Let’s hear it for entrepreneurs. Those brave, tireless people with a dream who start or run small businesses. They possess more energy and perseverance than most of us. They form the backbone of our economy. In honor of National Entrepreneurs Day, November 20th, let’s recap Soapbox’s best on being in business for yourself. It’s probably […]
What This Lawyer Is Grateful For At Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for the American judiciary and, particularly, for district court judges. In these turbulent political times, they’ve been confronted with hard questions arising out of swirling controversies. Their rulings would have national implications. Decisions were needed on short notice. Partisans gathered on the sidelines, some assured of being bitterly disappointed however the […]
Audited? Did You Tell The State Tax Authorities?
We’re all about sharing these days, aren’t we? So, did you share with the state tax authorities the outcome of your IRS audit? While telling the Franchise Tax Board that you owe more taxes to the feds may seem like inviting trouble, you gain by doing so. How? You set those taxes owed to California […]
What Litigators Need To Know About Bankruptcy
Civil litigation often decides who owes what to whom. Bankruptcy law can impact ongoing litigation and what happens thereafter to those who owe. And to those to whom money is owed. So it behooves litigators to have a good grasp on how bankruptcy works. If you’re defendant’s counsel, you want to assess your client’s options should […]
The Most Compelling Reason To File Bankruptcy
Shedding debt so you can save for retirement is the most compelling reason to file bankruptcy in my book. Get rid of the debt that’s dischargeable so you can pay for retirement, I exhort. Between the crippling cost of housing in the Bay Area and parent loans for college, there is so little margin for […]
Last Minute Tax Break For Distressed Homeowners
Days before the end of the tax year, the massive tax bill changed the rules retroactively. And for once, the change benefited individual taxpayers. The tax bill revived, for tax year 2017, the exclusion from income accorded to phantom income upon foreclosure, short sale, or loan modification. The provision that created an exception protecting […]
IRS Shakedown Happening In Bankruptcy Court
The latest IRS scam is happening in bankruptcy, out in the open. Now usually when I write about IRS scams, I’m talking about genuine bad guys either pretending to be the IRS to hijack your money or pretending to be you to the IRS, to hijack your money. But nobody is pretending in the trick […]
20 Years Of Bankruptcy In Brief
Twenty years ago this month, Soapbox’s parent website, Bankruptcy In Brief, went live with four pages of basic bankruptcy information. My law partner quietly thought writing about law for the internet was off base. My lawyer colleagues thought I was giving away the store. I persisted (which wasn’t then a catch phrase) because I was […]
My Wildly Biased Choices For Best Posts Of 2017
Readers got their say earlier when I showcased the 10 most popular new posts on Bankruptcy Soapbox for 2017; now it’s my turn to spotlight the best bankruptcy advice of the year. In my opinion. They were posts that touched subjects important to me and, hopefully, important and useful to you. How Bankruptcy Changes Your […]
Best Of 2017: Reader Favorites On Bankruptcy Soapbox
I tallied up reader favorites from the 2017 posts on Bankruptcy Soapbox. The balloting is a bit unfair, since the fall and winter posts haven’t had the same exposure that posts from earlier in the year. But take note: the runner up is only about 8 weeks old. Your favorites, in reverse order: 10. Making […]
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