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Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The Impact of a Divorce on Taxes

The post-Labor Day surge in family law cases comes with many questions, including concerns about upcoming holidays, and whether a divorce will be finalized by year-end. For some, the imminent tax extension deadline for...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

What is Known as the IRS Survivor’s Penalty?

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What is known as the IRS survivor’s penalty, and is there anything that can be done to provide for a surviving spouse as we age? The “survivor’s penalty” is the likelihood that a surviving spouse will face higher federal and...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Is it Too Soon to Discuss a Joint Return for 2024?

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Yes, it’s January which means that accountants all across America are locking into their space capsules for launch into orbit where they will prepare countless returns due on April 15 for TY 2023 and then gently parachute...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Time to Step Up? Florida’s Community Property Trust Act Worth A Look

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Unknown to many Floridians, Florida enacted the Community Property Trust Act which went into effect on July 1, 2021, and established the ability to convert non-community property into community property. The community...more

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2022 Tax Season: What Families Need to Know

As the 2022 tax season kicks off, there are important issues that divorcing parties must consider. First, it is always more beneficial to the family unit for the parties to file taxes married filing jointly. Not only does...more

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I Just Got My Divorce Decree, How Can/Should I File My Taxes for 2022?

Tax filing status is a common question asked of divorce attorneys like me and my colleagues – especially toward the end of the year. That said, while this is a popular question, this could be the shortest blog in history...more

Freeman Law

What Happened to My Joint IRS Income Tax Refund?: The IRS’s Authority to Offset

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Generally, when a taxpayer makes an overpayment of tax, the IRS refunds the overpayment to the taxpayer.  But this is not always the case.  For example, the IRS has the statutory authority to credit (or offset) an overpayment...more

Gray Reed

Collecting Separate Tax Debts from Community Property

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Texas is a “community property” state; but all property in Texas is not “community property”. In Texas, each spouse can have his or her own “separate” property, which generally consists of property that was acquired by gift...more

Lewitt Hackman

Trusts, Estates, Exemptions and Taxes

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It may be hard to believe that in 2001, the estate and gift tax exemption, also known as the unified credit, was a mere $675K. In 2016 that credit is anticipated to go up to $5.45M for single filers; potentially $10.9M...more

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