Why Lawyers Misunderstand the Consulting Experts’ Role
https://youtube.com/watch?v=e0SVC7aGl04Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Why Lawyers Misunderstand the Consulting Experts' Role (https://youtube.com/watch?v=e0SVC7aGl04) What does a consulting expert do? Keep secrets. They can be invaluable secret weapons. They can help defend against holes in the case. They can also help advise in the challenge of opposing expert witnesses. For a much more […]
Read More»Finding the Right Financial Forensic Expert Isn’t Easy Peasy
https://youtube.com/watch?v=IQ-UgU3OrNAVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: How to Choose a Forensic Accounting Expert (https://youtube.com/watch?v=IQ-UgU3OrNA) Hiring the right forensic accountant takes work. Checking rates, retainer, experience, curriculum vitae, engagement letters, reputation assessment, publications, speaking, and reference checking from other lawyers requires a serious time commitment. Make the wrong referral to a divorce client? Game […]
Read More»Big Divorce Mistake #7: Ignoring Red Flags of Hidden Money
https://youtube.com/watch?v=d3wsrz23UYo There are many “red flags” of a spouse hiding money. Jeff Landers discusses many listed in Mason’s book in his Forbes article: 21 Signs That Your Husband May Be Hiding Marital Assets During Your Divorce. For a much more detailed discussion, see The Forensic Accounting Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Financial Investigation and Analysis […]
Read More»Dad Gets Equal Parenting Time After Appeal
- At April 29, 2020
- By Miles Mason
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Tennessee child custody case summary in divorce. Wafa Badawi Hindiyeh v. Waleed Fawzi Abed In 2018, the Tennessee Court of Appeals tossed out a parenting plan that had given a father only 80 days per year of parenting time. The court had held that this parenting plan was inconsistent with the Tennessee statutes, which have […]
Read More»If You Want a Financial Expert Witness to Testify in Divorce, Do This
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iIYP6AqHmNwVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: If You Want a Financial Expert Witness to Testify in Divorce, Do This (https://youtube.com/watch?v=iIYP6AqHmNw) In divorce court, there are important “do’s and don’ts” when proferring a financial witness as an expert. For a much more detailed discussion, see The Forensic Accounting Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Financial […]
Read More»IRS Requirements to Deduct Alimony on Your Tax Return
- At April 27, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In After Divorce, Alimony, Divorce Tips
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In order to be allowed to deduct your alimony payments, what is required? The IRS takes a dim view of former spouses to game the tax system by disguising property transfer in the form of alimony. Here, we discuss more details on cash payments, not designated as alimony, can’t be members of the same household, […]
Read More»Wife Gets $5.5K x 30 Mos. + $4K Alimony In Futuro After 24 Yrs.
Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 24 years married. Michelle Henry v. Richard H. Henry The husband and wife in this case were married in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1995. The wife had two children from a prior marriage, and they had one child together. In 2018, the wife filed for divorce in Putnam County, […]
Read More»If You Qualify, You Want to File as Head of Household After Divorce
- At April 25, 2020
- By Miles Mason
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After divorce, filing head of household (as opposed to filing as a single person) can save you real money if you qualify. Unmarried? Keeping up a home? Itemized deductions on separate returns? Who are qualifying persons? What if a qualifying person died? Mason Comment 1: Although I am a CPA, I hire a CPA to […]
Read More»Deducting Costs of Getting a Divorce
- At April 25, 2020
- By Miles Mason
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Deducting Costs of Getting a Divorce. The IRS takes a dim view of deducting legal costs of divorce. Got it? But what if you are a business owner defending your ownership interest? Is that different? Also, see the discussion below about adding certain expenses to the tax basis of your assets. Mason Comment 1: Although […]
Read More»Kicking an Opposing Forensic Accounting Expert Off the Witness Stand
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wie_pG-kmdwVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Kicking an Opposing Forensic Accounting Expert Off the Witness Stand (https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wie_pG-kmdw) How to be successful challenging an expert witness’s qualifications. How does one challenge an expert witness for lack of qualifications as opposed to Daubert challenges? What are minimum qualifications to be admitted? Miles Mason, Sr. JD, […]
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