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Tag Archives: Tax Issues (Sentinel)
Vermont Couples Can Form ‘Civil Unions’ July 1
Beginning July 1, same-sex couples in Vermont can establish “civil unions” affording them most of the rights and privileges that …
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Viaticals: Quick Cash, But At What Cost?
You are getting ready to retire after a successful business career. With your working days over and your family well …
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NYC Tax Fight Goes On
Out-of-staters who work in New York City soon must decide whether to play hardball over the city’s commuter tax, which …
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Spreading Risk Without Triggering Taxes
Let’s say you have one stock that dominates your portfolio. Perhaps you bought $15,000 worth of Microsoft in 1989 and today your investment is worth more than $1.4 million. Or maybe you founded a small networking company on a shoestring and Cisco Systems recently bought you out for $10 million…in Cisco stock.
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Tax That Fellow Behind The Tree
Hi. I’m the fellow behind the tree. You may have heard of me in the old saying, “Don’t tax you, …
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Taxpayers Beat IRS In Lengthy Battle Over Built-In Gains
After more than a decade of courtroom wrangling with the Internal Revenue Service, taxpayers have established a principle that sounds …
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Rudy Meets The Three Stooges
I spent a lot of time around Rudolph Giuliani in the 1980s, when he was Manhattan’s U.S. attorney and I …
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Publisher’s Estate Wins 21% Valuation Discount
A prominent publisher’s estate apparently saved more than $3 million in taxes when a federal appeals court allowed a 21% …
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The Groundhog Faces The Music
When I was a college intern for the daily Missoulian in Montana, I wrote a couple of editorials that were …
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