September 2026

Few post-divorce tax disputes are as common, or as avoidable, as two parents claiming the same child. One parent e-files in January. The other’s return is rejected in February. By March, both are calling their attorneys. The root of the problem is usually a settlement agreement that says who “gets” the child for tax purposes […]

Every family law attorney knows that the state’s property regime shapes how the marital estate is divided. What’s easy to overlook is how much that same regime shapes the tax consequences of the divorce, from how income is reported during separation to which spouse walks away with a hidden tax bill. This article compares community

For years, crypto investors had to rely on their own records to figure out their taxes, and the IRS had to rely on taxpayers to report honestly. That era is over. Every individual tax return now asks about digital assets on the first page of Form 1040, and centralized crypto exchanges have begun sending the

If you drive for a rideshare app, deliver groceries, sell handmade goods online, or get paid for freelance work through PayPal or Venmo, you have probably heard a lot of conflicting information about Form 1099-K over the last few years. First the reporting threshold was $20,000. Then it was going to drop to $600. Then

(Spoiler: more than you think, and probably more than your cousin who “day trades on the side” wants to admit.) Let’s get one thing out of the way immediately: the IRS does not care that your Bitcoin was “basically just sitting there.” It does not care that you “only” swapped one coin for another and

If you’ve ever stared at your bank balance feeling flush, only to discover a stack of unpaid bills waiting in the wings — or watched your books show a healthy profit while your checking account tells a very different story — you’ve bumped into one of the most fundamental decisions in small business finance: how

“I didn’t know” is one of the most common things a spouse says when the IRS shows up looking to collect on a joint tax return years after a marriage has ended — or even while it’s still intact. Sometimes that statement is exactly the basis for relief. The IRS has a formal process for

When a marriage ends, dividing the house, the retirement accounts, and the custody schedule usually gets the most attention. Tax debt often gets treated as an afterthought — noted in the settlement agreement with a line or two and assumed to be “handled.” That assumption can be expensive. The IRS is not a party to