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Could Romney Use His Own Return to Call Obama’s Bluff on Carried Interest ?
Originally Published on forbes.com on January 7th, 2012 ______________________________________ Mitt Romney’s refusal to release his tax return has brought the “carried...
Snark Hunting Not Deductible
Originally Published on forbes.com on January 4th, 2012 ______________________________________ Hunting of the Snark. Are the costs of an ________, led by a corporate...
Boston Taxi Heirs Prevail in Tax Court
Originally Published on forbes.com on January 4th, 2012 ______________________________________ Appreciated assets inside a closely held C corporation in a taxable...
6 Family Limited Partnership Developments In 2011
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 30th, 2011 ______________________________________ The family limited partnership is a very powerfulestate...
Should Student Loans be Dischargeable in Bankruptcy ?
Until Congress does what is right and the Department of Education has skin in the game for students, the invisible hand will not operate like it does for all other lending systems, and no fix (like gainful employment, for example) will have any meaningful effect. Prices, debt, and defaults will increase to the point where the American public will reject the entire lending system and all it supports. The related social consequences of this are not clear, but it is clear that we don’t need to go there. And as the American Street demonstrates, this is likely something that Congress must do sooner rather than later, and in a non-partisan manner.
Should Student Loans Be Dischargeable In Bankruptcy
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 29th,2011 ______________________________________ One of the most cited grievancesto come out of Occupy Wall Street is the...
New York Likes to Hang on to the 1% as Long as it Can
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 28th, 2011 ______________________________________ One of my biggest problems with the “Occupy” movement is that I am not...
5 Neglected Tax Developments of 2011
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 28th, 2011 ______________________________________ I review original source tax material looking for items that are of...
8 Unfair 2011 Tax Decisions
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 24th, 2011 ______________________________________ Sometimes the IRS and the Courts are wrong even when they are right. ...
10 LGBT Tax Developments in 2011
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 23rd, 2011 ______________________________________ Overview Most of the LGBT tax developments this year are related to...