Kacie Marie Czapla
TLC Law, PLLC
I am a tax attorney and CPA with a varied work experience. I spent multiple years working for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Houston in Mergers and Acquisitions. I also spent a couple of years teaching tax accounting at SFA; I still teach part-time at TJC. Although I no longer represent the Exxons of the world, my attention to detail and knowledge of the Internal Revenue Code is substantial. In my current practice, I focus on tax and business planning, estate planning, bankruptcy, and property issues in divorce.
I was raised in North Louisiana, but as a graduate of White Oak High School, I have East Texas roots. I graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in economics, then attended the University of Wyoming for law school. People always ask me, "How did you end up in the North Pole?" Short story really--I worked for a Senate Committee and the Chairman, Mike Enzi was from Wyoming. Meeting him and so many other Wyoming staffers (including my husband) convinced me to enroll at UW. Immediately after graduation, I obtained a Masters in Tax Law from the most prestigious and recognized tax school in the country--the University of Florida. Although I was born into a family of Tigers, I became a Gator!
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- Bankruptcy
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Debt Relief
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- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
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- Eastern District of Texas
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- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- ID Number: 24078391
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- US Tax Court
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- English
- Adjunct Professor
- Tyler Junior College
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- TLC Law, PLLC
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- Senior Lecturer/ Professional in residence
- Stephen F Austin State University
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- Adjunct Professor
- UT Tyler
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- Associate Attorney
- Gardner Firm PLLC
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- Tax Senior
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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- Risk Analyst
- Bank of America
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- Intern
- US Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions
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- University of Florida
- LL.M. | Taxation
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- Honors: Book Award in Advanced International Tax
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- University of Wyoming College of Law
- J.D.
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- Honors: Book Award in Mining Law and Oil and Gas Law; Scholarship Recipient;
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- University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law
- B.A. | Economics
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- Honors: Scholarship Recipient
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- Leadership Academy graduate
- State Bar of Texas Tax Section
- Tax Section State Bar of Texas
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- State Bar of Texas # 24078391
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- Involuntary Conversion of a Principal Residence
- The Tax Adviser
- Consolidated Returns
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- CLE and CPE
- Basics of the Foreign Tax Credit
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- CLE and CPE
- Choice of Entity from a Tax Perspective
- Smith County Bar Association
- CLE
- Certified Public Accountant
- Texas Board of Accountancy
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23 February 2021
- Q. My parents gifted my wife and I, a house, would I need a form 709, real estate attorney and/or CPA, or all of them?
- A: Your parents (the giftor) should file a gift tax return because the amount of the gift exceeds the exemption. The exemption is set at $15,000 per person. If your parents (two giftors) choose to gift split, and the gift is given to you and your wife, this allows for a $60,000 exemption ($15,000 times 4). If the value of the gift exceeds $60,000 your father will file a gift tax return. He may or may not pay gift tax depending on how many gifts he has made in the past. Your tax return will not be affected by the gift. However you will report a capital gain from the sale of your house (likely exempt from tax as well under Section 121). Your father should hire a CPA to prepare the gift tax return.
- Q. Father is providing $250K cash to help purchase land. Will this fall under Lifetime Credit Tax Exp or will he be taxed?
- A: Short answer is yes he must file a gift tax return. However, there is a lifetime exemption amount of $11,700,000 per person. That means that your father can gift up to $11,700,000 tax free during and after his life via gifts and his estate. The lease does not matter. It is still a gift if you are transferring ownership. Note that he must file a gift tax return because his gift is greater than the personal exemption of $15,000 ($30,000 in your case because the gift is made to you and your wife).
- Q. I co-own a property in Massachusetts. The other owner is buying me out. Are there tax issues I should be aware of?
- A: If the property is used as a personal residence you may be able to exclude part of the gain under Section 121.
