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March 2004

Asterisks indicate items in the Tax Clinic department.
 

Employee Benefits & Pensions

  * IRS Audit Initiative Targets Executive Compensation
 
Estates, Trusts & Gifts
    The Phaseout of the Federal State Death Tax Credit (Part II)
by Howard Godfrey

Excise Taxes

  * Treaty-Based Excise Tax Exemptions
     

Exempt Organizations

  * Healthcare Nonprofits Effective Control over Partnership Will Determine Exempt Status

 

Expenses
    Documenting Charitable Deductions
     

Foreign Income & Taxpayers

  * Final Check-the-Box Rules Terminate Certain Grandfathered Status
  * Increased Scrutiny of NRA Withholding for Sec. 1441 Compliance
  * Reporting Interests in Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts
  * Treaty Bars Attribution of Capital to U.K. Banks U.S. Branch
     

Gross Income

  Contingent Attorneys Fees
Courier Can Compute Mileage Allowance on Same Basis as
Compensation
Second Circuit Includes Contingent Fee Award in Clients Income

Individuals

    Noncustodial Dependency Exemption
    Federal Income Tax Liability as a Percentage of AGI (Chart)
    IRS Further Clarifies Innocent Spouse Equitable Relief
    Planning Liquidation of Investments in Retirement by Philip R. Fink
    Separate Liability Requirements Must be Met Prior to Spouses Death
     
Interest Income & Expense
    Private Annuity Not Subject To OID Provisions
     
Partners & Partnerships
  * Prop. Regs. on Partnerships Assumption of Partners
Liabilities
    Partnership Retirement Payments Satisfy SE Tax Exemption
     
Practice Management
    Tax Planning for Dividends and Capital Gains
     
Procedure & Administration
    EFTPS
    HSA Reporting
     
State & Local Taxes
    Current Corporate Income Tax Developments (Part I) by Karen J. Boucher and Shona Ponda
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