Often when property is gifted, whether directly or perhaps into a trust agreement, the transfer may be incomplete or only partially complete.  An incomplete gift may be from design, and some estate planning attorneys will use an incomplete gift purposefully within an overall estate plan.  Other times, the gift may be incomplete, but not necessarily...Read More

Under Section 2040(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, all jointly owned property must be included within a decedent’s estate, except for any portion that can be shown to have originally belonged to the surviving joint tenant, and that was never received or acquired by the surviving joint tenant from the decedent for less than full...Read More

If you are a business owner in Denver, the City and County of Denver has a number of different types of taxes that can be assessed by the treasury division and may apply to your business.  The article below has been prepared by a tax attorney from The McGuire Law Firm to provide additional information...Read More

Can a IRS tax lien be released?   This is a common question asked of a tax attorney when an individual or business owes taxes to the IRS and the IRS has filed a tax lien.  The answer is, yes, a tax lien can be released under certain situations and circumstances.  The video below has...Read More

The City and County of Denver requires that hotels, motels, inns and other establishments collect a lodging tax from patrons and remit such lodging tax to the City and County of Denver.  A taxpayer required to collect and remit the lodging tax may do so by filing a monthly tax return (or quarterly tax return) with...Read More

Often the sale or exchange of property may be between related parties.  Losses on the sale or exchange of property between related parties is not deductible.  This rule on nondeductible losses applies to both direct and indirect transactions, but would  not apply when a corporation distributed property to a shareholder in a complete liquidation of...Read More

What is the basis in property that you receive via right of survivorship?  This is an important question for tax and estate planning purposes.  For tax purposes, your basis will impact your gain upon the sale or exchange of the property.  For estate planning purposes, you may hold property differently or gift certain property differently...Read More

If you filed a tax return with the IRS married filing joint and you were unaware of the issues or matters that eventually lead to a tax debt with the IRS, you may be able to obtain relief from the IRS through innocent spouse relief. The video below has been prepared by a tax attorney...Read More

Generally if you receive property through an inheritance and the value of the property was claimed in the decedent’s estate you receive a step up in basis?  So what does this mean?  What is a step up in basis?  Generally, a step up in basis means that you take the property with a basis at...Read More

Under certain circumstances a taxpayer may find themselves in United States Tax Court or have the ability to petition the United States Tax Court regarding a tax matter with the Internal Revenue Service.  The US Tax Court is a “travelling” court in the sense that it is not always in session in all of the...Read More