THE LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT S. STEINBERG, P.A.

POLITICS OR REAL NECESSITY Since 1980 the federal debt ceiling has been increased from $706 billion to $13,529 trillion. These debt ceiling increases correspond with federal debt levels.  Of that increase, 16 debt ceiling...

Congress added section 6015 to the Code, to provide three escape hatches from the normal “joint and several liability” imposed on a joint return filers.  Section 6015(b) provides innocent spouse relief to married or...

Georges Marciano founder of the clothing brand Guess? should have guessed that he was barking up the wrong tree by suing IRS in U.S. District Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and a writ of mandamus, “to...

GREATNESS IN AMERICANS I had recently watched the movie “1776” a musical rendering of the hard work and compromise that preceded signing of our Declaration of Independence.” Reading the latest grim news about the debt...

The Tax Court is becoming a continuation forum for divorce disputes that often  leapfrog from one court to another until tempers eventually burn out or the former spouses run out of money.  In Richard v. Commissioner,...