Monday, August 31, 2020

No. Just No. Not Even for Me, a Somewhat Tax Person

›
Yes, I have taught tax. I have prepared tax returns. I have offered tax advice. I have written about tax. Of course, tax isn't all that ...

Taxes and Lies: Why?

›
The false tax posts on social media are proliferating. One that caught my attention was the claim that “Biden’s tax rate on a family making ...
Friday, August 28, 2020

How, Not If, The Taxation of Social Security Benefits Should Be Changed

›
The taxation of social security benefits is a topic that can spark intense discussion. I have written about this issue more than a few times...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Running for Tax Collector (or Any Other Office)? Don’t Do These Things

›
About two months ago, in A Reason Not to Run for Tax Collector (or Any Other Office)? , I commented on a story about an incumbent tax colle...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Chocolate from Heaven?

›
A break from writing about taxes. It’s chocolate time. Imagine living in or near Olten, Switzerland. Suddenly, chocolate powder begins to f...
Friday, August 21, 2020

An Unwise Tariff Decision

›
As reported by many sources, including this story , the Administration’s tariff on aluminum imported from Canada has gone into effect. The i...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Payroll Taxes, Trust Funds, Regressive Taxes, Progressive Taxes, And Flat Taxes

›
Over at Mother Jones , Kevin Drum advocates changes in the way Social Security is funded. In his commentary , he argues that the payroll tax...
Monday, August 17, 2020

A President Out of Control on Taxes

›
According to many reports, including, for example, this one , the President claims he is “considering a capital gains tax cut in an effort t...
Friday, August 14, 2020

Tax Policy by Dictatorship

›
So the President unilaterally orders the suspension of payroll tax collection, leaving the Treasury to figure out the messy details of how t...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Are They Turning Up the Heat on Tax Return Preparers?

›
Two weeks ago, in Another Tax Return Preparation Enterprise Gone Bad , I suggested, “Perhaps they are turning up the heat on tax return prep...
Monday, August 10, 2020

Language in Tax Referendum Matters

›
In California, citizens can propose legislative changes by putting a referendum, or proposition, on the ballot. The details of how that proc...
Friday, August 07, 2020

They Just Won’t Stop With This Foolish Tax Idea

›
In a series of posts, including Taxes and the Virus , Do Lower Taxes, Less Regulation Create Jobs? Do Payroll Tax Cuts, Employment Credits, ...
Wednesday, August 05, 2020

For Me, It Was Situational Tax Irony

›
When I read the headline in this story , “Rhode Island mistakenly issued tax refund checks signed by Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse,” I immedi...
Monday, August 03, 2020

A Proposed Tax Law Change That Doesn’t Solve The Problem

›
Though I’ve not yet found the text of the Senate’s proposed Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools Act, summaries fro...
Friday, July 31, 2020

Tax Break Recaptures and Claw Backs: Contracts, Conditions, and Language: A Follow-up

›
Readers of MauledAgain know that I have long criticized the handing out of tax breaks based on promises that are broken, such as claims that...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Another Tax Return Preparation Enterprise Gone Bad

›
Perhaps they are turning up the heat on tax return preparers gone bad. They being investigators and attorneys at the Department of Justice, ...
Monday, July 27, 2020

Who Gets Surplus Proceeds From a Tax Sale?

›
Learning is a life-long process, at least for most people. It is, for me. My impression about the disposition of surplus proceeds from a tax...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Another Foolish Tax Idea That Won’t Go Away

›
Several months ago, in Taxes and the Virus , I criticized a proposal by the current Administration to cut payroll taxes as a solution to dea...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Perhaps Yet Another Reason Not to Run for Tax Collector

›
About a month ago, in A Reason Not to Run for Tax Collector (or Any Other Office)? , I commented on a story about an incumbent tax collector...
Monday, July 20, 2020

Tax Talk and Tax Action

›
Every business day I receive several emails from different tax publishers summarizing the previous day’s developments. These include cases, ...
Friday, July 17, 2020

Tax Returns and Paternity Testing

›
It wasn’t a television court show. It was the Maury Show, season 22, episode 115, on a rerun. It showed up when the previous show ended and ...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

A Pitiful Excuse for Taking Tax Dollars

›
On Friday, in Tax Practice What You Tax Preach? , I criticized Grover Norquist and his Americans for Tax Reform Foundation for taking Payche...
Monday, July 13, 2020

Anything, Even the Risk of Death or Serious Illness, for a Tax Break?

›
The stupidity continues, and grows. Not quite a month ago, in Another Unwise Tax Proposal , I criticized a proposal by the Administration fo...
Friday, July 10, 2020

Tax Practice What You Tax Preach?

›
Though Grover Norquist and I agree that it is futile to put tax return preparation in the hands of the Internal Revenue Service, we part way...
Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Sometimes the Price for Tax Revenue is Too High

›
Two years ago, in Raising Tax Revenue By Encouraging Risky Behavior , I criticized the Pennsylvania legislature for repealing certain restri...