Tax,
Criminal
Nov. 15, 2019
Legal fee tax deductions could be tough in Varsity Blues cases
The college admissions scandal keeps bumping along. There was a spate of early guilty pleas, but some defendants appear to want to go to trial. In some cases, additional charges were added. For defendants, the picture must be worrisome, and most of them not about taxes. Even so, there are plainly some tax issues here, even in the absence of criminal tax charges.
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.
The college admissions scandal keeps bumping along. There was a spate of early guilty pleas, but some defendants appear to want to go to trial. In some cases, additional charges were added. For defendants, the picture must be worrisome, and most of them not about taxes. Even so, there are plainly some tax issues here, even in the absence of criminal tax charges.
Just consider the tax write-offs parents may have claimed for "donations...
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