The fabulous Jeena Cho recently wrote a piece for The Lawyerist entitled “How To Stay Married To A Lawyer.” She made a number of good points, not the least of which is that your spouse’s profession can have a significant impact on your relationship: not all jobs are created equal. It got me thinking and,…
Yesterday, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reported the discovery of more of those “missing” Lerner emails. Specifically, TIGTA indicated that it has discovered roughly 6,400 previously undisclosed emails related to Lerner. Of the the 6,400 newly found emails, a little more than 10% (650) are tied to 2010 and 2011: there remainder…
Last year, the Indiana Pacers found themselves in a National Basketball Association (NBA) showdown with the Miami Heat. As the regular season was winding down, a game hyping the #BeastsoftheEast would determine the Eastern Conference’s top seed. The Pacers took the game with a narrow 84-83 victory. This season tells a different story. With a…
On February 15, 2014, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice got onto an elevator with his then-fiancee, now-wife Janay Palmer in Atlantic City, New Jersey. When the doors opened, Palmer was unconscious. Rice’s lawyer referred to the incident as “a minor physical altercation.” Despite the public reaction to the violence, Rice was fined by the…
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has found more of those “missing” Lerner emails. TIGTA has reported that it has found roughly 6,400 previously undisclosed emails related to Lerner. Lois Lerner, the former Director of Exempt Organizations at Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been a central figure in the bipartisan investigation into the…
These days, it seems that nobody likes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). That’s not criminal. But taking steps to do something about it could be. Just ask Morris Whitehead of South Florida. Whitehead took things too far when he threatened to bomb the Miami IRS building, saying it would “go up in smoke” in two…
On May 2, “The Fight of the Century” is happening in Vegas. If you have somehow missed out on the hype, the fight features star boxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. American boxer Mayweather is currently undefeated as a professional. He has 47 wins and five division world championships. Last year, Forbes put him at the…
Last week, the House of Representatives voted to kill the federal estate tax with a vote of 240-179 in favor of H.R. 1105. This week, the bill headed to the Senate where it faces an uncertain future. What is certain is that the federal estate tax is unpopular. It’s consistently ranked at the top of…
There is some good news to be found in the real estate market these days. While home prices aren’t generally on the rise, neither are real estate taxes. In 2013, the median U.S. real estate tax bill was $2,132. That’s according to a Zillow analysis that used the most recent data available. That number is…
Prison can be super inconvenient – especially when it’s tax time. Just ask Corinne Vermillion. The Rapid City mother of two is currently in jail waiting for her September 15 trial date for the murder of her longtime boyfriend. So imagine her distress when, while in jail, she received her federal income tax refund check….