MARVIN E OWEN


CPA and Attorney at Law

Providing Baton Rouge with Accounting and Legal Representation


My current book for Louisiana laymen is available now. Check out the table of contents and place an order. PATRIMONY, Estate Planning Louisiana Style

Sorry, but the book is currently out of print.

Check here for a Map and Directions to my office.


If you need to contact me, here is the data:
    Marvin E. Owen
    3036 Brakley Drive
    Baton Rouge, La 70816
    ph 225-292-0099
    FAX 225-296-5780
    e-mail marvin@meocpa.com

If you can't get to me at all those addresses, you've got problems


EDUCATION
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BA Degree--Economics, La Tech, 1963
MS Degree--Accounting, LSU, 1964
JD Degree--Law, LSU Law Center, 1982
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EXPERIENCE IN THESE AREAS



TAXATION         ACCOUNTING            LEGAL



Corporate             Monthly         Corporate
Individual          Compilation        Probate
Partnership           Review          Employment
Estate Tax                              Wage &
Gift Tax       Litigation Support        Hour




My Hobby is Genealogy. Check out my ancestors and let me hear from you if you have any connections.
Another Hobby is Photography and Astronomy Here is a link to a couple of basic photos that I am beginning to accumulate, including a short example of how I "stiched" together some individual shots to make a crescent moon, the Ring Nebula from 6,000 light years away, a red moon that is seen in a luner eclipse, the Straight Wall next to the crater Ptolemaeus and a shot of Jupiter.

If you have the time, visit the Highland Road Observatory in Baton Rouge. It is open to the public for viewing every Friday and Saturday night. The pictures at this link were taken with telescopes at that observatory.

Here are a few legal subjects that have been briefed for your review.


  • Humor in the Courtroom

  • 2010 Tax and Health Care Acts Affecting Business

  • December, 2010 Tax Act and Bush "Tax Cut Extensions"
  • New Healthcare Legislation
  • Payroll tax Exemptions for Employers
  • Section 179 limits for 2010
  • Small Business Credits for employers hiring and/or retaining employees
  • New Form W-2 requirements for 2011
  • Worker retention credits available for new hires



  • TAX LAW AND COMMENTS

  • Losses from a Hobby
  • Computation of Payroll Taxes
  • Personal Liability for Payroll Taxes
  • Employees vs Independent Contractors
  • Sec 1031 Tax Free Exchanges
  • Internal Revenue Service Audits
  • IRA Minimum Distribution Rules
  • IRS Offers in Compromise


  • GENERAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

  • Corporation or Limited Liability Company?
  • Corporate Income Tax Rates for 2010-2011


  • COMMENTS ON LOUISIANA ESTATE PLANNING

  • Louisiana's Living Will
  • Louisiana's Independent Administration Law
  • Louisiana's Matrimonial Regimes
  • Louisiana's Usufruct and Right of Habitation
  • Louisiana Trust
  • Louisiana Wills
  • Louisiana Estate Administration


  • FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT CLAIMS

  • Claim for Unpaid Overtime Premium
  • Overtime and Salary Exemptions
  • The Equal Pay Act
  • Telephone Wiretapping




  • LOUISIANA EMPLOYMENT CLAIMS

  • Claim for Unpaid Louisiana Compensation
  • NON-COMPETE Agreements in Louisiana
  • Louisiana's 1997 New Discrimination Laws
  • Louisiana's WHISTLEBLOWER Laws
  • Louisiana's Employment At Will Rules
  • Check out some good legal web sites:
       Home Page of the Baton Rouge Bar Assn