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Neil Johnson (The Tax Dude®)

U.S.

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returns 04/16/2010

Expertise

CPA to answer Federal income tax related questions for individuals, small business owners, estates and trusts. I also specialize in divorce related tax and financial planning matters. I have extensive experience in nearly all areas of income taxation relating to businesses and individuals. I also regularly serve as a strategic consultant on a wide range of non-tax related business issues. In addition, I provide aggressive, experienced and skilled representation against IRS challenges at the audit and appeals. I have successfully represented clients against the IRS on issues regarding reasonable compensation, valuation discounts, time value of money, travel and entertainment expenses, innocent spouse relief and personal liability for unpaid business taxes.

Experience in the area

Over 18 years in public accounting with an emphasis in taxes.

Education/Credentials

B.A. (Accounting) Loyola University of Chicago Over 300 hours of continuing professional education since June 2001.

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Recent Answers from Neil Johnson (The Tax Dude®)

2009-12-18 Claiming a Dependent:

Jerry, You are bound to follow the divorce decree unless your ex-wife signs IRS Form 8332 (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8332.pdf). This form is used to release the exemption from one parent to another

2009-12-13 Treatment of a lease option of a Home:

Mike, Indeed, you do treat the property as a rental for tax purposes during the lease period. Many lease options allocate part of the rent payment towards the tenant's down payment. The amount

2009-12-11 HELLO:

Steve, It depends on the number of nights the kids spend with you versus their mother during the tax year. Which ever parent has the greater number of nights gets to claim the children as dependents

2009-12-11 New York Tax:

Nuru, Anyone who works in New York State and New York City will be required to pay taxes on the income earned within those borders to those jurisdictions. If you were to live in New Jersey, you would

2009-12-09 Real Estate Commission Tax deductable?:

Pauline, Commissions paid to realtors are not tax deductible. It does not matter whether the realtor is licensed or not. These costs are however added to the cost basis of the property sold. This

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