by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, IRS Regulation
You may be wondering whether the expense of a contingent-fee arrangement with your attorney is deductible for federal income tax purposes. Unfortunately, the guidance on this controversial issue isn’t favorable to taxpayers in most situations. The federal income...
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...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
Due to depreciation write-offs and other allowable deductions, Maine real estate owners who rent their properties often incur tax losses. However, the ability to deduct those losses might be postponed indefinitely by the passive activity loss (PAL) rules. In general,...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Hanckel v. Campbell (In re Hanckel), 2015 Bankr. LEXIS 4202 (Dec. 11, 2015) Prior to filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the debtor, who owned a stake in a family business, transferred his share to his father, the co-owner. Subsequently, the Chapter 7 trustee proved the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Financial Planning, IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
When federal income tax and/or federal employment taxes are withheld from employee paychecks but aren’t handed over to the government, a “100% penalty” can be assessed against a responsible person. The purpose of this Trust Fund Recovery Penalty is...
