I received a call recently from someone already represented by a tax attorney, but who wanted my opinion on whether there was anything his attorney could have done to avoid the following, very unfortunate situation. Read more >>
September 18, 2014
My clients owed the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) $8,000 for the 2011 tax year; they filed their return late, and couldn’t pay it all at once. The FTB sent a notice that it was about to levy Read more >>
September 15, 2014
I deal a lot with bill collectors. Here is an eye-opening description of how their business works. Settling a debt can be . . . unsettling. Read more >>
September 9, 2014
A client sent me a letter he got from a car dealership touting the financing he can get even though he is currently in bankruptcy. You can find a copy of the letter here. How does a car dealer think Read more >>
September 4, 2014
Here is a very amusing and outraged report on “payday lenders” from John Oliver, the British reporter who apprenticed with Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert. He’s accurate in presenting the problem Read more >>
August 29, 2014
Bankruptcy works in unexpected ways. That’s how a colleague sells his potential clients on hiring him to get a discharge in bankruptcy. And he’s right. My client opened a fast-food. Read more >>
July 30, 2014
Most people know that they can’t claim losses incurred by a hobby – say, for instance, their side hobby of breeding and raising Great Pyrenees dogs. No profit motive, no deduction Read more >>
July 10, 2014
My mother-in-law, Margret, is in a nursing home. She knows who she is, but not much more than that. My wife does her taxes every year. Read more >>
June 6, 2014
I heard a radio ad about solving IRS problems. “It’s a fact that when you owe $10,000 or more, the IRS can take your car, your house . . . even your freedom.” Read more >>
June 6, 2014
My clients were nurses at a local hospital. They’re immigrants and English isn’t their first language. They worked hard and bought a house. One day, Read more >>
October 28, 2013
