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District Court Tosses Interesting Likely Frivolous Tax Argument Out On Standing
The uniformity rule also applies to “incorporated territories”. As most people see it, there is not much in the way of incorporated territory since Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959. There is some. 4.6 acres with no permanent residents – Palmyra Atoll. Brian sees it differently. He thinks Puerto Rico is an incorporated territory because it is clearly on the road to statehood.

Alternative Tax Thinker Trying The Puerto Rico Gambit
“The Insular Cases have no foundation in the Constitution and rest on racist stereotypes. They deserve no place in our law.”

Year 15 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Fight Turns Ugly For CohnReznick
The regulations under 704(b) have a concept called “minimum gain”. Minimum gain places a limit on the amount of losses that can be allocated to a limited partner beyond their contribution, simplistically that is how far negative their capital account can go. If you want to dig into the details and explanations of CohnReznick’s computations they are available here in exhibits in the Mass Superior Court litigation. It is hard to see how liabilities could have been counted as going into minimum gain, but have them still hanging after disposition of the property.

Plan On Having The Death Tax Live On
Firms like Withersworldwide devise plans, draft documents and see that the documents are properly executed and store them. Then they will review and revise the plan based on changes in the laws or changes in the circumstances of the family they are planning. The actual execution of the plan falls to trustees, family offices, the family members themselves and my people – accountants.

Trump Indictment – 34 Counts Of Falsifying – What Is The Other Crime?
Here is the tax thing about legal expense. Is a legal expense deductible ? Well it depends. Until 2021 Trumps return was done by a firm called Mazars. Mazars is rated number 30 in Accounting Today’s latest top 100. I am going to go out on a limb and speculate that Trump was the most famous client of Mazars. So the team doing the return is probably not a bunch of people who just fell off the turnip truck. If I was the TO CFO and I was looking to bury this expense so it would be deducted without question the last account I would have it be paid out of is Trump’s personal account. That is the account which seems most likely to include nondeductible legal expenses.

Third Circuit Upholds Tax Court In Large Dollar Horse Hobby Loss Opinion
He mentioned the Dreicer decision which is actually a sort of hilarious story of a trustifarian touring the world in search of the perfect steak. Dreicer lost in Tax Court and appealed to the DC Circuit (he was an expat). The Tax Court judge had indicated that it was not reasonable to expect a profit from the activity. The DC Circuit sent the case back to the Tax Court indicating that that was not the correct standards. What you have to have is the objective of making a profit, not the expectation. Back at the Tax Court again Dreicer still lost, but I give him credit for inspiring Reilly’s Eighteenth Law of Tax Planning – Honest objective trumps realistic expectation

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Hit With Huge Tax From 2001 Shelter
…there was this opportunity to make an investment. It was in a foreign currency trading hedge fund, and it came with great tax benefits. And he knew I was going to sell some stock that year so thought this would be a good investment and a good way to diversify because most of my net worth was tied up in my stock
What Would The FAIR Tax Really Be Like ?
Congressman Earl (Buddy) Carter (R-GA) has introduced the FairTax Act of 2023. I generally am hesitant to study proposed tax legislation too hard after a bad experience...

Kent Hovind’s Third Wife Sues Over Financial Commitments
The new DAL is much more conventional in structure. The property is owned and operated by Creation Science Ministries Inc a 501(c)(3) organization that is recognized by the IRS as a church. A for profit S Corporation owned by Ernie Land, Kent’s consigliere of a sort, runs the store and pays Kent for the use of his intellectual property. Mary Tocco, Kent’s second wife, maintains that the new DAL in practice runs much as the old one did with no actual accountability on Kent’s part.

Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour And Millennial 401(k)s A Teachable Moment
It was just a joke between me and my friends that I decided to tweet about. I love Beyoncé, but I wouldn’t consider withdrawing from my retirement savings to see her. But if she wants to send me a ticket or two I certainly wouldn’t say no haha. I’m a recent college graduate, barista, and aspiring actor, so if I’m familiar with anything it’s having no expendable income