KNOCK YOURSELF OUT - RESUSCITATING TAXPAYERS WITH BUYER'S REMORSE!
Last week, Sen. Warren reintroduced her “Ultra-Millionaires” wealth tax proposal to the Senate. Query her timing. The measure has the proverbial snowball’s chance in Hell of being enacted by this Congress.Perhaps the Senator...more
The Office of the New York State Comptroller just released a new report that examines taxpayer migration trends during the pandemic. The report, which builds on an earlier analysis of pre-pandemic taxpayer migration trends,...more
Last Thursday, New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera, who represents the 33rd District (basically, the northwestern quadrant of The Bronx), proposed legislation that seeks to collect more taxes from the State’s high-income...more
2018 was a momentous tax year for family lawyers. Congress changed all the rules and the ones abandoning the tax exemption for alimony came as a special surprise. All of us know the Tax Code was changed in other aspects with...more
As clients contemplate the potential for tax increases in the near future, many have asked us to develop strategies to accelerate taxable gain into 2021. Join Williams Mullen’s M&A Practice Chair, Larry Parker, as he...more
Tax Gap- In a report released last week, the U.S. Treasury Department explained that the so-called “tax gap” – i.e., the difference between the amount of federal income taxes owed by taxpayers for a taxable year and the...more
Are the rich making enough of a contribution to society? Are they bearing their fair share of taxes? Many New York legislators don’t think so. Following the elections of November 2020, the State’s Democratic party secured...more
In two recent cases, taxpayers have successfully challenged state taxation of trust income on the basis that the taxing states had a minimal connection to the trust. In The Kimberly Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust v. North...more