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Family

Feb. 9, 2000

Taxing Breakups

Family Law Taxing Breakups Deductibility of Attorney Fees in Dissolution Matters The overriding rule on deducting legal expenses is that the expense must be related to either tax advice or to the production of taxable income.

By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Katherine A. Paspalis
        As April 15th approaches, attorneys dread the task of getting their tax documents together for their tax preparers and worry about whether - or how much more - they might have to pay Uncle Sam. But what of their clients, specifically, dissolution clients? How might at least some of what these clients have paid in attorney fees be deduc...

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