Year-End Tax Planning for High Earners: Getting Under the 24% Bracket Before December 31
How high earners can think about getting taxable income under the 24% bracket before December 31: the two colors of money, income smoothing, and where the short-term rental loophole, oil and gas IDCs, opportunity zones and easements break.
The Life of an Oil Well: From Mineral Lease to Plugged Hole, Stage by Stage
How a horizontal oil well goes from mineral lease to plugging, when production peaks, and why the first investor check takes six to seven months.
Passive Oil and Gas Investing: 11 Technical Tax and Cash Flow Checks Most Investors Overlook
A projected deduction, a usable deduction and a profitable well are three different things. Eleven checks covering IDCs, K-1 losses, working interests, depletion, drilling economics and exit taxes.
Majors vs. Mom-and-Pop Drillers: What My First Oil Investment Taught Me
What the majors are in oil and gas, why operator size matters far more underground than it does in apartments, and the trade-offs of investing alongside large operators, from Lane Kawaoka’s first oil investment in 2019.