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

The 1939 song, “All or Nothing at All,” (by Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence) made popular by Frank Sinatra might be sung in a new version by IRS, “OVDP or Nothing at All.” The Bank Secrecy Act contains draconian...

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), as enacted, had two-prongs, namely: Section 2 of the Act provided and still provides that no state need recognize same-sex marriages legally consecrated under the laws of another state....

One of the requirements for a cash payment to be treated as alimony under Section 71(b) (1) is that it generally be paid pursuant to a divorce decree or decree of separate maintenance(or written instrument incident to the...

A Wall Street Journal Article of April 12, 2013 by Laura Saunders summarized some startling facts about Tax ID theft, namely: Through that date in 2012, IRS had identified 1.8 million tax-related ID thefts. This quadruples...

In Ward v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2013-133 (May 29, 2013), Mr. Ward sought redetermination of an IRS proposed deficiency on a number of grounds. This post addresses only his disputation of the civil fraud penalty...