Section Newsletters

Articles From Robert Weber

Summary of Illinois Practitioner Liaison Committee meeting—May 2, 2011 By Robert Weber Trusts and Estates, July 2011 A summary of trusts & estates-affecting portions of the Practitioner Liaison Committee meeting.
Straight from the horse’s mouth: IRS Meeting Summary with Attorney Liaison By Robert Weber Trusts and Estates, February 2011 A summary from the December meeting between IRS representatives and members of the Practitioners Liaison.
Keeping score: New reporting requirements for capital gains By Robert Weber Trusts and Estates, February 2008 According to the IRS, incorrect reporting of capital gains accounts for nearly $345 billion per year in unpaid taxes.
Family Limited Partnerships: Yes!… No!… Well, maybe! By Robert Weber Trusts and Estates, December 2004 After the Courts came in with their decisions in the Strangi case, and the Hackl case, the IRS rubbed their hands in glee, and estate planners went out looking for black clothes and sack cloth to mourn the end of the Family Limited Partnership method to try to preserve estate assets.
Personal real estate and its uses in saving taxes By Robert Weber Trusts and Estates, March 2003 Which asset is usually the single highest valued asset in a person's estate? Real estate; that is, the taxpayer's residence
Innocent spouse relief update By Robert Weber Trusts and Estates, June 2002 One would think that with the Tax Relief Credit issues, and the relief to victims of the September 11th terrorist acts, the IRS wouldn't have time to do much with respect to Innocent Spouse Relief, but they still managed to have a "full plate."
The chairman’s corner By Robert Weber Federal Taxation, June 1999 This will be my last letter as chairman of the council. By the time this is printed, my term will have expired.
The chairman’s corner By Robert Weber Federal Taxation, April 1999 The IRS has now been operating under Commissioner Rossotti since November of 1997.
The chairman’s corner By Robert Weber Federal Taxation, February 1999 As I promised in our first newsletter, I wanted to have interesting speakers at our meetings. So far we have been very successful.

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