Friday, January 06, 2006

A New Year's Resolution for Congress: Help Stop Inmate Tax Fraud

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One of my colleagues, Steve Chanenson , passed along a link to a story about prisoners and tax fraud. Steve, who teaches, among other cours...
Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Corruption Highlights a Preview of This Year's Top Ten Tax Stories

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Yesterday, Paul Caron published the Top Ten tax stories of 2005 on TaxProf Blog . Actually, it was a top ten and ten runners-up. As challen...
Monday, January 02, 2006

New Tax Year....Same Old Congressional Tax Nonsense

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Officially, tax filing season begins on January 23. That's when the IRS shifts into a higher level of providing taxpayer assistance. For...
Friday, December 30, 2005

Happy Silver (Teaching) Anniversary to Me

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Usually someone remembers my birthday by the time it arrives, although one year everyone conspired to ignore it so that they could engineer ...

MauledAgain Receives Award

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Late last evening I learned that MauledAgain has received a DennisKennedy.com 2005 Best of Legal Blogging Award, as the 2005 Best Law Profes...
Thursday, December 29, 2005

Need a Last-Minute Gift for the Tax Person in Your Life?

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Yes, we're talking way-last-minute here. Unless we're discussing a New Year's gift. So what DO you get that tax practitioner in ...

Objections Raised to Elimination of Legislative Tax Deceit

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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has issued a report in which it advocates repealing or delaying the scheduled elimination of th...
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Tax Gap Becoming a Tax Chasm

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As the New Year approaches, and people start thinking about resolutions, I have an idea for all those who contribute to the tax gap. Resolve...
Tuesday, December 27, 2005

The Tax Side of New Year's Eve Weddings

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One reason I don't get through the backlog of planned posts is because new items are added to the list faster than I can get through it....
Monday, December 26, 2005

A View from Down Under

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As the year rushes to a close at what seems to be breakneck speed, I will try to catch up on a backlog of posts I want to share. We'll s...
Friday, December 23, 2005

Legislatures Take a Holiday From Taxes

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They may not have invented the phrase, but the Rolling Stones made sure everyone knows that "You can't always get what you want....
Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Using the Tax Law to Impose "Morality"

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Congress finally enacted and sent to the White House for the President's signature the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005. I suspect it w...

Wealth Charts

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One of this blog's readers sent along a link to some wealth inequality charts . When tax reform is debated, these charts should inform t...
Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Have Yourself a Very Merry Tax Time.....

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A day after I express hopes that Little Tax Drummer Boys hired by the IRS don't start showing up in our neighborhoods in an attempt to ...
Monday, December 19, 2005

Snaring Tax Delinquents with Drumbeats

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Somehow in this information age, some news takes its time finding its way to me. This weekend I noticed a story in Parade Magazine, which is...
Friday, December 16, 2005

Red Pens, Crossword Puzzles, and Some Tax Exams

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It's grading time again. So if you see fewer posts or shorter posts, don't worry, I will soon be back with the usual frequent and ex...
Wednesday, December 14, 2005

How Much Tax Revenue Is Required?

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I mentioned in last Friday's post that Nakul Krishnakumar, one of my former students, and I have been discussion the question of what g...