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11 Potentially Life Changing Year End Tax Strategies

28 December 2011

2011 is coming to a close which means that year end tax strategies are on the minds of many taxpayers. We all know the most common tips (pay mortgages in advance, make contributions to retirement accounts, donate to charities) but what about those outside of the box? It’s true that you can engage in life [...]

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Keeping Up With the Kardashians: Marriage, Divorce and Taxes

6 November 2011

It was an event to be remembered. Er, well, for a month or so anyway. The spectacle that was (insert whatever it is that she does for a living here since I’m clueless) Kim Kardashian’s splashy wedding to former New Jersey Nets basketball player Kris Humphries took place on August 20, 2011. Seventy two days [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Voluntary Child Support

25 July 2011

Taxpayer asks: If my husband has been making voluntary payments to his ex-girlfriend for child support, how is that treated for tax purposes? The purpose of the payments are for child support, and he has paid taxes on them. I read on one of the various lawyer websites that if there is no court order [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Voluntary Spousal Support

7 July 2011

Taxpayer asks: My husband and I went through a mediator instead of a divorce lawyer.  Our MSA specifies a certain spousal support amount each month.  If he wants to give me extra and we both agree on it, can we claim this as spousal support on federal taxes or does he have to call it [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Reporting Alimony Received

21 November 2010

Taxpayer asks: Dear Taxgirl: Do I have to file if I receive Alimony less than 8000 a year? and that is all I made? taxgirl says: The first part of your question is easy: you report alimony received on your federal income tax return no matter what the amount. There is no reporting threshold. The [...]

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Taking Tiger By the Tax Tale

6 December 2009

I don’t play golf. Despite growing up in a town with no actual supermarket for years – and yet, three golf courses – I never really moved beyond mini golf. My father-in-law and my husband, however, like to play golf. I won’t speculate on how well they do – but I will note that there [...]

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Claim That Lawyer Goofed on Taxes Allowed to Proceed

12 August 2009

I don’t practice family law. I don’t litigate. I don’t take worker’s compensation settlements. I’m a tax lawyer. I do tax law. And sometimes that means I dip into related areas, but when it gets beyond my area of expertise, I tap into the collective experiences of my colleagues. This makes sense to me. I [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Stimulus check and divorce

21 June 2009

Taxpayer asks: Hello, I am writing in behalf of my daughter who has a stimulus check from last year that she cant get cashed. She and her husband or soon to be ex have received a $900.00 check that she cant get cashed. He isn’t playing fair and has moved out of the state and [...]

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For the Love of… Money? Divorce Lawyer Guilty of Tax Evasion

16 May 2009

A Seattle area divorce lawyer was convicted earlier in the year of tax evasion charges, making false statements and obstructing justice. Felix Landau may serve up to 18 months in prison for the charges and must pay $61,232 in restitution. He could have been sentenced to up to five years in prison. Just another run [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Gifts to Children

15 April 2009

Taxpayer asks: 7 years ago when I divorced I spent alot of the money I received on my children. Now I read that maybe I could have used the money as a deduction on my taxes. One I bought a $16,000. mobile home, the other I paid off a $10,000 credit card bill. Can I [...]

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