Divorce and Tax Issues: Evaluating Key Opportunities and Risks
Navigating Tax Consequences for Support, Assets and Liabilities Division, Deductions, Credits, and More
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will provide family law counsel with a review of tax issues in dividing property or negotiating support. The panel will focus on potential tax opportunities in filing status, dependency deductions and credits, carryover losses, property transfers, support considerations, and innocent spouse relief.
Outline
- Common tax issues and impact on divorce negotiations and settlement
- Allocating alimony and child support payments
- Property transfers between spouses
- Effectively utilizing exemptions, deductions and credits
- Innocent spouse relief
- Alimony recapture
- Drafting tips
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What are the most common tax issues that counsel should consider when negotiating a settlement between the parties?
- What are the most important considerations when determining how to effectively utilize exemptions, deductions and credits?
- What alimony recapture rules should counsel take into account?
Following the speaker presentations, you'll have an opportunity to get answers to your specific questions during the interactive Q&A.
Faculty
Elgin F. Polo
Partner
Kabat Schertzer De La Torre Taraboulos & Co.
He specializes in forensic accounting and valuation matters for matrimonial dissolution cases. He works with the... | Read More
He specializes in forensic accounting and valuation matters for matrimonial dissolution cases. He works with the separating parties and their attorneys to provide income and expense evaluations, asset and liability analysis, property distribution, and alimony and child support computations.
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Kenneth J. Vacovec
Founding Partner
Vacovec Mayotte & Singer
Mr. Vacovec practices in all areas of tax law including tax planning for businesses and individuals, estate... | Read More
Mr. Vacovec practices in all areas of tax law including tax planning for businesses and individuals, estate planning, representation before the IRS and state tax authorities, international tax planning for individuals and businesses, international estate planning, and tax compliance. He has given many presentations on divorce tax issues.
CloseArmand E. D'Alo
Mediator, CFP, CDFA, Enrolled Agent
Oak Tree Advisory Services
He is a financial professional and has been in practice since 1985, focused on divorce through mediation and... | Read More
He is a financial professional and has been in practice since 1985, focused on divorce through mediation and collaboration since 1997. He has been working in the field of family law mediation, with a background in financial planning. He has significant experiences in the areas of taxes and financial planning.
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