Tax Law Blog

Bernard Kerik's law enforcement career has taken some unbelievable twists and turns. He was the NYPD commissioner in charge of the police response on 9-11, and then three years later was nominated by President George W. Bush to be head of the...

About an hour's drive straight south of Columbus, you will come to Chillicothe... Ohio's first capital. It's the home of the Majestic -- "America’s oldest continuously operating theater," its owner's claim -- which has hosted performances by Laurel...

April 15th has come and gone. If you are reading this, you have survived and are now very relieved. But for some of us, it was a bit like being on the Titanic. Some history buffs might recall that the great ship hit an iceberg just before midnight...

Some things are simply scarier than they ought to be. Take for example, TV commercials for prescription drugs. The medication is being pitched to viewers because it apparently alleviates some ailment, yet because the pharmaceutical companies are...

Ohio Tax...

It begins with an innocuous greeting: “Dear Taxpayer.” For those receiving a notification from the Internal Revenue Service that they are to be audited, the friendliness ends for all practical purposes right there. The cheerless good news is that...

In some cases, the worry ends on April 15th. Decisions have been made, declarations, reports and forms have been filed. The dread is, in some cases, over. For those who have for years declined to report their foreign bank holdings, the dread might...

Federal and state governments have numerous programs that provide aid to retired, unemployed and disabled workers. Programs like Social Security, Social Security disability and Medicare are funded in part by employee payroll taxes. To ensure for the...

Though the housing market is in remarkably better shape than it was in 2007, there are still large numbers of homeowners with significant negative equity. In fact, approximately 7 million of these property owners have mortgage debt approximately 25...