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Investment Property & the Personal Residence Exclusion
Investment Property Contrary to what many may suppose, the initial purpose underlying the acquisition of a property does not necessarily bar future invocation of the principal residence exclusion...
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Trump’s New Tax Proposal Could Have Substantial Impact on Seattle Homeowners
Trump’s Plan & the Seattle Market President Donald Trump has developed a proposal to rewrite the tax code in such a way that it may render the mortgage interest deduction meaningless for all but a...
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Top Areas for Future Home Buyers in the Greater Seattle Region
Seattle Real Estate Market Though many of our clients are homeowners, quite a few of our clients are currently in the market (or plan to be in the market) for a new home. For this reason, in our...
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A Few Thoughts on the New Seattle Soda Tax
Seattle Soda Tax On Monday, June 5, 2017, the Seattle City Council passed a motion which will implement a tax on sugary soft drinks (soda). This new “soda tax” is designed to reduce statewide obesity...
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Kornfeld v. Commissioner and the Step Transaction Doctrine
The Step Transaction Doctrine We will look at one more case before returning to our article series on the sixteenth amendment. This is a case every HTW reader should become very well acquainted with:...
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Gregory v. Helvering & the Old Roots of Modern Financial Duplicity
Creative Finance I know we promised that the last article would be the final installment of Huddleston Tax Weekly before the return of our XVI Amendment series. Surprisingly, we fibbed a bit. We’d like...
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Helvering v. Brunn & the Issue of Taxable Gain
Taxable Gain After a great deal of suspense, drama and record-breaking levels of nail-biting on the part of our readers, Huddleston Tax Weekly is proud to announce that we will be picking up our XVI...
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A Few Thoughts on Seattle’s New Tax on the Wealthy
Seattle’s New Tax on Wealthy Residents On Monday, July 10, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved a new city income tax targeted toward Seattle’s highest-earning residents. The new tax will...
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Cuts to Benefit Programs Indispensable to Trump’s New Budget Plan
Trump’s Budget Plan As we discussed in our feature article on Trump’s tax reform proposal, President Trump’s plan is to consolidate the existing tax bracket structure by reducing the number of brackets...
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Towne v. Eisner & the Definition of Income
Income Tax As counter-intuitive as it may seem, many of the most basic terms in tax law were being argued and debated as recently as one century ago. We tend to think of many terms in tax law –...
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