Thursday, November 04, 2004

The Future of Taxes

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In my post yesterday about the Congressional agenda for future tax relief , I noted that it wasn't clear to me what was meant by that te...
Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Don't Tax My Chocolate!!!

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Prof. Beau Baez of Liberty University School of Law reacted to my snack food tax posting with a collection of interesting insights and anec...

Even More Tax Relief?

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Well, I couldn't find a transcript of the interview. It might not even exist. On one of the many channels I surfed late last night or ea...

Relief?

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I'm hunting for a print version of a comment I heard late last night (or early this morning) about the impact on future tax legislation ...
Monday, November 01, 2004

Taxing "Snack" or "Junk" Food

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Last night having been Halloween, and almost 100 youngsters having come to my door to acquire what some of them called "the best candy ...

Intaxification

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Huh? There's a game/challenge where a person changes a word by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and then creating a defin...
Friday, October 29, 2004

Being "Special" Never Ends?

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The buzz over the recent legislation permitting certain, but not all, plaintiffs to deduct their attorney fees in computing adjusted gross i...
Thursday, October 28, 2004

Are We Making It?

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Stuff, that is. A question that businesses need to ask when their owners sit down with their tax return preparers to provide information ...
Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Is It Any Wonder?

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Readers know that neither major party presidential candidate impresses me when it comes to taxes and tax policy. Though it is almost too eas...

Too Much Sarcasm, If Any?

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My recent post concerning John Kerry's to the recent tax legislation contained a statement that could be interpreted in ways not intend...

The Value of a Job

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The National Association of Colleges and Employers has released the results of the salary survey it conducted in teh summer of 2003. Here...

The Never-Ending Quest?

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A reader sent me this (which I post somewhat belatedly): Your latest blog reminded me of a Jefferson quote: "I think it an object of...

More on Tax (Act) Names

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In a recent post about the need for tax authorities to approve children's names in Sweden, I mentioned some of the names that had been ...

Blue Screen of Death on the Road?

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According to a report written by By Declan McCullagh for CNET News.com, Microsoft is putting serious effort into making its "Windows A...
Sunday, October 24, 2004

More Discussion of the Limited Attorney Fee Deduction

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Ronald B. Schwartz, an attorney with the firm of Hedberg, Tobin, Flaherty & Whalen, P.C. in Chicago, shared his thoughts about my critic...
Friday, October 22, 2004

Sign? What Sign? Did you see a sign?

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The President has signed the American Jobs Creation Act. It happened earlier today. There was no signing ceremony. As a tax practitione...

They Never Stop

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I'll be back soon with a substantive posting. I'm immersed in "must be done now" projects triggered by the newest tax bill...
Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Thoughts about the Rescue Boats

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After posting yesterday about the selective tax relief Congress provided to successful plaintiffs, I read some comments that illuminate the...
Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Save a Few, Let the Rest Drown

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Suppose a ship were sinking, and 3000 passengers needed to be saved. Suppose 100 rescue boats show up, each capable of taking 50 passengers....
Monday, October 18, 2004

Ranking Tax Programs

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Once again, this year I received the U.S. News and World Report survey for ranking graduate school programs. Once again, I was asked to rank...
Sunday, October 17, 2004

Would We All Like This Tax Rate?

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So Teresa Heinz Kerry releases part of her 2003 tax return and immediately questions jump out. 1. Why "married filing separately...

Gasoline Prices and Taxes: Fourth Time Around

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The more people affected by an issue, the more attention it gets. So gasoline prices get a lot of attention, because almost everyone in this...
Thursday, October 14, 2004

More on Partnership Complexity

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My commentary on the failure of Congress to deal with partnership basis adjustments by making them mandatory rather than adding two more la...