Guest Blogger: Madeline M. Martin While perusing one of my favorite serious legal periodicals, “In Touch” magazine, I noticed a short article regarding the taxes
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Yesterday, I posted that I predicted that the top tax news story of the year would be the privatization of collections efforts from IRS. I
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Matter, that is. The IRS has announced that, within the next few weeks, it will turn over thousands of taxpayer accounts to three private companies
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You can’t turn on the TV lately without seeing those ads from so-called “debt counseling” services that offer to reduce or eliminate your credit card
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Okay, who other than Senator Frist will admit that they thought the newly packaged estate tax reduction/minimum wage increase bill was going anywhere? Every practitioner
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So maybe we were all wrong after all. After I posted that Tori Spelling stood to inherit a “significant portion” of her father’s estate, we find
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Following on the heels of the Lillian Glasser saga, another member of a wealthy family in America is alleging mistreatment of the rich and famous
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In 2002, the 7,500 largest foreign corporations controlled by large U.S. multinational corporations held $5.8 trillion in assets and reported receipts of $2.3 trillion. Of
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For tax year 2003 (the most recent tax year for which data is available), individuals reported noncash donations valued at $36.9 billion. These donations were
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And no, you don’t get to just leave when you decide that you’re done. You and I may know that, but tell it to Richard
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