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    Personal Bankruptcy Gifts to bankrupt children

    I thought that I had specified--obviously I didn't--the states involved are Ohio and Georgia. My son, in Ohio, filed before the change in Federal law. I'm pretty certain he filed Chapter 7, because he doesn't have any kind of payment plan. My daughter is just filing, in Georgia. Again...
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    Personal Bankruptcy Gifts to bankrupt children

    Both my adult children have hit on rough patches in the past few years, resulting in both of them filing bankruptcies. Sorry, I don't know what Chapter they filed under, or if it even plays in this situation. Both of my parents passed away in October 2008, less than a week apart. My sister...
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    Foreign earned income exemption

    In trying to complete my 2006 income tax return, I stumbled across a situation that I just don't know how to deal with, and the federal tax guides (Surprise!!!:rolleyes: ) just don't give enough help. I qualify for the foreign-earned income exemption (qualified with the presence test, more...
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    Foreign-earned income, paid in a diff. tax yr.

    I have verified that our payroll folks were correct about the year of tax liability. My second question still remains: Do I have any other recourse to save the amount of taxes I'd be required to pay if I had been paid correctly in 2005, versus my tax liability due to receiving the pay...
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    Foreign-earned income, paid in a diff. tax yr.

    I'm a defense contractor, earning an hourly rate, who deployed to Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division in August, 2005, and returned to the states in August 2006, qualifying for IRS 2555 physical presence test for a portion of both tax years. I spent approximately six weeks in Kuwait before...
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    Child support, spousal debt, bankruptcy ....

    Not necessarily what I wanted to hear, but it's pretty much what I expected. But the law school I went to wasn't such a bargain--actually, no better than the med school I went to--so I thought I'd be better off checking with someone who actually knew. Again, thanks for your time and patience.
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    Child support, spousal debt, bankruptcy ....

    Thanks. I appreciate your quick response. I do have a follow-up question: Are the judges in bankruptcy cases usually amenable to direct communication with the party declaring bankruptcy in order to collect funds, or must my son continue to go through an attorney. Seriously, if he had the...
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    Child support, spousal debt, bankruptcy ....

    This is a long, ugly story, but I'm going to try to make it as short and simple as I can. My son and his ex-wife were married for just over five years, and had a daughter together. In the divorce, he was assigned responsibility for all debt (but the ex was to pay him $4000 for her share of...
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