Showing posts with label Passive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Passive. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Whose Job Is It Anyway?

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One of our accountants asked me recently: R:       Do you think [so and so] qualifies as a real estate professional? CTG: I do not kno...
Sunday, February 19, 2023

A Brief History of Limited Partner Self-Employment Tax

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  There is a case going through the courts that caught my eye. It has to do with limited liability companies (LLCs). More specifically, it...
Sunday, June 5, 2022

Qualifying As A Real Estate Professional

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  The first thing I thought when I read the opinion was: this must have been a pro se case. “Pro se”” has a specific meaning in Tax Court:...
Monday, May 30, 2022

Reorganizing A Passive Activity

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  I am looking at a case that stacks a couple of different tax rules atop another and then asks: are we there yet? Let’s talk about it. ...
Sunday, August 9, 2020

Don’t Be A Jerk

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  I am looking at a case containing one of my favorite slams so far this year. Granted, it is 2020 COVID, so the bar is lower than usual. ...
Saturday, June 15, 2019

Can You Really Be Working If You Work Remotely?

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Have you ever thought of working remotely? Whether it is possible of course depends on what one does. It is unlikely a nurse could pul...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

Self-Renting a Big Green Egg

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Sometimes tax law requires you to witness the torture of the language. Other times it herds you through a sequence of “except for” clauses...