Friday, November 20, 2009

The Devil’s in the Tax and Spending Details

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On Wednesday, in The Math of Tax and Spend , I noted that “The world continues to wait for an answer to the question, ‘So if state taxes are...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Math of Tax and Spend

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The world continues to wait for an answer to the question, “So if state taxes are cut, what spending programs should be reduced or eliminate...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Who Appreciates This Tax Complexity?

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Last week, in Partnership Taxation, I alerted students to the trap that exists in section 751 and the need for them to be very careful when ...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Funding City Services to Tax-Exempt Schools: Impose User Fees, not Taxes

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Pittsburgh’s having tax problems again. In No One Drinks to This Tax , I explained how the governor of Pennsylvania tried to soothe the owne...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

More on Tax-Free Beverages: Let Them Drink Chocolate?

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Earlier today, Mary O'Keefe reacted to my Tax-Free Beverages: Let Them Drink Chocolate? post with a question. Had I read the article, ...

Tax-Free Beverages: Let Them Drink Chocolate?

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Amidst the furor over children’s access to sugar, particularly sugar-laden beverages, in schools, and proposals to impose a tax on sugary dr...
Monday, November 09, 2009

Taxes and Benefits: Territorial Mismatch

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One of the tax policy ongoing debates that tends to get little attention in mainstream media is the question of how the United States should...
Friday, November 06, 2009

New Jersey to Follow in California’s Tax Footsteps?

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So the “lower taxes” candidate won the governor’s race in New Jersey. That doesn’t mean taxes will be reduced, because the New Jersey legisl...
Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Tax Illiteracy as a Threat

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Friday’s post, Unmasking the Deductibility of Halloween Costumes got the sort of attention that wild costumes attract at off-the-wall Hallo...
Monday, November 02, 2009

I’ll Show You My Taxes if You Show Me Yours?

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In How Can Asking Questions Improve Tax and Spending Policies? , I considered what would happen if the Norwegian practice of disclosing taxp...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Unmasking the Deductibility of Halloween Costumes

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Ah, yes, Halloween again looms, and once again it’s time to make MauledAgain particularly frightening. In years past, I have focused on suga...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Revamping Philadelphia’s Tax System

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Last week, the City of Philadelphia Task Force on Tax Policy and Economic Competitiveness delivered to the mayor and City Council its final...
Monday, October 26, 2009

How Can Asking Questions Improve Tax and Spending Policies?

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One of the friction points in the debate between those advocating major tax reductions or even elimination and those advocating funneling mo...
Friday, October 23, 2009

Getting Ready for More Tax Errors of the Ominous Kind

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Thanks to Paul Caron’s TaxProf Blog post , I found my way to The Report of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Ensuring t...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

VAT Proposal Problematic Beneath Deceptive Surface

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On Sunday, the Philadelphia Inquirer printed an editorial that advocated enactment of a federal value-added tax as a source of revenue to f...