Reducing taxation, preserving wealth, negotiating liabilities, and helping families with tax matters.

What a San Mateo tax considerations divorce attorney brings to the table.

Divorce can have significant and long term financial consequences. For our high net worth clients, having a skilled, experienced divorce tax attorney in-house saves them time and money, and offers them access to a higher level of strategy, service, and expertise – something very few family law firms in the Bay Area offer. When that divorce tax attorney is also a trust & estate attorney, it offers a safe and seamless update of their living trust post-divorce. It’s all part of the comprehensive approach we bring to divorce and family law here at Laughlin Legal. 

Mistakes people make regarding their taxes during divorce. 

Getting a divorce and filing taxes are inevitably paired. Let’s say you’re in the process of getting divorced. You’re trying to pull your kids through in one piece and keep your business healthy and humming, while negotiating with your ex as the distrust is mounting between you. It’s overwhelming. This is the point at which many divorcing couples either fail to file their tax return or pay their tax bill. Or perhaps their divorce lawyer fails to enlist a divorce tax attorney to scrutinize their documents and help strategize their agreement. 

At Laughlin Legal, no divorce settlement agreement is ever considered without the approval of our divorce tax attorney. As knowledgeable as our divorce attorneys are about the tax ramifications of divorce, an expert opinion from a dedicated San Mateo divorce tax attorney, someone who is current with tax law and fluent in the nuances and opportunities of tax and divorce is essential. The rigor your divorce tax attorney will bring to your settlement agreement will have a profound and long-term financial benefit. Don’t get divorced without it.

The advantage of having a divorce tax attorney in-house at your family law firm? Faster response, deeper advice, better outcomes.

Now imagine your divorce lawyer’s firm has a talented tax attorney on staff, someone who has saved clients millions in taxes. And they can join your team at a moment’s notice. No need to find someone, vet them, and safely share private documents. It’s a tremendous advantage that surprisingly few divorce and family law firms offer.

So if you are…

• Divorcing a spouse and hoping you can postpone tax filing until after divorce 
• Divorcing a spouse who filed a joint return without your knowledge
• Divorcing a spouse who filed a false or inaccurate joint return without your knowledge
• Wondering if you should file jointly 
• Concerned that the child support and/or spousal support you agreed to will count as income
• Unsure as to which is best for you:  filing taxes during divorce or filing taxes after divorce
• Unsure as to what the IRS will find taxable in your divorce settlement 
• Unclear as to whether the child support and/or spousal support you agreed to will count as a deduction
• Unsure about who claims the children as dependents when custody is 50/50
• Unclear as to when to transfer the title of the family home your spouse agreed to give you 
• Unclear about when your taxes after divorce will be due, especially divorce settlement taxes
• Wondering if your divorce attorney’s fees are tax deductible

…give us a call.