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An estate deduction goes awry when the Eleventh Circuit determined that the deduction did not meet the "bona fide" requirement under Section 2053.

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Tax expert Vern Hoven, CPA, MT discusses the challenges of self-directed IRAs using real-life scenarios,
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A few missed payments on a 401(k) loan, even though the delinquency was the employer’s
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Law requires reporting of all income including that from illegal activity. Tax expert Vern Hoven
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Don’t stop reading this important Tax Court decision because the charity deduction is so big
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In a recent decision, the Tax Court provided relief to an employer who misclassified workers
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