax Court litigator. And the IRS needlessly forced him to work. Ultimately they agreed that the couple did not owe anything. It seems pretty clear that the statutory notice of deficiency should never have been issued.
Ayn Rand Disciple Has Mixed Result Against IRS
Mr. Barney, who opposes government-backed loans and grants on principle, has made his fortune in a business that is almost wholly dependent on them.