Friday, July 31, 2009

Collecting Unpaid Taxes: Why the Difference?

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On Wednesday, in Not Paying Taxes No Obstacle to Being Hired by Government , I explored the current brouhaha about Philadelphia city employe...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Not Paying Taxes No Obstacle to Being Hired by Government

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Another bit of tax news that broke just days after I returned is disturbing, to say the least. According to an article by Patrick Kerkstra a...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Catching Up With Tax After a Journey and a Move

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While I was posting the series on Student Focus , news reports continued to bring information concerning taxation, the economy, political ac...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Student Focus, Part XII (Conclusion)

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I wrap up the student focus section of the course by telling students that at times they indeed will find themselves overwhelmed, frustrated...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Student Focus, Part XI

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It has been my experience that learning a complex subject matter is made easier by breaking the material down into what I call "digesti...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Student Focus, Part X

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Knowing that by this point student anxiety is growing despite my attempts to explain what will be transpiring in the course, what is expecte...
Friday, July 17, 2009

Student Focus, Part IX

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When I describe to the students how the other 1/3 of the final course grade is determined, it is only the existence of a well-oiled student ...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Student Focus, Part VIII

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Every law student lives in anticipation or fear of the exam. Hopefully, as their studies progress, the fear disappears and the anticipation ...
Monday, July 13, 2009

Student Focus, Part VII

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Lest students think that I plan to toss them out into a post-class environment bereft of help, I list for them the tools that exist to help ...
Friday, July 10, 2009

Student Focus, Part VI

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The next major point that I make during this emphasis on student focus is that it doesn’t end when class is over. Instead, they need to enga...
Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Student Focus, Part V

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One of the things that I must emphasize to students when explaining what they should be doing during class time is the need to avoid the tra...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Student Focus, Part IV

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Having instructed the students as to what I expect them to be doing before they arrive in class, I then turn to what they are expected to do...
Friday, July 03, 2009

Student Focus, Part III

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Students who are preparing for a law school class, particularly those in certain areas of the law, will become frustrated rather easily when...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Student Focus, Part II

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I begin the student focus by addressing pre-class preparation. I tell the students that their assignments for each topic are in the Course O...
Monday, June 29, 2009

Student Focus, Part I

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Two summers ago, in Structuring the Basic Tax Course, Part I , I commenced a series of 40 posts that explored “how and why I have structured...
Friday, June 26, 2009

A Tax Reality Show?

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Someone commenting on What Is Taxation? caused as thought to cross my mind. The anonymous commenter took the position that taxes are not li...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Total Happiness of Taxlessness

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In my last post, I asked, "Come to think of it, what tax isn't disliked?" In Tax as a Hate Crime? , I noted, "There are p...
Monday, June 22, 2009

A Classic Tax Increase Battle

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It is unlikely that it could have been avoided. The storm clouds of a tax increase battle have been gathering over Pennsylvania since late l...
Friday, June 19, 2009

What's So Bad About Higher Taxes on Millionaires and Billionaires?

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It started rather simply. An OECD report informed us that the nations whose people ranked the happiest in a new survey are those with tax r...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Get the Tax Fraud Allegation Picture?

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Roger Corbin is hoping that you don't. Get the picture, that is. The picture of Roger Corbin being arrested, cuffed, and taken to jail o...
Monday, June 15, 2009

Tax as a Hate Crime?

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Proposals to impose taxes on sugar-containing beverages and to increase taxes on alcohol have resurfaced, this time at the federal level, as...