Wednesday, November 02, 2005

If the Supremes Won't Sing for the Taxed Telecommuters, Will the Congress Dance?

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My posting about the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the telecommuting income taxcase brought an excellent response from Jeff Jacobs, adju...

A Dream (or Nightmare) of a Tax Chart

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Although I have been criticizing the Tax Reform Panel for its proposals, I will give credit where it is due. The Panel’s report does contai...

So Whose Tax Ox Gets Gored by the Tax Reform Panel's Proposals?

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The Tax Reform Panel has formally issued its report, most of which had been informally released, leaked, or otherwise revealed during the pa...

A Tax Nightmare or Rip Van Winkled?

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No, I did NOT dream about taxes last night. But although Halloween may be two days behind us, when I opened this morning’s Philadelphia Inq...
Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Do You Dream of Taxes?

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Yesterday, a student emailed me a question about section 267. The student offered an apology in the event the answer was clear from the stat...

Supreme Court Refuses to Resolve Interstate Tax Dispute

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Back in January I shared my analysis of a case involving New York's insistence on taxing a Tennessee resident, a fellow named Huckaby, ...
Monday, October 31, 2005

Halloween and Tax: Scared Yet?

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It's Halloween. Even though April 15 gets all the attention, there's good reason to declare October 31 "National Tax Fright Day...
Friday, October 28, 2005

"Hi, I'm from the Government and I'm Here to Help You ..... Do Your Tax Return."

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The third of the famous three lies (only one of the other two of which, involving checks in the mail) came to mind as I read through some re...
Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Tax Credits or Deductions for Attending Religious Services?

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Today's TaxProfBlog news carries a report on a paper by Jonathan Gruber of MIT's Department of Economics. He has just released ...

More Gasoline Tax Increase Chatter

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Proposals to increase the gasoline tax are back in the news. They've been percolating through this blog for many months. I made the sugg...
Monday, October 24, 2005

Half a Tax Reform Loaf Worse Than None

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The fallout from the Tax Reform Panel's proposals continues. In an ope-ed piece in yesterday's Washington Post , David Brunori expla...
Saturday, October 22, 2005

Three Down, Five Tax Policy Positions to Go

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A week ago yesterday, I commented on the many vacancies in the Treasury Department among positions affecting the development of tax policy ...
Friday, October 21, 2005

Half-Hearted Pretensive Tax Reform: A Bad Thing?

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In his Philadelphia Inquirer column this morning, Andy Cassel asks a question which I am going to try to answer. But, first, here's the...
Wednesday, October 19, 2005

As I Expected, Tax Deform(ity)

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Well, the press has released enough news about the Tax Reform Panel's upcoming report to trigger reactions not only from tax pundits but...