by Leif Jensen | Dec 8, 2021 | Running a Business, Tax Court |
There is an issue that keep appearing in cases coming out of the Tax Court: Large rental losses taken by taxpayers claiming to be real estate pros. Real estate professionals must meet two tests to beat the passive-activity loss rules and deduct their rental losses in...
by Leif Jensen | Dec 7, 2021 | Tax Court |
Individual members of a bankrupt LLC catch a break from a district court. The bankruptcy trustee can’t recoup payments the owners got from the firm, even though the payments were made within two years prior to the bankruptcy filing. The payments constituted...
by Leif Jensen | Nov 3, 2021 | Tax Court, Taxes |
We are all aware that the IRS uses ratio analysis to determine further scrutiny for their investigations. So taking higher-than-average deductions on Schedule A is an audit red flag if your write-offs are disproportionately large when compared with income reported on...
by Leif Jensen | Nov 2, 2021 | Tax Court |
It’s seems the government can garnish a criminal’s 401(k) to pay restitution, according to an appeals court. A man who pled guilty after embezzling money from his employer was sentenced to prison and forced to pay monetary restitution under the Mandatory Victims...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 16, 2021 | Tax Court |
The general rule of thumb, is that the IRS can only go back three years. But, there are times when IRS can go back more than three years to seek taxes. If over 25% of gross income is omitted from a return, then IRS has six years to assess the tax, unless the filer...
by Leif Jensen | Jan 20, 2021 | Tax Court |
In a recent court case, it was determined that a compulsive gambler can offset winnings with unsubstantiated losses. In 2014, he spent countless hours playing slot machines in four casinos. The casinos issued 160 Forms W-2G, reporting cumulative gross winnings of...
