Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Storms, Public Infrastructure, and Taxes

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Though the damage caused by Hurricane Irene along the east coast of the United States was not as severe as expected, and nowhere near what i...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Highways, Trucks, Recessions, and Taxes

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One of the sights I saw, frequently, on my recent very short journey part-way across the country, was the tractor-trailer. I haven’t seen th...
Friday, August 26, 2011

Two Types of Tax Increases

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Apparently there are two types of tax increases in this nation. And apparently one type is very bad and the other is very good. How does one...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Taxation and the Descendants of Thomas Maule of Salem, Mass., Part X

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This is the tenth in a series of posts that highlight descendants (and in several instances, spouses of descendants) of Thomas Maule of Sale...
Monday, August 22, 2011

Taxation and the Descendants of Thomas Maule of Salem, Mass., Part IX

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This is the ninth in a series of posts that highlight descendants (and in several instances, spouses of descendants) of Thomas Maule of Sale...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Taxation and the Descendants of Thomas Maule of Salem, Mass., Part VIII

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This is the eighth in a series of posts that highlight descendants (and in several instances, spouses of descendants) of Thomas Maule of Sal...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Taxation and the Descendants of Thomas Maule of Salem, Mass., Part VII

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This is the seventh in a series of posts that highlight descendants (and in several instances, spouses of descendants) of Thomas Maule of Sa...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Taxation and the Descendants of Thomas Maule of Salem, Mass., Part VI

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This is the sixth in a series of posts that highlight descendants (and in several instances, spouses of descendants) of Thomas Maule of Sale...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Taxation and the Descendants of Thomas Maule of Salem, Mass., Part V

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This is the fifth in a series of posts that highlight descendants (and in several instances, spouses of descendants) of Thomas Maule of Sale...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Taxation and the Descendants of Thomas Maule of Salem, Mass., Part IV

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This is the fourth in a series of posts that highlight descendants (and in several instances, spouses of descendants) of Thomas Maule of Sal...
Monday, August 08, 2011

Taxation and the Descendants of Thomas Maule of Salem, Mass., Part III

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This is the third in a series of posts that highlight descendants (and in several instances, spouses of descendants) of Thomas Maule of Sale...
Friday, August 05, 2011

Taxation and the Descendants of Thomas Maule of Salem, Mass., Part II

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This is the second in a series of posts that highlight descendants (and in several instances, spouses of descendants) of Thomas Maule of Sal...
Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Taxation and the Descendants of Thomas Maule of Salem, Mass., Part I

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This is the first in a series of posts that highlight descendants (and in several instances, spouses of descendants) of Thomas Maule of Sale...
Monday, August 01, 2011

Tax Complexity: Why?

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It is no secret that I find the complexity of the Internal Revenue Code to be unjustified, oppressive, counter-productive economically, and ...
Friday, July 29, 2011

The Value of Tax Education

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Yes, I’m a fan of education, and I am an advocate for the value of tax education. Tax education is what I do with much of my time, teaching ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

User Fee Accountability

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A few days ago, in States Eye Fee Increases as Alternative to Taxes , two associated press writers shared a sampling of fees that had been a...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Tax Semantics

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First comes news that Grover Norquist described expiration of the Bush tax cuts as not a violation of his no-tax-hike pledge. He said, “Not...
Friday, July 22, 2011

No Tax Increases, No Fee Increases, No Roads, No Bridges?

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The Transportation Advisory Commission appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania returned with recommendations earlier this week dealing wit...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Please Let Tax Intelligence Trump Vote Pandering

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Please. Isn’t it time that people who step forward and offer themselves as public “servants” bring to the discussion a greater emphasis on r...
Monday, July 18, 2011

It’s Not the IRS, It’s the Congress

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Friday morning, listening to a sports-news radio station on my way home from the gym, I hear one of the commentators share a thought concern...
Friday, July 15, 2011

The Flat Tax Myth Won’t Die

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It is disturbing that the “flat tax makes tax simple” myth continues to be circulated, even among those who should know better. This isn’t m...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Julian Block: On the Road Again

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Like every traveler filled with wanderlust, Julian Block the tax author cannot sit still. He took a look at one of his books and decided it ...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Inflation, Indices, and Tax Visibility

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Friday brought some news about possible budget and debt ceiling solutions that demonstrates part of what is wrong with the tax policy proce...
Friday, July 08, 2011

Surprise! Congress Puzzled By Tax Code Complexity

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Last week, as reported in a United States Senate Finance Committee press release , the committee chair, Senator Max Baucus, convened a heari...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Are Three Years of College Enough for Law Students?

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Thanks to a posting by my colleague Lou Sirico on the Legal Skills Prof Blog , I found my way to an Austin-American Statesman article desc...
Monday, July 04, 2011

Freedom, Independence, Taxation, and Service

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Today is Independence Day, though most people refer to it as “the Fourth of July holiday.” Late last week, while reading a news report abou...
Friday, July 01, 2011

Taxing Stupidity?

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Last week, Paul Caron shared Dilbert: Let's Tax Stupidity So We Have Less Of It , to which I commented, “Five years ago, I discussed thi...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

A Real-World Tax-and-Spend Challenge

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Here’s a real-world public finance and administration, tax-related problem. The problem is easy to describe, and difficult to solve. Last we...