Healthcare Reform and Divorce
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known by most as the Healthcare Reform Bill or ObamaCare, has brought with it some changes in the way divorcing couples can plan their post-divorce living expenses.
Published on January 28, 2011
Forensic Futurama Why Forensic Accounting Is Evolving
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The scope of forensic work has expanded and will continue to do so. In litigation, the role of the adviser or expert witness is well defined and is applied in many areas where evaluation of quantum — how much a case is worth — is the key. Forensic accounting covers
Published on January 28, 2011
Community Property Rules and Registered Domestic Partners
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Several community property states have laws that allows same-sex couples to establish registered domestic partnerships, which create a number of unique federal tax issues
Published on March 18, 2013
Income Splitting Issues and Opportunities
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Tax law generally prohibits a parent from shifting income from personal services to a child; however, a parent can in some cases effectively shift income to a child by transferring income...
Published on January 28, 2011
IRS Revamps Lien Procedures to Help Struggling Taxpayers
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The IRS has revised its tax lien filing practices and provisions.
Published on April 20, 2012
Regulations Provide Guidance on Child and Dependent Care Credit
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Sec. 21 was enacted to provide families with a tax benefit to help them stay in the workplace—a nonrefundable child and dependent care tax credit for employment-related expenses for the care of certain qualifying...
Published on May 10, 2010
Background and Methods of Integrative Tax Practice
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CPAs must assess the methods, skills, and tools needed for family practice to better integrate clients’ most important personal finance concerns
Published on March 13, 2013
The Changing Landscape of Conservation Easements
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Conservation easements are some of the most effective tools available to ensure permanent conservation of privately held land in the United States. This article discusses federal income tax benefits from the creation of conservation easements.
Published on May 03, 2011
Scope of Foreign Trust Provisions in the HIRE Act
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This article analyzes the foreign trust provisions of the HIRE Act and offers some practical guidance for practitioners to consider in their development of best practice procedures.
Published on January 28, 2011
Significant Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Part I)
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This article examines developments in estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax planning and compliance between June 2009 and May 2010.
Published on January 28, 2011
IRS Previews Sec. 529 Plan Anti-abuse Regs.
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The IRS has announced that because of the potential for the abuse of Sec. 529 accounts, it intends to issue proposed regulations and is requesting written comments from tax practitioners on the rules it is contemplating.
Published on May 14, 2010
How the New Healthcare Law Affects Your Accounting Firm
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Mitchell Langbert The debate concerning health reform and national health insurance began after Worl
Published on January 28, 2011
Dependency Exemption Issues for College Students
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Parents and tax professionals can no longer assume that a college student will remain a dependent of the parent until he or she graduates. With the variety of funding sources students use to pay for the ever-increasing cost of higher education, many are likely to provide over one-half of their
Published on April 27, 2011
The National Taxpayer Advocates Annual Report to Congress (Part II)
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This item outlines the recommendations of Nina Olson, the national taxpayer advocate, for legislative reforms to the Code as presented in her annual report to Congress.
Published on January 28, 2011
Significant Recent Developments in Estate Planning
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This article examines developments in estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning and compliance between June 2008 and May 2009.
Published on January 28, 2011