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Planning for Charitable Giving by High-Income Taxpayers

By Sidney Kess, James R. Grimaldi, and James A.J. Revels CPA Journal November 2017 Issue For 2015, the most recent year for which statistics are available, the average charitable contribution deduction for those with adjusted gross income (AGI) of $200,000–$250,000 was $11,370 (Statistics of Income

Lifetime Planning with Life Insurance

By Sidney Kess and Edward Mendlowitz CPA Journal December 2017 Issue Life insurance is one of the most important tools in modern financial planning, but it is not always the most appreciated. It has a role to play in virtually all phases of the typical

Helping Business Owners Understand Valuation Approaches

By Sidney Kess and Edward Mendlowitz CPA Journal November 2017 Issue Individuals who own businesses frequently need to have the business valued. Sometimes it is for a specific purpose, such as for postsale retirement planning; other times, it might be because of estate tax planning,

Statutory Maximum/Minimum Sentences And Application Of Offense Levels

By Caroline Rule ABA Section of Litigation November 2017 Edition Most federal district court judges are accustomed – even in this age of “advisory” U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines or U.S.S.G.) – to sentencing a criminal defendant by first calculating the applicable “Offense Level,” which provides for

The Trust Fund Recovery Penalty

By Kevin M. Flynn The CPA Journal November 2017 Edition Under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 6672(a), an individual can be held personally liable for a penalty for the willful failure to collect, account for, and pay to the IRS the employment taxes of a business.

Acquisitions, Dispositions & Structuring Techniques Corner: Tax Court’s Recent Decision In Mckelvey Est., Affirms Merits Of Deferring Gain Under A Variable Prepaid Forward Contract

By Jerald David August Journal of Passthrough Entities September – October 2017 Edition In McKelvey, the executor of the taxpayer’s estate petitioned for a redetermination of the $41.26M deficiency in income tax for 2008, processed by the IRS, attributable to his entering into various variable prepaid forward

Using Bitcoin To Buy A Sandwich Could Trigger A Tax Bill

Op-Ed By Bryan C. Skarlatos Featured on CNBC Crypto currencies may have been around for less than a decade, but they are proliferating so quickly that our established tax and regulatory systems can’t keep up. And that could create serious tax problems for those who would