So what is an inversion? The flavor of the month on the avoidance versus evasion issue is the tax inversion. The Internal Revenue Code seeks to impose income tax on profits earned abroad by American corporations. A tax inversion is the relocation of a corporation's headquarters to a lower-tax jurisdiction. The material operations remain in … [Read more...]
So, How Can I Legally Reduce my Taxes?: Avoidance vs Evasion
Avoidance vs Evasion “Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. It is said that Holmes, the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, would walk into the Department of the Treasury himself, and hand in his tax return and his check to the Secretary of the Treasury. Not all of us are so patriotic. In … [Read more...]
Why Suing Someone has Nothing to do with Right and Wrong
Sometimes the hardest part of a lawyer’s job is explaining to a client that suing someone has nothing to do with right and wrong. A client will come into my office feeling wronged because he or she didn’t get the benefit of a bargain. Perhaps the other side of a business deal acted unfairly or failed to perform. So my client wants revenge. I … [Read more...]
We Are Hiring!
With autumn at our doorstep, here at Brinen & Associates we are gearing up for the 2014 legal recruiting season. While the big New York firms are interviewing at Harvard and Yale and other elite law schools in the coming weeks to fill dozens of slots in the new first year class, we are likewise looking to add to our ranks with one or two new … [Read more...]
It’s a new day, and a new website
“Watson, come quickly.” -- Alexander Graham Bell Good morning. It’s a new day, and a new website. A new website and new venture into the world of blogging and social media. For my first post, and before you get to know more about me, and my firm, and what we do, I think its appropriate to thank those that brought us to this … [Read more...]
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