Cocoa, FL
Tax Lawyer at Cocoa, FL
Practice Areas: Tax, Bankruptcy & Debt ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Homestead Exemption Reinstated and Penalties Removed
Brevard County disallowed my client's (a disabled veteran) homestead exemption and assessed penalties. We were able to prove my client's entitlement to the claimed exemptions. Brevard County reinstated ... his homestead exemption and removed all penalties.
OUTCOME: Decision in Favor of Taxpayer
US Tax Court, Cordova v. Commissioner, Docket No. 19888-15S. Individual taxpayer was issued a Notice of Deficiency with the IRS claiming she had failed to report income attributable to her business. Th ... e business entity filed a 1120 appropriately claiming the income. Third party payment processor issued a 1099-K directly to the taxpayer rather than the business. IRS matching triggered an audit, but the IRS issued a Notice of Deficiency against the taxpayer without actually investigating. Taxpayer filed a Tax Court Petition and the IRS eventually conceded the taxpayer's position after reviewing the business return.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Local credit union brought a lawsuit against my client for a deficiency following a short sale. The credit union failed to serve process on the defendant within 120 days of filing the Complaint. I move ... d to dismiss for failure to serve arguing that they had failed to show good cause for the failure to serve. They countered that they would be prevented from re-filing because the statute of limitations had passed. The judge made no ruling on the statute of limitations but found that the credit union had not shown good cause for failure to serve.
OUTCOME: Judgment in Favor of Taxpayers
US Tax Court, Abidin v. Commissioner, Docket No. 725-15S. Taxpayers were issued Notice of Deficiency after disallowance of Education and American Opportunity Credit for tuition and related expenses pai ... d from loan proceeds. IRS conceded that the taxpayers were entitled to the credit and that no deficiency should be assessed.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed and fees awarded
Court ordered case management conference for open foreclosure case with no action in two years. No action had taken place because the underlying debt had been resolved but the case was never dismissed. ... Obtained dismissal and fees. Fifth Third Bank v. Mungra, Brevard County, Florida, 05-2010-CA-010183.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Bankers Healthcare Group, Inc. v. Shore Thing Surf Company, LLC, et. al., Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Onondaga, Index No. 2014-ER1114. Florida residents sued in NY. Prepared and ... filed Motion to Dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed prior to hearing on the motion and companion motion by attorney for pro hac vice admission to NY court.
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