A United States District Court found a commercial tax return preparer not liable for a violation of improper disclosure. In the case, a taxpayer alleged that her commercial tax return preparer threw her 2005 federal and state tax returns in…
Q: In the past, you have talked about buy-sell agreements. Is there a “best way” to value a business for purposes of a buy-sell agreement? A: Unfortunately, for business owners, there is no one size fits all method of business…
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) have been around for 35 years, and many well known, national companies have them, but many misconceptions still exist, such as: (1) Employees will directly own the company’s stock [FALSE], or (2) Employees will directly…
Introduction In the past, assessment and submission of state sales taxes was easy. Merchants would add on the required state sales tax to the purchase, that amount would be collected, and the merchant would submit the required amount to the…
The Tax Court ruled that a minority interest discount and lack of marketability discount applied to the valuation of a family limited partnership (FLP) interest. In the case, the decedent, daughter, and son-in law formed an FLP and a limited…
Q: I am finishing my personal tax returns. Can I split my tax refund and send it to different institutions? A: Absolutely. In what is known as a “split refund” a taxpayer can direct the IRS to pay up to…
Certified business appraisals have traditionally been required by lenders as a pre-condition for final loan approval on larger deals. In today’s skittish and skeptical financial environment, certified appraisals of both the business as a whole, as well as of its…
Introduction As the country has been in a recession for the past year, many companies have endured economic hardships. These hardships include loss of revenue, lay off of qualified employees, debtor defaults, bad cash flow, delayed cash flow and vanishing…
The Tax Court ruled that payments made by a corporation to a married couple were repayments of a loan made by the wife. In this case, the wife loaned money to a corporation, in which her husband was the sole…
Q: I am a businessperson with accounts receivable owed to my business. If my clients do not pay their obligations, can I “write off” the amounts clients do not pay? A: This depends on whether you are a cash basis…
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