Nov. 18, 2015
Beware 'taking the Fifth' on your returns
It is never good to have a legal argument called 'frivolous.' This is even truer when it comes to taxes.
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601
Phone: (415) 834-0113
Fax: (415) 789-4540
Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
By Robert W. Wood and Scott B. Weese
Lawyers are probably more tax savvy than non-lawyers when it comes to the frivolous label. In a legal setting, it is never good to have an argument called "frivolous." That is even truer with taxes, where being called "frivolous" is one of the last things you ever want to happen.
It is a sore subject with the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS hears many frivolous arguments. They do not like them, not one little bit. They even h...
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