Wednesday, October 30, 2019

The Halloween Parent Tax: Seriously?

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From the outset of this blog, I have made it a point to work Halloween into MauledAgain, usually looking for the silly or goofy but occasion...
Monday, October 28, 2019

“Can a Robot Write a Tax Blog?”

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Reader Morris posed a question to me. “Can a robot write a tax blog?” I didn’t reply directly to him. He now will get my answer. Yes. Of...
Friday, October 25, 2019

Once Again, Rebutting Arguments Against Mileage-Based Road Fees

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Once again, it’s time to respond to the arguments put forth against the mileage-based road fee. For many years, I have explained, defended, ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Tax Cuts Cause Damage When Misdirected

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In their new book, The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman demonstrate ...
Monday, October 21, 2019

Getting Technical With the Mileage-Based Road Fee

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For many years, I have explained, defended, and advocated for the mileage-based road fee, in posts such as Tax Meets Technology on the Road ...
Friday, October 18, 2019

When, If Ever, Is a Toll a Tax?

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Reader Morris directed my attention to a commentary criticizing the proposal in Connecticut to use a portion of proposed highway tolls to f...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Contracts With Respect to Tax Refunds Should Be In Writing

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Sometimes months go by from when I see a television court show involving taxes. Sometimes it’s a day or two. Just two days after the last te...
Monday, October 14, 2019

If It’s Not Your Tax Refund, You Cannot Keep the Money

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Readers of MauledAgain know that I enjoy watching television court shows, not only because they often are amusing and instructive, but also ...
Friday, October 11, 2019

Paying the Tax Revenue Price for Underfunding the IRS

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For as long as I have been involved in studying, teaching, paying, writing about, and preparing returns for, federal income taxes, I have cr...
Wednesday, October 09, 2019

When Taxpayers Claim Credits To Which They’re Not Entitled, Who Loses?

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The headline in this report caught my eye. It states, “Bogus Electric Vehicle Tax Credits May Be Costing IRS Millions.” I do understand, fr...
Monday, October 07, 2019

The Twisted “Logic” of Tax Break Giveaway Justification

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A few days ago, I read a Philadelphia Inquirer article that not only strengthened my opposition to the New Jersey tax break giveaway, but t...
Friday, October 04, 2019

Financial and Tax Literacy Education in High Schools: There Ought To Be a Law?

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For almost as long as I have been writing commentaries on MauledAgain, I have time and again addressed the need for financial and tax litera...
Wednesday, October 02, 2019

The Planetary Scope of Ignorance

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I deplore ignorance. If there is any one theme that has sustained itself through all of the activities in which I have engaged, it is my eff...
Monday, September 30, 2019

Clamoring for Tax Basis Indexing AND Special Low Rates: Inspired by Greed

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Grover Norquist is at it again. Not that he has ever stopped his crusade against taxes and his efforts, to use his words, to “drown [governm...
Friday, September 27, 2019

When Tax Break Giveaways, Praised as “Investments,” Deliver Low Returns

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As I wrote not long ago, I am not a fan of the New Jersey tax break giveaway that promised substantial numbers of jobs for unemployed resid...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Rescuing a Legislature Not Prepared to Define “Prepared Foods”

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The other day, in A Sales Tax Question: What Is “Prepared Food” And Who Should Define It? , I described the clamor that arose in Connecticut...