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, […]
Read More»General Tax Rules for Alimony After Divorce
- At April 24, 2020
- By Miles Mason
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General tax rules for alimony after divorce. What is not alimony? Difference between child support? What if child support is underpaid? What about payments to persons other than the former spouse? Jointly-owned home expenses? Life insurance premiums? Mason Comment 1: Although I am a CPA, I hire a CPA to do my taxes. Why? I […]
Read More»Financial Forensic Expert Witnesses Should Know Rules of Evidence Cold
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1rj_IEO4iasVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Financial Forensic Expert Witnesses Should Know Rules of Evidence Cold (https://youtube.com/watch?v=1rj_IEO4ias) What is Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence? For a much more detailed discussion, see The Forensic Accounting Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Financial Investigation and Analysis for Family Lawyers, Second Edition, authored by Miles […]
Read More»Don’t Underestimate Marital vs. Separate Property Disputes in Divorce
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cO_MHEm-a-AVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Don’t Underestimate Marital vs. Separate Property Disputes in Divorce (https://youtube.com/watch?v=cO_MHEm-a-A) Marital and separate property disputes in divorce can be of the most hotly contested issues. What are marital assets in a divorce? Can separate property become marital property? Forensic accountants have a unique perspective which can make […]
Read More»Divorce Courts Must Find Facts Before Ruling on Classification
- At April 22, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce, Property Classification
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Tennessee case summary on property division classification in divorce. Nicola Dalili v. Sam A. Dalili The husband and wife in this Knox County, Tennessee, case were married in 2004 and had two children before the filing of their divorce case. Their property included a parcel of commercial real estate in Louisiana. While the divorce was […]
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