N.Y. Judge Calls Husband’s Pre-Divorce Filing of Back Taxes ‘Despicable’
A Suffolk County, N.Y., judge has ruled that a contractor's filing of amended tax returns claiming $1.6 million of additional income on the eve of his divorce trial was simply a malicious attempt to prevent his wife from recovering marital assets, and therefore has refused to apportion the couple's new tax liability. After hearing testimony from a variety of fact and expert witnesses, the court determined that the husband had a single, illegitimate reason for belatedly reporting his business' income.
