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Innocent Spouse Relief
The IRS recently proposed more detailed rules governing innocent spouse relief under Secs. 6015. One significant change is to the application of res judicata in innocent spouse cases. Res judicata prevents a spouse from requesting innocent spouse relief when Sec. 6015 relief was at issue in a prior court proceeding or the requesting spouse meaningfully participated in a […]
Mike Dreiling
Nov 30, 2015
Possible Increase to Johnson County, Kansas Property Taxes
The Johnson County Kansas budget for 2016 includes a proposal to raise the amounts assessed on real property within Johnson County. Johnson County Commissioners state that the money raised would be used to improve the quality of life and pay to renovate the county library system, upkeep area parks and improve public transportation. If the […]
Mike Dreiling
Aug 4, 2015
Estate Tax Portability
Current Exemption Amount (for 2015) In 2015, every person may leave or give away up to $5.43 million without owing any estate tax. In effect, very few estates will be subject to the death tax at this amount. The exemption amount is indexed for inflation each year and will slowly rise above the current […]
Mike Dreiling
Aug 4, 2015
Missouri Tax Amnesty September 1 2015 through November 30 2015
The Governor recently signed House Bill 384 which allows a one-time opportunity for delinquent taxpayers to pay all back taxes without penalty in Fiscal Year 2016. “This bipartisan legislation is a common sense solution to make sure that delinquent taxpayers pay what they owe by offering a one-time opportunity to settle their debts with the state,” Gov. […]
Mike Dreiling
May 4, 2015
Kansas Criminalizing Financial POA Attorneys in Fact?
Currently, the Kansas Legislature is considering Senate Bill 57 which could significantly change the law regarding financial powers of attorneys and possibly criminalize the actions of the attorney in fact. Similar proposals were initial introduced by the Kansas Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Division in 2013. The bill was introduced again in 2014 but opponents to the […]
Mike Dreiling
Feb 13, 2015
Missouri Sales Tax Amendment-Amusement and Recreation or Educational?
Over the last several years, certain Missouri business owners that provided instructional information and coaching to their customers that the State of Missouri never taxed as sales before, are getting notices and knocks on the door from the Missouri Department of Revenue Sales Tax Unit informing them that their business activities are now sales taxable. However, the […]
Mike Dreiling
Feb 4, 2015
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