Friday, February 28, 2020

Characterizing a “Meals Tax”

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Reader Morris directed my attention to this article about a proposed increase in the Charlottesville meals tax . He asked, “Is a meals tax a...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Another Example of a Problem That the Mileage-Based Road Fee Can Solve

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Reader Morris sent me a link to a letter to the editor written by Tamara Porter and sent to the La Crosse Tribune. Porter objects to the $7...
Monday, February 24, 2020

How Difficult Is It to Release Tax Returns?

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I did not watch the debate last Wednesday evening. But according to a variety of sources, including this report from The Hill , this article...
Friday, February 21, 2020

Why Publicly Admit to Potentially Fraudulent Tax Reporting?

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The question from reader Morris was simple enough. He asked, “Why would someone admit to possible tax fraud in a newspaper article?” Of cour...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

The Illogic of Tax Cuts Based on Supply-Side Theory

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It amazes me how difficult it is for those sucked into the now-discredited trickle-down, supply-side theory of tax cuts to let go of their d...
Monday, February 17, 2020

Gross Income or Taxable Income: Does It Matter?

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Last week, reader Morris contacted me with a question. He pointed me to several stories about an IRS ruling on the taxability of grants fund...
Friday, February 14, 2020

It’s Not a Tax, It’s Not a Fee, It’s a . . . Yeah, OK.

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Reader Morris directed my attention to this article and asked me if a surcharge the same thing as a fee. I know that reader Morris has been...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Car Purchase Case Delivers Surprise Tax Stunt

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Readers of MauledAgain know that when I have the time, I watch television court shows because I never know when a tax issue will pop up. I k...
Monday, February 10, 2020

Definitely a Misleading Tax Headline

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The headline, showing up on another page with a link to the article , caught my eye. The headline was a simple one, “Tax season 2020 tips: H...
Friday, February 07, 2020

Tax Misinformation So Easily Goes Viral

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It was just a bit more than a month ago, in Indeed, In Tax, as in Most Everything Else, Precision Matters , that I wrote about a recent arti...
Wednesday, February 05, 2020

A Lesson in Tax Legislation Drafting

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Reader Morris alerted me to a story from Fulton, Missouri about a use tax ordinance that was quickly redrafted after ambiguities in its lan...
Monday, February 03, 2020

A Much Bigger Forward-Moving Step for the Mileage-Based Road Fee

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There’s news on the mileage-based road fee front. I’ve been explaining, defending, and supporting that fee for more than 15 years, in posts ...
Friday, January 31, 2020

The Soda Tax “War” and a Pathway to Tax Peace

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The soda tax has been the subject of MauledAgain commentaries since 2008, though it has been about a year since I last wrote about it. I hav...
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Proposal for a Tyre Tax to Replace Fuel Taxes Needs to be Deflated

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No, it’s not a misspelled word. Though in the United States and Canada we spell those rubber things attached to vehicle wheels as “tire,” in...
Monday, January 27, 2020

Tax Withholding Comes as a Surprise

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A little more than 12 years ago, in Tax Relief = Return to Serfdom? , I shared my thoughts about an arrangement adopted in more than a few s...
Friday, January 24, 2020

Getting to the Mileage-Based Road Fee in Tiny Steps

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Anyone who reads MauledAgain knows that I am a strong advocate for the mileage-based road fee, recognizing the need to find a replacement fo...
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Killed Over a Tax Refund

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As I have told students in my basic federal income tax course over the years, tax is everywhere. It pops up in every area of the law and pre...