The IRS announced its enforcement priorities include international reporting among the top two categories.  I have represented taxpayer’s in disputes with the IRS and state taxing agencies over international and domestic tax issues for decades.  What I have found is…

Don’t get me wrong, I am not suggesting that there is an equivalence in actions between Laurie Loughlin, whose underlying alleged[1] criminal activity involved bribery  in an effort to get her daughters into college and the conduct of an organized…

Why the Paul Manafort Case Matters to You. Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager for president Donald Trump was sentenced to a term of 47 months in prison this week and ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution.  He…

Proposition XIII is under attack through a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of California. The proposed amendment is known as “The California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act of 2018” The proposed amendment would eliminate Prop 13…

The beginning of the year is usually a time for thinking about the challenges ahead. This year is no different. The “shutdown” of parts of the federal government, including the IRS, will cause a variety of personal and business hardships…

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts Eliminates the Tax Deduction for Spousal Support Beginning January 1, 2019, except for support Orders effective by December 31, 2018. For decades the Internal Revenue Code and the California Revenue and Taxation Code have…

The end of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (“OVDP”) may mean nothing at all to the hard core taxpayers who will never voluntarily come forward. For many of those individuals. who chose the “wrong” foreign financial institution or financial advisor…