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A Milwaukee County court commissioner has pleaded no contest to filing false tax documents.
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11-2508 Brown v. CIR
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11-3478 State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. CIR
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Read More »Tax implications are coming from health care law
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the health care law late last month, the decision upholding the individual health insurance mandate made headlines.
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Read More »Divorced father entitled to dependency tax exemption, rules US Tax Court
A divorced father could claim a dependency exemption on his federal income taxes – even though his child’s mother refused to sign the form ordinarily required by the IRS for such exemptions, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled.
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Read More »Tax — income tax — statute of limitations
11-139 U.S. v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC
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Read More »Suit challenges federal licensing of tax preparers
After three decades as a part-time tax preparer, 80-year-old Elmer Kilian of Eagle, Wis., is concerned that new IRS regulations may prevent him from hanging out his shingle. Kilian is one of three plaintiffs filing a federal lawsuit this week that challenges new licensure requirements for hundreds of thousands of tax preparers across the nation.
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11-2078 Rolfs v. CIR
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Read More »10-2194 Cole v. CIR
Tax Income tax; fraud Where the taxpayer is an attorney specializing in business planning and tax matters, the Tax Court reasonably found that he committed fraud by funneling income into entities that lacked any business purpose. “The Coles also concealed ...
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Read More »09-3741 Beard v. CIR
Tax Income tax; statute of limitations An overstatement of basis can be treated as an omission from gross income, triggering a six-year statute of limitations. “[A] plain reading of Section 6501(e)(1)(A) would include an inflation of basis as an omission ...
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