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Domestic Partners & Tax Returns

When filing their income tax returns, Registered Domestic Partners must now report half of their community property earnings on their federal individual tax returns.  The IRS issued a letter in 2010 ruling reversing its prior position. Accordingly, each domestic partner reports half of his/her income and half of his/her partner’s income when filing their individual […]

posted on: January 26, 2015

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Good News Regarding Medi-Cal

        This past weekend I attended a very informative legal education seminar in Sacramento regarding Medi-Cal.  It focused on the proposed (draft) Medi-Cal regulations that will eventually implement the dreaded 2005 federal Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) legislation; that greatly constrict Medicaid eligibility nationwide.  There was also a 1 hour question and answer session […]

posted on: January 26, 2015

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