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December 7, 2017

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Estate tax changes part of Congressional tax reform

Here at Brown, PC, we advise wealthy taxpayers and their fiduciaries, including business owners, heirs and beneficiaries, farmers and ranchers, and professionals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, across Texas and nationally about estate tax matters, which are usually highly complex and sometimes controversial. We represent taxpayers against the IRS in estate […]

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December 6, 2017

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What information will Coinbase have to disclose?

The soaring price of bitcoin has crossed the $10,000 mark. Fail to claim gains on a tax return and it could prove costly as the IRS continues an investigation into virtual currency reporting. For about a year, the IRS has been seeking user information from Coinbase, one of the largest […]

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November 30, 2017

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Unpopularity of IRS estate-tax regs hard to overstate

Some Texans with financial concerns go to bed at night worrying about things like student tuition and credit card debt. Others, though, more likely have bad dreams about what a recent Forbes article calls “the fear of 2704 regs looming.” Concededly, many people have no concern with that number or […]

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November 9, 2017

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Is EITC return preparer compliance program enough?

The IRS is not the only one to conduct audits. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) provides IRS oversight and occasionally audits how IRS procedures are working. Recently, it suggested improvements to address erroneous Earned Income Tax claims and persistently noncompliant return preparers. We have been following the topic […]

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October 9, 2017

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IRS tips for financial recovery following a disaster

Disasters – including massive storms (like the hurricanes that recently struck the Southeast and Puerto Rico), fires, earthquakes, mudslides and floods – can result in the complete loss of a person’s belongings. In a catastrophic event, everything can be gone in an instant, including: Furniture Housewares Clothing Mementos/photos/heirlooms Electronics Financial […]

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