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Ask the taxgirl: Charitable Donations and Estates

9 December 2009

Taxpayer asks: Can you tell me what the tax implications are for donating inherited items? My mother passed away about a year ago and I’m the executor of the estate. Now, my siblings are interested in taking deductions for items they feel they “inherited,” yet were actually immediately donated to charity without my siblings ever [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Michael Jackson’s Funeral

8 July 2009

One of my recent “ask the taxgirl” questions involved whether Michael Jackson’s funeral expenses were deductible. When I paused to consider whether I wanted to post about Michael, a colleague kindly offered to address the issue on his blog at sofloridaestateplanning.com. The blog is authored by David Shulman, an attorney located in South Florida who [...]

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Dog “inherits” $12 million from Leona Helmsley

29 August 2007

There’s Trouble in New York. And he’s rich. Trouble, the beloved Maltese belonging to Leona Helmsley, is the beneficiary of a $12 million trust fund, according to her will, which was made public Tuesday in surrogate court. Helmsley’s brother, Alvin Rosenthal, was named Trouble’s caretaker. Helmsley’s only child, Jay Panzirer, died at the age of [...]

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