Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Sales Taxes as Logically Illogical?

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This past Sunday, the Philadelphia Inquirer published an interesting front-page article, No Telling What’s Taxable (and What’s Not) in Pa. ,...
Monday, September 28, 2009

A Win-Win Tax Information Reporting Plan?

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About two weeks ago, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) sent me a press release in which it shared a letter it h...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Evolutionary Changes in Legal Education

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The other day I had a conversation with a student concerning job searches, employment prospects, law practice realities, and the changes tha...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

It Could Be Worse Than Taxation, Worse Than Stimulus

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Those who object to using the tax system and the IRS administrative mechanisms to accomplish what should be undertaken by other federal agen...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Taxes, Tobacco, and Tickets: Punching Through the Smoky Haze

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The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday that the governor of Pennsylvania is “cautiously optimistic” that he and the legislature will agr...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Undergraduate Majors and LSAT Scores: Chickens and Eggs

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Thanks to a tip from Paul Caron’s TaxProf Blog , I examined the data in Michael Niewswiadomy’s LSAT Scores of Economics Majors: The 2008-200...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

What Do Salaries Tell Us About Our Society?

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Thanks to Paul Caron’s TaxProf Blog posting , I found myself reading the 2009 Payscale College Salary Report , particularly its “Best Under...
Monday, September 14, 2009

When Taxes Are Unfair

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Though I am an advocate of levying taxes sufficient to pay for what the people want to have, as discussed, for example in Another Reason Wh...
Friday, September 11, 2009

Words, Precision, and Federal Income Taxation

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According to the Internal Revenue Code: …. the term “taxable income” means gross income minus the deductions allowed by this chapter. See s...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009

When Candy Isn't Candy: Life in a Sales Tax World

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Earlier this year, in Meals, Candy, Taxes, HoHos, and Lent , I tried to help readers digest a case in which the Supreme Court of Vermont fac...
Monday, September 07, 2009

Another Reason Why There Are, and Need to Be, Taxes and User Fees

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There are two things guaranteed in New Jersey and some other states. No, I’m not referring to death and taxes. I’m referring to the certaint...
Friday, September 04, 2009

Tax Consequences of Kidney Sales

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According to a recent CNN report , one of the individuals who supplied a kidney to the Brooklyn resident charged with organ trafficking has...
Wednesday, September 02, 2009

The Fleeting Nature of Tax References in Popular Culture

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The first class in this semester’s basic tax course met on Friday. On Sunday, those paying attention – and I was not one – could have, if th...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Tax Doomsday Looming for Philadelphia

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Like many cities and towns, Philadelphia is in dire financial condition. Even though the city has trimmed some expenditures and cut back on ...
Friday, August 28, 2009

State Tax Consequences of Cash-for-Clunkers

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Although the IRS has made it clear, following the language of the enacting statute, that the amounts paid by the government to auto dealers ...