Elizabeth Patterson was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. She attended St. Louis University and obtained her undergraduate degree and master’s in accounting. She attended University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and received her master’s of law in taxation in December 2010. Prior to joining our firm, she assisted clients with their …
Tax Law
Kent Coxe: Van Osdol & Magruder Tax Attorney
Kent Coxe joined our firm after graduating law school at the University of Iowa College of Law in 1987, making him one of our more tenured senior partners. While an associate, Kent earned an L.L.M. in tax law at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law and now heads our tax practice area. He has extensive experience in tax, …
Offshore Accounts & Investments: No Place to Hide?
For decades, U.S. tax authorities did little to enforce laws on offshore accounts. However, all of that changed in 2010 when Congress passed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, known as FATCA. FATCA requires foreign financial institutions to report information about their U.S. account holders to the Internal Revenue Service. Failing to comply …
Charity Begins At Home
If you are one of those generous souls who makes significant charitable contributions each year, be sure you document contributions the right way or be prepared for a possible losing duel with the IRS over the tax deductibility of your contribution over $250. All contributions that exceed this amount are only deductible if you have a receipt from …
Meet Our Featured Attorney, Tom Willy
Tom Willy was editor-in-chief of the Law Review and graduated first in his class from the UMKC Law School in 1974. Tom and his longtime partner, Joe Moore, merged their practice with Van Osdol & Magruder 20 years ago, and he is now president of the firm. He has been recognized in Who’s Who in American Law for more than 30 years and has been …
Van Osdol & Magruder Reviews Estate Tax Portability – What is a Timely Filed Tax Return?
The Internal Revenue Code requires that executors wishing to make a valid portability election to make the election on an estate tax return filed within the “time prescribed by law.” However, the law can be ambiguous concerning just when that is, making filing estate tax returns even more complicated than they already are. college research paper …
