Skip to content
  • About Us
  • Billion Dollar Disasters
  • Estate Law
  • Tax Law
  • Cases & Codes™
  • Nonprofits & Foundations
  • Family Office Approach

Law and Tax Magazine

Category: Cases & Codes

  • ESTATE OF NANCY H. POWELL, DECEASED, JEFFREY J. POWELL, EXECUTOR, PETITIONER v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

    Insights Into How Estate Plans Fail, Gifts and Transfers Are Reversed, and Families Lose Wealth Due To Silly Mistakes.

    July 20, 2026
  • Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. v. Smith (1958): Understanding Life Insurance and Estate Taxes

    January 9, 2026
  • Which Business Entity Should You Choose? Do You Need an LLC, S Corp, or C Corp? Comparing LLCs, S Corps, C Corps, Partnerships & Sole Proprietorships

    November 21, 2025
  • Can an LLC Protect Your Business from Probate? How Do You Transfer a Business Without Estate Taxes? What Happens When the IRS Challenges Your Business Valuation?

    November 21, 2025
  • What Are The Most Important IRS Tax Rules? How Do They Affect You? Which Tax Cases Changed The Law? Can You Legally Reduce Your Taxes?

    November 20, 2025
  • What Is Contract Law? What Makes A Contract Legally Binding? What Is A Breach Of Contract? What Should Every Business Contract Include?

    November 19, 2025
  • What Is IRC Section 2036? When Does IRC §2036 Include Assets in Your Estate? What Is the Estate of Strangi Case? How Can Retained Control Trigger Estate Taxes

    November 18, 2025
  • Crypto Case: Mellon v IRS

    Can the IRS Tax Your Cryptocurrency After Death?

    November 18, 2025
  • What Supreme Court Cases Changed Estate Planning? How Do They Affect Your Will, Trust, Beneficiaries, Retirement Accounts, Business Succession, and IRS Taxes?

    November 16, 2025
  • Navigating Sophisticated Estate Planning Trusts and Entities: A Comprehensive Guide

    November 13, 2025

Learn Through Laughter™

We believe laughter and satire can be a very powerful way to teach important stories – similar to the imaginative ones that we tell our kids. 10,000+ clients later, it’s evident that people from all walks of life, and from diverse wealth profiles, still make all kinds of silly mistakes, fall for scams, get trapped in wrong rabbit holes, and end up destroying years, sometimes decades, of hard-earned wealth.

Here is a collection of what we refer to as The Dark Side Of The Law™, where we dive into common traps, mistakes, myths, scams, and decisions that can disrupt your business, dilute your IP, and even erode your wealth. Remember to laugh, understand the underlying lesson, and don’t be offended.

Cheers,
Sid Peddinti
Legal Satirist


Law and Tax Magazine

No legal, financial, tax, or investment advice contained.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Law and Tax Magazine
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Law and Tax Magazine
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar