In California, can money spent on divorce attorney fees be written off when filing taxes?

Generally divorce fees are not deductible as they are personal in nature. There have been exceptional cases where major business interests are...

My wife owes child support , if I put her as a Dependant on my return taxes , will my refunds be taken away ?

You cannot claim the child simply because your ex owes child support. However, this implies the child lives with you more than 50% of the year, and...

Inheriting worthless land w/delinquent taxes

Government agencies are VERY good at knowing what a worthless asset is. They will refuse to take them at all costs, and almost pretend they don't...

Relax. First of all, it isn't strange that you accumulated 30k in savings unless you haven't worked for the last 10 years. You are talking about...

If I cash out my Calpers pension of 13k , due to having no income will I still be taxed at 40 percent penalty ?

The penalties generally exist for just the thing you are talking about. They want to discourage you from taking the money out when you are jobless....

Am I responsible for someones debts if I claim them on my tax returns? We live in Oregon

Not unless they somehow determine that you are married. There is no basis for imputing debt to another party simply because they claim an adult as...

Is the IRS tax return transcript equivalent to a copy of a tax return?

There is no such thing as "Original Tax Return Transcripts." If they are transcripts, they are by definition NOT originals. If you have transcripts...

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The IRS uses SSNs to attribute income and not names. You should NOT include the income from 1099 on your tax return. If it had your SSN, I would...

LLC as single owner sole proprietor disregarded entity is it taxable on owners income myself

You have it backwards. A disregarded entity IS reported on the owner's Schedule C as if it were a sole prop. So basically, any single member LLC is...

My common law married wife left me took all our tax return and got married 4 days later with someone else should I take to court

This will likely be part of the upcoming divorce proceeding. Christopher Larson Insight Law <a href="http://www.insightlawfirm.com/">Tax...