Posts by Scott Tippett
Forwarding Email to Hotel Front Desk for Printing Waived Privilege!
Normally I write about recent and interesting tax cases in this blog, but every now and then, I come across…
Read MoreVirtual Currency and Virtual Transactions – Real Tax Issues in Real Dollars
Recently the IRS released a draft form of Form 1040 for the upcoming tax year. The biggest change is a…
Read MoreHarvesting Tax Credits Is Legitimate Business for Tax Purposes
If the sole purpose of a partnership is to harvest tax credits, is that a legitimate business for tax purposes? …
Read MoreSelf-Employed and Deducting Car Expenses? – Document or Else!
An internet search of “Schedule C filers” will yield a bevy of sites warning of the increased audit risk and…
Read MoreLegal Fees – Deductible as Ordinary Business Expenses or Capitalized?
This is the question currently on appeal from the Tax Court to the Third Circuit. In Myland, Inc. v. Commissioner…
Read MoreShould Have Used Certified Checks
It has been a while since I have written about estate tax issues, but Estate of William E. Demuth, Jr., T.C.…
Read MoreOperating Agreements – One Size Does Not Fit All
A recent private letter ruling highlights the danger of using a form or template blindly. PLR 202219005 involved a limited…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Enacts Pass – Through Entity Tax
Recently the North Carolina General Assembly changed the law to permit pass-through entities (partnerships and s-corporations) to pay entity-level tax,…
Read MoreExcess Compensation and Disguised Dividends – Take Care and Beware!
Yesterday I wrote about a case involving constructive dividends. Today it is disguised dividends. The issue in Clary Hood, Inc.…
Read MoreIpads, iPhones, and Barter Transactions
From the hardly noticed case of Sherwin Community Painters, Inc. v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2022-19, come some interesting tidbits. First,…
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