by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Divorce Litigation, Valuations
Lacoste v. Lacoste, 2016 Miss. App. LEXIS 460 (July 19, 2016) A recent Mississippi divorce case highlights the complexity of valuing a small family business as well as the importance of an accurate valuation to achieving an equitable distribution of marital assets....
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Deductions, IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
In order to deduct an expense as a business expense, it must be both ordinary and necessary. An ordinary expense is one that is common and accepted in your field of business, and a necessary expense is one that’s helpful and appropriate for your business. There...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Mattress Closeout Ctr. IV, LLC v. Panera, LLC, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91881 (July 15, 2016) Courts are not looking to experts for creative ways to calculate damages. They want a calculation based on reasonable certainty. In a recent case, the court decided to throw out...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
Recently, it was ruled by the U.S. Tax Court that the Boston Bruins hockey team’s pregame meals to players and personnel at out-of-town hotels qualified as a de minimis fringe benefit under the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, 100% of the cost of those meals...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Divorce Litigation, Valuations
Kminek-Nierenberg v. Kenneth Nierenberg, 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2015 (Sept. 8, 2016) A complex New Jersey divorce litigation with multiple defendants and several family businesses illustrates the challenges appraisers and the trial court faced in determining...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Fish v. Greatbanc Trust Co., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137351 (Sept. 1, 2016) In an important ESOP decision, the court dismissed claims that the defendants had committed breaches of fiduciary duty and engaged in a prohibited transaction. The case turned on the soundness...
