Tax
Aug. 16, 2012
Tax law: is substance abuse an excuse for willful tax violations?
Generally speaking, a claim of substance abuse is not greeted with much sympathy by our tax laws.
Owen Kaye
Managing Partner, KFB Law Group
12100 Wilshire Blvd #245
Los Angeles , CA 90025
Phone: (310) 207-8008
Fax: (310) 207-8708
Email: owen@kfblawgroup.com
Western State Univ College of Law
Lawyers in California are required to complete a total of 25 hours of approved legal education credit every three years. One of those hours must be for the "Detection/Prevention of Substance Abuse or Mental Illness." Partly in response to this problem, "The Other Bar" exists to help our colleagues in all areas of recovery.
What is the relationship of substance abuse to the tax laws? Tax crimes, of course, have a willfulness requirement. Also, some civil tax penalties have a willf...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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