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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act-How Bad Law is Created

Spent several days in San Antonio at the TexFed Tax Institute.  Most of the discussion was about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) after two years.   The main takeaway was how poorly written the law is.  If you recall the law was put together in about three weeks.  While the lowering of the corporate …

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Who’s Your Daddy-Parentage in the age of Sperm Donation and Ancestry.Com

It is happening with more and more frequency…someone knocks on the door and announces him or her self as the child of the man answering the door.  DNA and the rise of Ancestry.com and the like have created this potentially awkward moment over and over again.   In many cases it is a beautiful moment.  I …

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The Beginning

My dad was a banker, my mom a homemaker.  Dad died of an aneurysm the morning after I graduated high school.  His will left everything in a trust for mom’s benefit, with the bank as trustee.  She was devastated over his loss, but also felt powerless, in part, because of the way dad structured things. …

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