Friday, March 06, 2009

Class Warfare is Wrong When The Tide Turns?

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In his Tuesday New York Times column , David Brooks criticizes the Obama tax and budget plan with these words: The U.S. has never been a so...
Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Taxes and Truth

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In a world that permits just about anybody to publish his or her assertions about any topic, it's not surprising that we've been bom...
Tuesday, March 03, 2009

The Top Ten Tax Blogs in My World

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My top ten tax blogs are now on Blogs.com . No, they're not ranked. They're the ones I visit most often, but I don't log my tax ...
Monday, March 02, 2009

Tax Change Ought Not Be Tax Redux

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Just as a foolish idea is about to fade away from the tax law, the new Administration seeks to bring it back in an even more perverse form. ...
Friday, February 27, 2009

Tax Policy: It's OK for Us But Not For You

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Apparently when it comes to tax policy, certain things are acceptable if they're done by one group but not by another. In his reply to ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Change, Tax, Mileage-Based Road Fees, and Secrecy

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The current Administration emphasized "change" as a core component of its intended philosophy in governing the nation. A message a...
Monday, February 23, 2009

Tax Complications Times Fifty-Plus

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It was one of those tax questions that doesn't require much more than a paragraph to put forth. It was posted recently on the ABA-TAX l...
Friday, February 20, 2009

A Failed Case for Bridge Toll Diversions

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Last Friday, in Don't They Ever Learn? They're At It Again , I lamented the continued persistence of the Delaware River Port Authori...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

A Beer Excise Tax Increase of 1808% (or 1900% or 2008% or …)

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Legislators in Oregon are considering a bill that would increase the per-barrel excise tax on beer producers from $2.60 per barrel to $49.6...
Monday, February 16, 2009

So How Does This Tax Provision Stimulate the Economy?

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Section 1008 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as passed by the House-Senate Conference allows purchasers of qualified ...
Friday, February 13, 2009

Don't They Ever Learn? They're At It Again

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Almost a year ago, in Soccer Franchise Socks It to Bridge Users , I questioned why bridge tolls were being used to fund a professional socce...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009

An Unrefined Tax Proposal

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So what does a city do when its projected revenues are revised to turn what was planned as a break-even situation into one promising a $2 bi...
Monday, February 09, 2009

Meals, Candy, Taxes, HoHos, and Lent

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It's time for a short break from the world of nominees with tax difficulties, economic recovery legislation, and stimulus packages. It...
Friday, February 06, 2009

Intentional Noncompliance and Simple Tax Goofs

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Timing is everything, I suppose. At about the same time that my musings on the tax troubles of several of President Obama's nominees, in...