Have a Tax Court matter? If you’ve clicked over to the Tax Court web site lately, you’ve likely seen this: It reads: The U.S. Tax
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What You Need To Know About Divorce, Retirement Accounts And Taxes
In law school, one of our professors noted the irony of divorce settlements. It’s funny, she remarked, that two people who often found it difficult
Read MoreCourt Sides With Divorced Taxpayer Over Money She Didn’t Get To Keep
“Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.” That quote from Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., can be found over the main
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IRS Issues Update On Tax Court Cases Following The Shutdown
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued an update about what taxpayers and tax professionals need to know about cases that might be pending in
Read MoreTax Court Cancels Trial Sessions During Shutdown
As I reported earlier, the United States Tax Court has shut down operations as of Friday, December 28, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. and will remain
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Shutdown Means Tax Court Will Close
The United States Tax Court has announced that it will shut down beginning Friday, December 28, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. and will remain closed until further notice.
Read MoreTaxpayer Advocate Reports On Top 10 Most Litigated Tax Issues
What happens when a taxpayer disagrees with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)? Some people think that the matter ends there: the IRS always wins, right?
Read MoreTop 10 Most Litigated Tax Issues
The National Taxpayer Advocate has issued her list of the top 10 most litigated tax issues. The list includes a number of old favorites – like business expenses – and some new issues. Take a look.
Read MoreIRS Cites Guess Who In Motion To Force Preparers Back Into Compliance
It all started with a ping. Just before noon, I got an interesting tweet. A flurry of tweets, Facebook messages, and emails followed. It was,
Read MoreHewlett Packard’s No Good, Terrible May: Layoffs And Tax Losses
Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman sounded pretty chipper this week about the future of the company. She spoke effusively about how well things were going.
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