steve922
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03-09-2021
06:45 PM
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taxpayer paid legal fees over the course of several months in 2020 to obtain a settlement for her wrongful termination. settlement agreement in 2020. first settlement payments received in 2021
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PKCPAMST
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03-09-2021
08:24 PM
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No. Courts have consistently held that legal fees paid by a former employee to pursue a wrongful termination claim against their former employer are too far removed from the performance of an employee's regular duties, making them nondeductible to the former employee.
sjrcpa
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03-09-2021
08:48 PM
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Did it involve discrimination?
The more I know the more I don’t know.
TaxGuyBill
Level 15
03-09-2021
10:38 PM
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I have in the back of my mind that almost all wrongful termination falls under the discrimination clause.
Whether or not that is actually correct or not, I don't know. 😂
