Author Archives: Peter Milne

The IRS is Hiring–A Bad Dog Looks for New Bones

By Peter Milne | Published: February 1, 2010
At a continuing education seminar tailored for tax attorneys and certified public accountants held in Austin, Texas in December of 2009, officials from the IRS flew out from Washington and announced that up to 2,500 new Revenue Officers would be hired by the agency in 2009 and 2010.  The IRS announced to those of us who represent [...]
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Estate-Tax Repeal Means Some Spouses Are Left Out and 2010 is a Great Year to Die

By Peter Milne | Published: January 12, 2010
Because of congressional “malpractice”, the federal estate tax is repealed for all of 2010. As reported by Martin Vaughn in the January 2-3, 2009 issue of the Wall Street Journal, certain provisions included in most wills and trust documents that were written on the expectation that estate taxes were a fact of life for years [...]
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