California Gun & Trust Lawyerhttp://www.worldexaminer.com/sacredhonor/Your Life, Your Fortune, Etc. www.sacredhonor.us...................................................................David R. Duringer, JD, LL.M in Taxation var __ctid = 'CT2425627'; var __baseURL='http://www.conduit.com/'; var __downloadUrl='http://guntrust.OurToolbar.com/'; var __selectedColor='black'; var __opacity='97'; __TopSlide(); enTue, 03 Nov 2009 21:08:36 PSTTypePad http://www.typepad.com/estate,planning,living,trust,concealed,carry,ccwNews & PoliticsBusiness/Business NewsKids & FamilySociety & Culture/HistoryGames & Hobbiesnoestate,planning,living,trust,concealed,carry,ccwYour Life, Your Fortune, Etc...www.sacredhonor.usEstate Planning and Family Protection33.570763-117.634634http://lawnews.tvhttp://www.worldexaminer.com/.a/6a00d83452952169e201156f32cc86970c-piLawNews.TV estate planning and family protectionHow to treat a short sale for tax purposeshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CaliforniaGunTrustLawyer/~3/ReugNrh9PKY/how-to-treat-a-short-sale-for-tax-purposes.htmlTaxDavid R. Duringer, JD, LL.MTue, 03 Nov 2009 21:08:58 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452952169e20120a6519cce970b

Quick summary of taxes on short sales, by my friend Dan Lively:

How to treat a short sale for tax purposes - Avvo.com.

This guide describes how to treat a short sale for tax purposes.
]]>Quick summary of taxes on short sales, by my friend Dan Lively: How to treat a short sale for tax purposes - Avvo.com. This guide describes how to treat a short sale for tax purposes.http://www.worldexaminer.com/sacredhonor/2009/11/how-to-treat-a-short-sale-for-tax-purposes.htmlWorld Examiner: How Legal Plans Interfere with Attorney-Client Relationshiphttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CaliforniaGunTrustLawyer/~3/qC-pJLHPflQ/world-examiner-how-legal-plans-interfere-with-attorney-client-relationship.htmlFamily ProtectionDavid R. Duringer, JD, LL.MMon, 02 Nov 2009 10:48:11 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452952169e20120a6a0e295970cWorld Examiner: How Legal Plans Interfere with Attorney-Client Relationship.
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]]>World Examiner: How Legal Plans Interfere with Attorney-Client Relationship. (Article in progress...)http://www.worldexaminer.com/sacredhonor/2009/11/world-examiner-how-legal-plans-interfere-with-attorney-client-relationship.htmlDo Not Wear Mask While Carrying Firearmhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CaliforniaGunTrustLawyer/~3/4ijjGeBdblA/do-not-wear-mask-while-carrying-firearm.htmlFamily ProtectionDavid R. Duringer, JD, LL.MSat, 31 Oct 2009 12:00:56 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452952169e20120a69a3620970cPenal Code sec. 12040, which makes it a crime to carry a firearm while wearing a mask.
]]>If you are planning to carry a firearm this Halloween, please take note of Penal Code sec. 12040, which makes it a crime to carry a firearm while wearing a mask.http://www.worldexaminer.com/sacredhonor/2009/10/do-not-wear-mask-while-carrying-firearm.htmlOCSD Training Bulletin on Open Carryhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CaliforniaGunTrustLawyer/~3/FSw3GmCuRm0/ocsd-training-bulletin-on-open-carry.htmlFamily ProtectionDavid R. Duringer, JD, LL.MSat, 31 Oct 2009 11:38:59 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452952169e20120a644bcfa970bHere is a training bulletin on open carry published about a year ago by the Orange County Sheriff Department.  I could not find a more current version and a lot has happened since on the question of incorporation, including the appearance and disappearance of Nordyke, and SCOTUS taking up the issue for resolution this term.

]]>Here is a training bulletin on open carry published about a year ago by the Orange County Sheriff Department. I could not find a more current version and a lot has happened since on the question of incorporation, including the appearance and disappearance of Nordyke, and SCOTUS taking up the issue for resolution this term.noHere is a training bulletin on open carry published about a year ago by the Orange County Sheriff Department. I could not find a more current version and a lot has happened since on the question of incorporation, including the appearance and disappearanceHere is a training bulletin on open carry published about a year ago by the Orange County Sheriff Department. I could not find a more current version and a lot has happened since on the question of incorporation, including the appearance and disappearance of Nordyke, and SCOTUS taking up the issue for resolution this term.estate,planning,living,trust,concealed,carry,ccwhttp://www.worldexaminer.com/sacredhonor/2009/10/ocsd-training-bulletin-on-open-carry.htmlNo one is telling them…http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CaliforniaGunTrustLawyer/~3/v_ERGrzn9IU/no-one-is-telling-them.htmlFamily ProtectionDavid R. Duringer, JD, LL.MThu, 29 Oct 2009 14:16:19 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452952169e20120a68db01c970cInfolntv400x600 Most of my estate planning clients are surprised to learn that as Californians (9th Cir.) they briefly enjoyed, for the very first time, judicial recognition (arguably, some say it was dicta) of their fundamental individual constitutional right to bear arms, from April of this year until September when the Nordyke decision was vacated pending resolution by Supremes this term.  (Some clients heard about last year's Heller decision establishing the right under the 2nd amendment, but this right has yet to be incorporated against the states under the 14th amendment--like other portions of the Bill of Rights.)
]]>Most of my estate planning clients are surprised to learn that as Californians (9th Cir.) they briefly enjoyed, for the very first time, judicial recognition (arguably, some say it was dicta) of their fundamental individual constitutional right to bear arms, from April of this year until September when the Nordyke decision was vacated pending resolution by Supremes this term. (Some clients heard about last year's Heller decision establishing the right under the 2nd amendment, but this right has yet to be incorporated against the states under the 14th amendment--like other portions of the Bill of Rights.)http://www.worldexaminer.com/sacredhonor/2009/10/no-one-is-telling-them.htmlFamily Protection 101http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CaliforniaGunTrustLawyer/~3/g9KGu5QUVXg/family-protection-101.htmlFamily ProtectionDavid R. Duringer, JD, LL.MWed, 28 Oct 2009 08:55:45 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452952169e20120a628e99d970bInfolntv400x600 When clients see me about estate planning or “a will” etc they really seek legal counsel on “family protection” - I use this phrase more broadly than insurers, and include self-defense preparation; insurance can replace income and avoid disruption of business--a sidearm can do better.  Precedent: 11/15/07 WSJ reported on Chubb Ins providing home invasion security assessments for its WEALTHY clients.  I address family protection routinely with clients, not just the wealthy.
]]>When clients see me about estate planning or “a will” etc they really seek legal counsel on “family protection” - I use this phrase more broadly than insurers, and include self-defense preparation; insurance can replace income and avoid disruption of business--a sidearm can do better. Precedent: 11/15/07 WSJ reported on Chubb Ins providing home invasion security assessments for its WEALTHY clients. I address family protection routinely with clients, not just the wealthy.http://www.worldexaminer.com/sacredhonor/2009/10/family-protection-101.htmlTax records open in Norwayhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CaliforniaGunTrustLawyer/~3/sF_A51lAWkg/tax-records-open-in-norway.htmlTaxDavid R. Duringer, JD, LL.MSun, 25 Oct 2009 06:30:46 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452952169e20120a61d70dc970bLutefisk and loot: Tax records open in Norway - Yahoo! News.
In a move that would be unthinkable elsewhere, tax authorities in Norway have issued the "skatteliste," or "tax list," for 2008 to the media under a law designed to uphold the country's tradition of transparency.
]]>Lutefisk and loot: Tax records open in Norway - Yahoo! News. In a move that would be unthinkable elsewhere, tax authorities in Norway have issued the "skatteliste," or "tax list," for 2008 to the media under a law designed to uphold the country's tradition of transparency.http://www.worldexaminer.com/sacredhonor/2009/10/tax-records-open-in-norway.htmlReducing Self-Employment Tax with LLChttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CaliforniaGunTrustLawyer/~3/aqfGCMlYe0o/reducing-self-employment-tax-with-llc.htmlTaxDavid R. Duringer, JD, LL.MSat, 24 Oct 2009 18:16:03 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452952169e20120a6737672970cTaxing Advice (Dan Lively's blog).
managing member interest would be subject to self employment tax and the member interest would not be subject to SE tax.
]]>Taxing Advice (Dan Lively's blog). managing member interest would be subject to self employment tax and the member interest would not be subject to SE tax.http://www.worldexaminer.com/sacredhonor/2009/10/reducing-self-employment-tax-with-llc.htmlFamily is Most Important Social Institution - Closest to Creation, Truthhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CaliforniaGunTrustLawyer/~3/URYU13qN3do/family-is-most-important-social-institution-closest-to-creation-truth.htmlFamily ProtectionDavid R. Duringer, JD, LL.MWed, 21 Oct 2009 09:09:43 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452952169e20120a6639dde970cFamily Protection is important to us not only as individuals, but as a free society. The other day i asked my wife (raised in the Ukrainian SSR) how there could remain, after the Holodomor genocide, so much pro-Russian feeling in some parts of Ukraine?  She responded that they simply were never taught the facts.  (There were no private schools, only government schools, obviously.)  Why can't many of them accept the facts now, years after glasnost and fall of the USSR?  Her answer: brainwashing from those government schools and the general society makes it difficult to accept the new facts.  I asked her why she was different?  How could she accept the facts?  Her answer: Family.

]]>Family Protection is important to us not only as individuals, but as a free society. The other day i asked my wife (raised in the Ukrainian SSR) how there could remain, after the Holodomor genocide, so much pro-Russian feeling in some parts of Ukraine? She responded that they simply were never taught the facts. (There were no private schools, only government schools, obviously.) Why can't many of them accept the facts now, years after glasnost and fall of the USSR? Her answer: brainwashing from those government schools and the general society makes it difficult to accept the new facts. I...http://www.worldexaminer.com/sacredhonor/2009/10/family-is-most-important-social-institution-closest-to-creation-truth.htmlIRS Inflation Adjustments for 2010 Small or Zerohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CaliforniaGunTrustLawyer/~3/cRhTM55L51U/irs-inflation-adjustments-for-2010-small-or-zero.htmlLiving TrustsTaxDavid R. Duringer, JD, LL.MSat, 17 Oct 2009 07:58:34 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452952169e20120a646f1b3970c

Below gift exclusions apply at least until major changes we expect soon with estate & gift tax (and perhaps with arrow shafts--elites are too busy dealing with problems they created to allow budding young robinhoods to complicate matters further).

GiftLaw Government Documents.

.30 Annual Exclusion for Gifts. (1) For calendar year 2010, the first $13,000 of gifts to any person (other than gifts of future interests in property) are not included in the total amount of taxable gifts under § 2503 made during that year. (2) For calendar year 2010, the first $134,000 of gifts to a spouse who is not a citizen of the United States (other than gifts of future interests in property) are not included in the total amount of taxable gifts under §§ 2503 and 2523(i)(2) made during that year.
.31 Tax on Arrow Shafts. For calendar year 2010, the tax imposed under § 4161(b)(2)(A) on the first sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of any shaft of a type used in the manufacture of certain arrows is $0.45 per shaft.

]]>Below gift exclusions apply at least until major changes we expect soon with estate & gift tax (and perhaps with arrow shafts--elites are too busy dealing with problems they created to allow budding young robinhoods to complicate matters further). GiftLaw Government Documents. .30 Annual Exclusion for Gifts. (1) For calendar year 2010, the first $13,000 of gifts to any person (other than gifts of future interests in property) are not included in the total amount of taxable gifts under § 2503 made during that year. (2) For calendar year 2010, the first $134,000 of gifts to a spouse who is...http://www.worldexaminer.com/sacredhonor/2009/10/irs-inflation-adjustments-for-2010-small-or-zero.htmlnonadultYour Life, Your Fortune, Etc...www.sacredhonor.us