Friday, October 30, 2020

Halloween Chocolate Construction Project

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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 occasi...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

How Not to Prove You Know Taxes and the Tax Code Better Than Anyone Else

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It was back in August of 2015 that Donald J. Trump spoke a question clearly designed to be a statement, “Who knows taxes better than me?” My...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Trying to Make Sense of a “Conspiracy to Commit Tax Fraud”

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Until now, each time I have watched and commented on a television court show in which taxes were mentioned, I have been able to understand t...
Friday, October 23, 2020

No, I Did NOT Reply to the Sender of This Letter

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Several days ago, I received a letter. The letter promised to make me a “beneficiary” of funds being held in trust by an asset management fi...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Tax “Quadrupling”: Stupidity, Ignorance, Mendaciousness, or a Con Job?

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It is so disappointing to watch some Americans gobble up garbage. Several days ago, Donald J. Trump tweeted : “The Economy is about ready to...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Beware of the Partner’s Tax Lien

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Though a new television season apparently has started for some shows, including court shows, the latest one that I have viewed is from 2019....
Friday, October 16, 2020

Lengthening the List of What Not to Do As a Tax Collector

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In a series of posts about the former Seminole County, Florida, Tax Collector, starting with A Reason Not to Run for Tax Collector (or Any O...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

When It Comes to Taxes, Words Matter, Just As They Do With Everything Else

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It amuses me to read and listen to what politicians and their supporters write and say when they argue. Of course, I pay a wee bit closer at...
Monday, October 12, 2020

The Legacy of Misbehaving Tax Collectors

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In a series of posts about the former Seminole County, Florida, Tax Collector, starting with A Reason Not to Run for Tax Collector (or Any O...
Friday, October 09, 2020

When Tax Return Preparers Go Bad, Their Customers Can Pay the Price

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My commentaries about indictments of tax return preparers, in posts such as Tax Fraud Is Not Sacred , Another Tax Return Preparation Enterp...
Wednesday, October 07, 2020

Tax Exemptions, Billboards, Income Streams, and Property Assessments

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The story begins in 2017. Summarizing what I wrote in “Creative” Attempt to Boost Tax Revenue Fails Court Test , a dispute arose between sch...
Monday, October 05, 2020

Who’s to Blame for This Tax Nonsense?

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During the past week or so, television news shows, social media posts, and newspapers have been abuzz with reports about the President’s tax...
Friday, October 02, 2020

Is This How Tax Return Preparation Fraud Can Proliferate?

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Every indictment of a tax return preparer discloses a unique set of allegations. I have written about indictments of tax return preparers in...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Does Failure to Pay Real Property Taxes Make the Owner a Squatter?

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Though it’s unclear whether it is a newly filmed episode or one produced before the pandemic set in, a new Judge Judy episode popped up last...
Monday, September 28, 2020

What Qualifications Are Needed to Be a Tax Collector?

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In a series of posts about the former Seminole County, Florida, Tax Collector, starting with A Reason Not to Run for Tax Collector (or Any O...
Friday, September 25, 2020

How Is Tax Relevant in This Contract Case?

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The combination of a pandemic shutdown and a summer recess in many television show productions means that the supply of court show episodes ...