Monday, December 31, 2018

So Which Is It? Good Tax News or Bad Tax News?

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Last Wednesday, Channel 10 News in Roanoke, Virginia, published a story in which the owner of a tax preparation company opined that as the ...
Friday, December 28, 2018

How Not to Dispute a Tax

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A guy goes to a restaurant, orders take-out, is presented with the bill, and blows a fuse when he sees that the sales tax has been applied. ...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

How Not To Practice Law: Fake Taxes

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Reader Morris brought my attention to this story out of New Zealand . An attorney included in invoices to clients a $100 charge for what he ...
Monday, December 24, 2018

So a Tax Cut Incentive Didn’t Work As Promised, But I Am Not Surprised

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One of the “features” of the 2017 tax legislation providing substantial tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy was a reduction in the ta...
Friday, December 21, 2018

Time Runs Out on Tax Withholding Adjustments

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Back in August, in Indeed, Check Your Withholding, and Do It Now , I shared the IRS news release that appeared a week after I had offered, ...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

The Disadvantages of Postponing Tax Increases

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Local governments generally impose taxes to pay for services to their residents. Among those services are police protection, fire protection...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Warped Perspectives on Tax Policy

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Facebook is beginning to challenge television court shows as a provider of material for this blog. A few days ago, someone posted a meme tha...
Friday, December 14, 2018

Judge Judy Identifies Breach of a Tax Return Contract

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I’ve never counted, but my guess is that tax related cases show up in television court shows more often than most issues other than gift ver...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Another Tax Cut Failure

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The December 2017 tax cut legislation has wrought all sorts of damage to the American economy. Some taxpayers not in the top one percent rej...
Monday, December 10, 2018

To Itemize or Not To Itemize

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To me, the decision whether to itemize or not to itemize is an easy one to make. Yet for years the question has generated a variety of comme...
Friday, December 07, 2018

Conflicting Tax Provisions in Colorado Constitution Remain Unresolved

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The Colorado Constitution sets a fixed ratio between real property taxes collected from assessments on residential properties and real prope...
Wednesday, December 05, 2018

The Challenges of Comparing Taxes

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Recently, a facebook post came through my newsfeed. It was a picture of a person standing under an Ohio fueling sign, showing a price of $2....
Monday, December 03, 2018

A Peek Into Congressional Tax and Deficit Confusion

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Recently, as recounted in this article , outgoing Speaker of the House Paul Ryan shared thoughts about a number of topics, including taxes a...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Another Tax Return Preparer Meets Judge Judy

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Over the years, I have had the opportunity to comment on a increasingly lengthier list of television court shows that involve taxes. Some of...
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

A Core Principle of Teaching: Formative Feedback

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A meme popped up on facebook a few days ago. The meme stated: “College student: HS students worry about grades . . . imagine not knowing you...
Monday, November 26, 2018

How Tax Cuts for Large Corporations and Wealthy Individuals Impact Jobs

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When I read the New York Times article , I was not surprised. The news was consistent with my reaction to the 2017 tax legislation that incr...
Friday, November 23, 2018

Defeating Ignorance, and Not Just in the Tax World

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In Reaching New Lows With Tax Ignorance . I wrote “Ignorance has become an epidemic.” I think it poses a threat to the survival of democracy...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Particularly Thankful This Time Around

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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 19, 2018

Tax Breaks and Corporate Blackmail

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A meme is making its way around facebook, and for all I know, perhaps other social media outlets. It asks a question. “As Jeff Bezos Earns $...
Friday, November 16, 2018

Fighting Over a Tax Refund

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Another Hot Bench episode provides an important lesson for people who live together, have children together, or do both, without being marri...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Oregon Voters Stop Attempt to Protect Business Tax Breaks

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Reader Morris directed my attention to an election report on the outcome of an Oregon ballot initiative that would have subjected changes i...
Monday, November 12, 2018

Election Outcomes and Taxes

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So what’s in the future when it comes to taxes at the federal level? Four points are made in this recent post-election article . The first...
Friday, November 09, 2018

Be Careful When Selecting and Dealing with a Tax Return Preparer

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Those television court shows continue to provide material for this blog. Some examples can be found in previous posts such as Judge Judy and...