Many of you may know that I am an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School. This past weeks lecture included a discussion of normalization adjustments to be considered when utilizing the income approach in a business...
Category: Divorce & Matrimony
Splitting up a marital estate can be a long and complicated process, particularly if one of the assets includes a privately owned business. Fortunately, a valuation analyst can assist attorneys and their clients...
When the CEO of Continental Resources, Harold Hamm, divorced from his wife, Forbes published an article about the possible tax consequences. The settlement ordered Hamm to pay his former wife $995.5 million. Forbes asked the...
5 Services Forensic Accountants Provide During a Matrimonial Dispute That May Surprise You
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Divorce & Matrimony
Perhaps the most expensive divorce in history occurred when Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev was ordered to pay $4.5 billion to his ex-wife Elena. One of the charges Elena made against her husband was that he had...
Second marriages are not only for Hollywood celebrities like Brad Pitt or Reese Witherspoon. According to the Pew Research Center, 40 percent of marriages today are second marriages. Often second marriages face many...
According to psychologytoday.com, most divorces are filed during the very beginning of the year. Understandably, couples considering divorce try to avoid disrupting family activities during the holidays and, instead, wait to...
Lifestyle Analysis
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Divorce & Matrimony
Go through financial documents in a divorce is a task that many wish to avoid, though it is a necessary evil. This exercise is called a Lifestyle Analysis. Years ago it was common for one spouse to seek large monthly...
During my first experience as an litigation support expert in a matrimonial matter, there was barely any information on the search for omitted income or hidden assets. Much of what we now call forensic accounting was...
After Colorado instituted Amendment 64 in early 2014, a profitable industry sprouted up around the legalization of marijuana. However, despite these new businesses generating roughly $3 million in state taxes in January 2014...
ATTENTION MATRIMONIAL LAW ATTORNEYS Couples who are involved in a same-sex union have a number of different tax issues that must be addressed that are not applicable to heterosexual married couples. These tax issues will...