Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Neither an "Alpha Wolf" Nor a "Clicker Trainer" Am I

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Thanks to Paul Caron's TaxProf Blog writeup , I found myself reading Professor Melissa Waters' short essay, Clicker Training for Law...
Monday, November 27, 2006

Just A Chance, That's All

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A recent story about a graduate of an unaccredited on-line law school suing the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee because it denies him t...
Friday, November 24, 2006

The Snipes Tax Trial: A Circus in the Making?

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About a month ago, I commented on indictment of actor Wesley Snipes on tax fraud charges. Stories at the time reported that Snipes could no...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Giving Thanks, Again

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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, as almost every person in this nation knows. I won't be posting tomorrow. So, as I have done the past two year...
Monday, November 20, 2006

So What Do You Buy When You Pay Tuition?

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This is long, but it's an issue that deserves more than a soundbite. The MoneyLaw Essay Thanks to a tip from a posting on Paul Caron...

Villanova Law Grad Hosts Blawg Review #84

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Jen Burke, who graduated from Villanova Law in 2004, is hosting Blawg Review #84 on her Transcending Gender blog. The editors of Blawg Rev...
Friday, November 17, 2006

Serious Tax Issues in PlayStation Craze

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It isn't difficult to find stories, such as this one , about the PlayStation3 craze, with people waiting in line for days for a chance t...

Every Which Way There are Tax Charts

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He's back. Again. With another forty-two tax charts. By my calculation, that brings TaxChartMan's output to 372. What's new this...
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Will Losing a Tax Deduction Discourage Impulse Giving?

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The charitable contribution deduction presents more than a few snags for taxpayers. One, the restricted vehicle mileage allowance applicable...
Monday, November 13, 2006

Sometimes Tax Law Makes No Sense

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Tax is a strange thing. Students meeting it for the first time usually expect tax law to be nothing more than complicated, convoluted, and i...
Friday, November 10, 2006

Tax Carnival #6 Now Online

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Kay Bell shares with us Tax Carnival #6: Decision 1040 . Having done a roundup of tax information ( Blawg Review #53 ), I can appreciate the...

Charting the (New?) Path of Tax Legislation

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So, many people, especially those who are not tax experts, are asking me what I think will happen now that the Democrats control Congress. M...
Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Dr. Maule, I Presume?

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The Ethics column in the November issue of the American Bar Association Journal, "Lawyers Are Doctors Too," (no on-line version fo...
Monday, November 06, 2006

An Honor to be Taxed?

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Someone asked about the tax consequences of receiving an "honorary membership" in a private club. Specifically, the person wanted ...
Friday, November 03, 2006

Tax Subsidies for Exorbitant Salaries: Why?

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The Treasury Department has released its PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF BUDGET RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 . Individual income taxes collected du...
Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Tax Books That We Just Cannot Put Down

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Six months ago, Paul Caron's TaxProf Blog reported on a statement made by John Cox, a radio talk show host who is running for President...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Happy Halloween: Chocolate Math and Tax Arithmetic

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Very soon it will be time to answer the door and hand out packs of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. I couldn't find the 4-pack version th...
Monday, October 30, 2006

The Tax Consequences of Namesakes and Ghosts

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Every once in a while, Paul Caron enlightens the readers of the TaxProf Blog with something not really tax but too much fun to pass by. Such...
Friday, October 27, 2006

As Halloween Looms, Making Sure Dead Tax Ideas Stay Dead

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Early this month, in Ready It Was Not: The Demise of California's Government-Prepared Tax Return Experiment , I commented on the apparen...