Individual Taxation: Digest of Recent Developments
By Cook, Ellen Gershman, Edward A; Hagy, Janet; Horn, Jonathan; Moore, Daniel T; Nellen, Annette; Rubin, Kenneth LThis article covers recent developments affecting taxation of individuals, including last year's tax relief and small business legislation, regulations, cases, and IRS guidance. The items are arranged in Code section order. Sec. 1: Tax Imposed
In mid-December 2010, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed into law the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Tax Relief Act).1 This act extended the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for two more years through the end of 2012. Thus, the highest statutory tax rate for individuals continues to be 35%. The higher child credit and the lower tax rate for qualified dividends and capital gains continue through 2012. For 2011 and 2012, as in 2010, there is no phaseout of itemized deductions or personal exemptions. Various other changes were included in the act. For further informarion, see Tax Trends, "EGTRRA and JGTRRA Tax Rates Extended for Two Years in Lame Duck Session," 42 The Tax Adviser 133 (February 2011).
Sec. 25A: Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits
The American opportunity tax credit was extended through 2012 by the Tax Relief Act. A report titled "The American Opportunity Tax Credit," issued by the Treasury Department on October 12, 2010, explains how the American opportunity tax credit works, estimates what benefits typical families can expect to receive compared with prior law, and shows how families have already benefited from the new credit. Among the findings in the report:
* The American opportunity tax credit increased tax incentives for higher education by over 90%, or $8.7 billion, in 2009.
* 12.5 million students and their families received a tax incentive for higher education in 2009, an increase of 400,000 from 2008.
* American opportunity tax credit recipients in 2009 received an average tax credit of over $ 1 ,700, about 75% more than the average Hope scholarship or the lifetime learning credit recipient in 2008.
* 4.5 million students and families received a tax refund from the American opportunity tax credit in 2009 with an average value of $800, which they would not have been eligible for in 2008.
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2 In a nutshell, filing a proof of claim in bankruptcy is, in many instances, crucial to getting paid. Because of the importance of a proof of claim to getting paid, creditors are susceptible to reacting to the notice of the claims deadline by filing a
In a Tax Court case, the taxpayer claimed a deduction for children as stipulated by a divorce decree.25 However, the stipulation and judgment the taxpayer presented did not conform to the form and substance of Form 8332, Release of Claim to Exemption
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State clearly and succinctly in your letter that you dispute the debt claim and either demand verification of the debt with proof of an itemized bill from PVH or state outright that you do not owe PVH any money. 4. New Jersey State Statute 2A:14-1
So Palin sees an opportunity to go further in her protest of the debt ceiling limit because she knows that one will pass and then she can try to claim all the wingnuts who think that the country declaring bankruptcy is a good thing.
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The U.S. Supreme Court set forth bankruptcy rule changes that are designed to prevent the presentation of claims for which there is little or no substantiation. The rule changes, which were proposed by the Bankruptcy Rules Advisory Committee, include a new proof-of-claim (POC) form for the submission of claims. The rules take effect Dec. 1.
The new POC form has made several key changes to the current form. One such change, Section 4 of the secured-claim portion, adds the requirement that the secured-claim holder disclose the annual interest rate in effect at the time a bankruptcy case is filed. If the creditor receives notice of a bankruptcy filing on any type of a variable interest-rate loan, the creditor must cross-check the date of any interest-rate adjustments versus the petition date to ensure the rate disclosed is the one that was in effect at the time the bankruptcy was filed.
Check boxes have been added to this section to further indicate whether the interest rate is fixed or variable. An ambiguity on the current POC form has been eliminated to make it clear that the creditor must attach the documents that support a claim, and not just a summary of the documents. The form also includes language that reminds the creditor of the need to redact any documents attached to the POC.
The biggest of the POC form changes is to emphasize the duty of accuracy imposed on a party filing a POC. The signature box on the POC form has been amended to include a certification that the information submitted on the form meets the requirements of Bankruptcy Rule 9011(b), which requires that the claim be “true and correct to the best of the signer’s knowledge, information and reasonable belief.”
This requirement is one of the obvious fallouts from recent allegations that creditors were signing off on documents without taking steps to verify the accuracy of the facts asserted. Thus, the signer of the POC will have to declare, under penalty of perjury, that the information provided is true and correct to the best of the signer’s knowledge, information and reasonable belief. The impact is that all POCs will require a person to review the information for accuracy and sign off on that assertion of accuracy.
A second major change is in the sanction language in Rule 3001. It removes the requirement that a claim be effectively disallowed as a sanction for failure to provide documentation of the claim. The sanction to disallow the claim still remains an option under judicial discretion, but the court will now also have authority to allow the creditor to prove up the claim. Specifically, the sanction provision has been revised to eliminate the phrase referencing that the claim “shall be precluded,” replacing it with language that the court “may, after notice and hearing, take either or both” of the named options: disallowance of the claim and/or other appropriate relief, including reasonable expenses and attorney’s fees caused by the failure.
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