Julian Block

• Watch Your Step-Up

  By Julian Block  |  July 1, 2009

  Over the past few months, we've pondered the fate of the tax package authorized by President Bush and a bi-partisan Congress in 2001. The big...

• Net Operating Losses

  By Julian Block  |  June 1, 2009

  Undoubtedly, you have some clients whose businesses were battered by the recession and lost money in 2008. Or perhaps they started a new venture that...

• Patching it Up

  By Julian Block  |  April 1, 2009

  Amidst all the partisan squabbling over the size of President Obama's economic stimulus package and the role of tax cuts therein, there was, at least,...

• Presidential Promises

  By Julian Block  |  March 1, 2009

  Tax-code changes have averaged one-per-day over the past eight years--with 500 changes in 2008 alone, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson announced in her annual report...

• Tax Planning in the New Administration

  By Julian Block  |  February 1, 2009

  There's lots of uncertainty about who will be helped and who will be hurt by the tax package that President Barack Obama will send to...

• DEDUCTING WHAT COMES NATURALLY

  By Julian Block  |  January 1, 2009

  Every year natural disasters like hurricanes strike repeatedly, affecting tens of thousands of Americans. Fortunately, individuals whose homes, household goods and other properties are damaged...

• DEFINING BUSINESS EXPENSES

  By Julian Block  |  December 1, 2008

  Many businesses have learned the hard way that just because they incur expenses for business reasons does not mean that those outlays automatically qualify as...

• Easing the Bite

  By Julian Block  |  November 1, 2008

  When we contribute to our favorite charities, most of us go the easiest, most familiar way--simply writing checks or using credit cards. We get a...

• CAPITAL PAINS: RULES FOR CAPITAL LOSSES

  By Julian Block  |  October 1, 2008

  Advising clients on how to reduce taxes for this year and even gain a head start on tax planning for future years is a significant...

• New Rules for Home Sales

  By Julian Block  |  September 1, 2008

  Some recently widowed homeowners who realize profits on sales of their principal residences will benefit from legislation enacted on Dec. 20, 2007, and known officially...