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Tax Court Hard on Widowed Nurse
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 11th, 2011 ______________________________________ I would never make it as a Tax Court judge. There are some cases where...
Tax Court Protects Anonymity of Whistleblower 14106-10W
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 11th, 2011 ______________________________________ Sometimes just the title of the case tells me that I have to write...
Hawaiian Civil Unions Will Be Same as Marriage for State Income Taxes
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 7th, 2011 ______________________________________ The Attorney General of Hawaii has issued an opinion on the income tax...
NOL Gives IRS Second Chance to Disallow Deduction
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 6th, 2011 ______________________________________ After an IRS audit has been completed you will generally think of...
San Francisco Loses Large Tax Case Against Catholic Church
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 6th, 2011 ______________________________________ A California Superior Court has ruled against the City of San Francisco...
Millions from Flipping Shampoo ? Who Knew ?
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 3rd, 2011 What would you do if you found $1,000,000 of cash in your deceased mother’s house ? One very bad idea would be...
Wells Fargo Ignores Mail Loses Security Interests
Originally Published on forbes.com on November 28th, 2011 ______________________________________ I recently wrote about the rather distasteful topic of Indiana tax...
NYC Cannot Collect Commercial Rent Tax for World Trade Center Airspace
Originally Published on forbes.com on November 27th, 2011 ______________________________________ Not long ago I participated in the Forbes 9/11 memorial with two posts...
Super Committee Rumor on Gift Tax Replaced by Proposed Legislation
Originally Published on forbes.com on November 26th, 2011 ______________________________________ The rumor which swept the estate planning community that the Super...
More Electronic Snooping – IRS Can Issue Summons for Metadata
Originally Published on forbes.com on November 24th, 2011 ______________________________________ The chief counsel in CCA 201146017 has given examiners the green...