Barbara owns an incorporated consulting business, for which she has spent years building up its respectable reputation.

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Barbara owns an incorporated consulting business, for which she has spent years building up its respectable reputation. However, business recently has dropped dramatically due to the unprofessional behavior of Cliff, Barbara’s husband. Barbara feels that the only way to protect her business is to divorce Cliff. Cliff demands 50 percent of the stock in Barbara’s business. The divorce will be costly because Cliff and Barbara cannot reach an agreement about the business’s stock. Are the costs of the divorce deductible to Barbara or to Cliff?

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Federal Tax Research

ISBN: 9781111221645

9th Edition

Authors: William Raabe, Gerald Whittenburg, Debra Sanders, Roby Sawyers, Steven Gill

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