Thursday, May 31, 2007

It's Nice to Get Attention

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OK, I confess. It's nice to get attention. More particularly, it's nice to see my work getting attention. So here's an incomplet...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Tax Ideas Without Details: Useful?

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Senator Clinton gave a speech today. It's a long one, but surely I am not one to criticize on that score. She covered a wide swath of ...
Monday, May 28, 2007

Memorial Day: How Important are Taxes Really?

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The other day as I was reading an article about the Ardennes Offensive, or as it is also known, the Battle of the Bulge, my attention turned...
Friday, May 25, 2007

Taxing the Internet: Reprise

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Three years ago, in Taxing the Internet , I reacted to a series of proposals to "tax the Internet." Explaining that taxing the Int...
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Turnpike Cash Grab Heats Up

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About three months ago, in Selling Off Government Revenue Streams: Good Idea or Bad? , I explored the wisdom of proposals to have Pennsylvan...
Monday, May 21, 2007

No Deductions for Medical Marijuana Distribution Expenses

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A recent case highlights the inconsistent boundaries that the tax laws draw between different types of illegal activity. It's no wonder ...
Friday, May 18, 2007

Taxes and School Funding

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Last Friday, in A Perplexing Tax Vote Decision , I looked at the local school district income tax proposal and noted, "It will be inter...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Getting to Know You, from Taxgirl

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A 17-question virtual interview of yours truly has been posted by Lawmummy on the Taxgirl Blog . It was nice to have an opportunity to share...
Monday, May 14, 2007

A Downside to Electronic Tax Filing

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Today brings another increase in postage rates. This development can be seen as yet another reason to endorse and use electronic tax filing....
Friday, May 11, 2007

A Perplexing Tax Vote Decision

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Along with the usual nominee selection decisions, next Tuesday's primary election also contains a tax question for voters living in some...
Wednesday, May 09, 2007

When Your Client is a Dog

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A former student, helping me prove what I tell my classes, namely, "we don't need to make up hypotheticals," sent along this s...
Monday, May 07, 2007

Cutting Off One's Tax Nose to Spite One's Ex-Spouse's Face

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It is a fascinating scenario. It begins as do millions of similar tales. A couple is getting divorced. The wife seeks a settlement that incl...
Friday, May 04, 2007

An Epidemic of Cheating: Tax and Otherwise

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It is so disheartening. For me, what some might see as two seemingly unrelated recent stories easily connect, and in turn mesh with an ongoi...
Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Tax Records: Don't Let Go

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Recently an interesting question was posed to tax practitioners and taxpayers: How long should tax records be retained? Answering the questi...
Monday, April 30, 2007

Should the Tax Law Provide a Fix for This Looming Catastrophe?

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Usually I'm dissecting or criticizing the tax law, or questioning the actions of legislators and other decision makers that affect taxat...
Friday, April 27, 2007

If Government Employees Don't Pay Taxes, Who Will?

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The story broke back in January. A Washington radio station, WTOP, using information obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request, ga...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Bar Exams, Law Practice, and Law School Curricula

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Not too long ago, Paul Caron alerted us with this question: Why Isn't Tax on Every State's Bar Exam? Paul was bringing our attentio...
Monday, April 23, 2007

Where Do Bad Lawyers Come From?

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Somewhere, I suppose, it is written that lawyers should be bold. But where is it written that they should do foolish things, be dishonest an...
Friday, April 20, 2007

How Good is Ninety Percent for Tax?

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A parent is teaching a child to drive. Suppose the parent tells the child to try stopping 90 percent of the times the child encounters a red...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Mapping the Tax Code

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Everyone knows I'm fond of tax charts, and if there's any doubt, check my most recent review of Andrew Mitchel's contributions....
Monday, April 16, 2007

The "Check the Box" Regulations: Chapter Three

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Almost two years ago, in Check-the-Box Regulations: Simplification Isn't Simple , I reported on the Littriello case, in which the Distri...
Friday, April 13, 2007

Tax Compliant Attorneys Stand Up to Unjustified Indictment

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In my last two posts, Some Aspects of Tax Law Aren't Complicated and Noncompliant Tax Attorneys Are Dangerous to the Tax System , I lam...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Noncompliant Tax Attorneys Are Dangerous to the Tax System

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No sooner had I commented on the indictment of an attorney for failure to file federal income tax returns, in Some Aspects of Tax Law Aren...