Litigation Award for Damage to Dairy Farm Ordinary Not Capital

If a dairy farmer receives an award for damages to the farm, is the damage award capital or ordinary?  The distinction is important.  Unlike ordinary income, capital gains are generally afforded lower tax rates and not subject to self-employment taxes.  The court considered this fact pattern in Allen v. United States, No. 16-C-1412 (E.D. Wis. 2018). Facts & […]

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