Friday, December 29, 2017

Those Tax-Cut Inspired Bonus Payments? Just Another Ruse

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For months, I have been criticizing the Republican tax legislation for a variety of reasons. I have also criticized the defenses that its su...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

So What About Those State Taxes? Surprise?

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The recently enacted federal tax legislation not only affects federal income tax liability but also changes state income tax liability for m...
Monday, December 25, 2017

Taxmas?

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A week ago, in Giant Tax Cut for Christmas? Ha Ha Ha or Ho Ho Ho? , I criticized the absurdity of the President’s claim that Americans would...
Friday, December 22, 2017

Tax Legislation As a Symptom of National Political Dysfunction

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There is something very wrong with the American political system. That’s not news, at least not to those who carefully observe, study, and a...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Tax Propaganda

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There’s a commentary going viral on the world wide web and social media that clearly is designed to suck Americans into supporting a terrib...
Monday, December 18, 2017

Giant Tax Cut for Christmas? Ha Ha Ha or Ho Ho Ho?

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According to several reports, including this one , the President announced, “We want to give you, the American people, a giant tax cut for C...
Friday, December 15, 2017

Understanding the Mileage-Based Road Fee

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For more than a decade I have advocated the enactment of mileage-based road fees to replace the increasingly less effective and less efficie...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Tax Cut Cash To Be Used for Job Creation?

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Though it is only one instance of many, the confession from the CEO of the home builder Toll Bros. provides more proof that tax cuts for cor...
Monday, December 11, 2017

A $1.5 Trillion Tax Gamble, With Someone Else’s Money

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In a recent commentary , George Will rushes to the defense of the badly drafted, error-riddled, unwise, and catastrophic monstrosity of a ta...
Friday, December 08, 2017

Robots Doing Tax Planning?

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A bit more than a year ago, in Robots Doing Tax Returns? , I explained the reasons I hesitate to jump on the “let the robots prepare tax ret...
Wednesday, December 06, 2017

A Debt Prevention Tax Cut Escrow Proposal

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Every now and then an idea pops into my head. This time, after reading a story about Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s absurd claim that c...
Monday, December 04, 2017

Tax Cuts for Employers Do Not Create Jobs

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And in the long parade of those claiming that tax cuts for employers create jobs comes nonsense from Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey . Accor...
Friday, December 01, 2017

The Value of Sleep for Law Students

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Reader Morris sent me a link to a four-and-one-half-year-old, but still relevant, article on sleep . Written by Michael J. Breus, the articl...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

A Genealogy Book That Is More Than Just Genealogical

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It’s been a while since I wrote about a book. I recently finished reading a book that I purchased a few months ago, thirteen years after it ...
Monday, November 27, 2017

The Shortest Tax Court Opinion?

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Not too long ago, one of this blog’s readers, Morris, directed my attention to this Tax Court case , and asked, “Is this one of the shortest...
Friday, November 24, 2017

Learning How to Learn

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There’s a meme floating around on facebook, and perhaps elsewhere, that challenges people to “Name one thing that you learned in highschool ...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Never-Ending Thanks

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For as long as I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve been sharing a Thanksgiving post to express my gratitude for a variety of people, events, a...
Monday, November 20, 2017

So Guess Who Pays for the Senate’s Tax Cuts for Corporations and Wealthy Americans?

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For years I have been arguing that tax cuts for the wealthy are not as beneficial for the economy and the economic well-being of all America...
Friday, November 17, 2017

Some Wealthy Persons Don’t Want Tax Cuts

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Occasionally readers contact me to ask why I dislike wealthy people. I explain that I don’t dislike them, I simply think they don’t need any...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

When a Tax Plan Angers Almost Everyone

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Several days ago, Benjy Sarlin, in They’ve Got Issues. Here’s Who Is Mad About the GOP Tax Plan , demonstrated that just about everyone is u...
Monday, November 13, 2017

Giving Names to Tax Bills

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For decades, drafters of federal tax legislation have created names for the tax bills that are introduced in Congress. Most bills don’t make...
Friday, November 10, 2017

The Magic Tax and Spending Trick?

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Earlier this week, a letter to the editor appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer. I cannot find it on line, and I have searched from time to ...
Wednesday, November 08, 2017

So What Does the House Tax Proposal do to You?

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Years ago, a practicing tax attorney told me he didn’t pay attention to legislative proposals until they were about ready to be signed. He e...
Monday, November 06, 2017

Big Tax Things and Little Tax Things

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Those interested in tax law and tax policy are digging through the recently released House bill that proposes to amend the Internal Revenue ...
Friday, November 03, 2017

If a Tax Plan Doesn’t Work, Keep Using the Same Defective Blueprint

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Almost every savvy economist, and others, have figured out that the Republican tax plan will add at least a trillion dollars to the federal ...
Wednesday, November 01, 2017

Looking Again at A Non-Arithmetic Tax Question: What is a Sport?

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Back in late June, in Another One of Those Non-Arithmetic Tax Questions: What Is a Sport? , I described a dispute taking place in Europe tha...
Monday, October 30, 2017

Another Halloween Treat? I Think Not

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From the outset, I have made it a point to work Halloween into MauledAgain, usually looking for the silly or goofy but occasionally taking a...
Friday, October 27, 2017

What If Everyone Said, “No Tax Breaks For You”?

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During the past several weeks, mainstream media, social media, and every other sort of publication has been filled with discussion about wha...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

No, It’s Not Hard to Say No to Tax Cuts for the Wealthy

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According to numerous reports, including this one from Bloomberg , Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that, contrary to the Preside...