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From time to time I have wondered just what does a tax return preparer (TRP) have to do to lose his/her right to prepare tax returns for...

The Hatfields and the McCoys. Good and evil. Peanut butter and jelly. Generally, we can tell one from the other. Innocent spouse relief,...

Hello my fellow Taxpayer! Have you ever wondered what the IRS considers a “seriously delinquent tax debt?” Seriously. Well, wonder no...

I work with a lot of nonprofit corporations. I help them with all aspects of their “life-cycle.” One of the areas of greatest confusion...

You meet, fall in love, and get married. Ah … young love! You are now a couple. You socialize with other couples. You do stuff together....

This article is taken from my civil practice “war stories” department. Many years ago, when I was just getting started in my career as a...

Sometimes tax-exempt nonprofits engage in fundraising and other income-producing options in order to supplement their contributions. This...

Ok. You want to do good. You even went to the trouble of forming a nonprofit corporation as the vehicle through which you will do your...

In California, a default judgment is reviewable on appeal the same as any other civil judgment. The fact that defendant defaulted in the...

Nonprofit corporation. These words can mean very different things to different people. Some people thinks this is a corporation that...

One of the definitions in my Webster’s New World Dictionary for the word “convert” is: “to change from one religion, doctrine, etc., to...

I recently reviewed a Harvard Journal of Law & Technology article, “Trademarks as Search Engine Keywords: Much Ado About Something?” (the...

Despite not being individual human beings, corporations, as far as US law is concerned, are legal persons, and have many of the same...

Among the perceived advantages of arbitration is a faster and more efficient resolution of the parties’ dispute. But, faster and more...

California is a “high-tax” state. Therefore, for state tax law purposes, it may be advantageous to be considered a resident of another...

So, this really happened to me and my client. Recently. My client got sued. My client quickly (and I think beneficially) decided to...

In some instances, an LLC may be converted into an other business entity or a foreign other business entity [see Corp. Code §...

“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare. A colleague recently brought...

Good ol’ Congress allows tax deductions to encourage desirable behavior. A classic example is the deduction for charitable contributions....

Beware the “predispute agreement” to shorten a period of limitation (i. e., the time within which an aggrieved party must file a lawsuit...