about taxgirl®

April 28th, 2007

about taxgirl^®

Years ago, I found myself sitting in law school in Moot Court wearing an oversized itchy blue suit. It was a horrible experience. In a desperate attempt to avoid anything like that in the future I enrolled in a tax course. I loved it. I signed up for another. Before I knew it, in addition to my JD, I had a LL.M Taxation. With two graduate degrees and an internship at the Internal Revenue Service attorney’s department under my belt, I needed only to don my cape…. taxgirl ^® was born.

And just to clarify, there are a number of folks flitting about the internet who use the name “taxgirl” intermittently. I’ve seen the name attached to sales of terrorist tee shirts (yeah, nice), comments about drug use, pushing merch for some questionable bands and the like. Here are a few tips:

If it says taxgirl and doesn’t talk about tax, it’s probably not me. And if it’s giggly stuff about staying out too late and partying, also not me (I have three kids, who are you kidding?).

And if it involves anything illicit, definitely not me - remember, my mother could be reading.

Most importantly, if it’s a tax site not registered at www.taxgirl.com, it’s not me. There are a few rogue site flitting about - not me.

And finally, let’s make sure we understand a couple of things, ok?

1. Unless you have a representation letter in hand, you and I don’t have an attorney-client relationship, capiche? I mean, I’m sure you’re a nice person. I appreciate you stopping by the blog. But it doesn’t mean anything more (I’m having a weird deja vu to a couple of bad dates in college).

2. This blog isn’t meant to offer you legal advice. I’m just calling it like it is. If you have questions, you can check out the archives and see if I have some answers. If you can’t find your answer, you can always try asking me. But if you have real questions - i.e. you’re hiding in a closet while the feds bang on your door - you need to consult with a tax professional. If you live in my corner of the world, that might be me. But see #1.

3. I do work at a law firm. Some might even say I’m a partner at said law firm. But this blog is in no way affiliated with my law firm. The other partner and my malpractice carrier insist on it. And I have to live with one of them. And it’s not my malpractice carrier. So, again see #1.

4. I’m not responsible for anything anybody says on this blog except me. But play nice. I don’t want to have to throw you out of here (there’s that deja vu to college again).

For more about me, check out this post and this article on about.com