Income Tax Issues
Al Capone

The Deductibility of Criminal Restitution & The Claim of Right Doctrine

You have made it a habit to screen your calls, even since your mother gave Uncle Bill your direct line at work. Sure enough, 5:59 PM rolls around, and you have one foot physically out of your office door when your phone rings. Mother of all that is good and holy… As you put your briefcase down in the doorway and slowly amble back to your desk, you are at once relieved that it is

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Scott St. Amand April 29, 2021
Income Tax Issues
Actual Knowledge

A Deep Dive into Innocent Spouse Relief

Uncle Bill has four children…that he knows of. We met Jedediah in a previous post. Jethro is on year four of his five-year stint at Raiford for possession of amphetamines with intent to distribute. In his defense, Jethro agreed with the officer that the crank was his.  However, he vehemently denied that he had any intent whatsoever to share it with anyone else. (Candidly, you absolutely believe him.)  Bill and Ethel’s daughters Jennie and Jaime

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Scott St. Amand April 29, 2021
Procedural Issues
Cousin Jedediah

Understanding Parallel Civil and Criminal Investigations

Jedediah was an entrepreneurial soul.  You may remember him from the Deductibility of Criminal Restitution article, but if not, he may or may not have been pinched for embezzling money from Ned’s Tire Rack.  It turns out that he had embezzled the money from Ned, a true southern gentleman, who could sell a whitewall to a Goodyear heir, in order to finance a pyramid scheme involving ethnocentric vitamins and supplements, like his personal hero Joseph

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Scott St. Amand April 29, 2021
Charities

Bad News Regarding Religious Tax Exemptions: Peyote is not a “Sacrament”

You can fault Cousin Jedediah for many things—many things—but charisma is not amongst them. It turns out that Jed has developed something of a following. He assures you that it is not a cult, which you have to imagine are the first words out of every cult leader’s mouth when questioned about it. Having drank Jed’s Kool-Aid, the members of his new religious “order” follow him around like willing lambs, but they have made musings

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Scott St. Amand April 16, 2021
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A Deep Dive into Innocent Spouse Relief

Uncle Bill has four children…that he knows of. We met Jedediah in a previous post. Jethro is on year four of his five-year stint at Raiford for possession of amphetamines with intent to distribute. In his defense, Jethro agreed with the officer that the crank was his.  However, he vehemently

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Scott St. Amand April 29, 2021

Understanding Parallel Civil and Criminal Investigations

Jedediah was an entrepreneurial soul.  You may remember him from the Deductibility of Criminal Restitution article, but if not, he may or may not have been pinched for embezzling money from Ned’s Tire Rack.  It turns out that he had embezzled the money from Ned, a true southern gentleman, who

Read More »
Scott St. Amand April 29, 2021