Tax,
Law Practice,
Government,
Administrative/Regulatory,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 5, 2018
Contingency fee lawyers dodge bullet in tax reform
It sure looked as if contingent fee lawyers in California and the rest of the 9th Circuit were going to be prejudiced by the recently passed massive federal tax bill.
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.
It sure looked as if contingent fee lawyers in California and the rest of the 9th Circuit were going to be prejudiced by the recently passed massive federal tax bill. For years, contingent fee lawyers in the 9th Circuit had an easier time with the IRS than lawyers elsewhere when it came to tax deductions for client costs. In the huge year-end tax reform bill, Congress was expected to conform the rules in favor of the IRS.
But as happ...
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