Monday, November 16, 2020

A Tax Proposal That Misses the Mark

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The headline probably will get twisted into a social media meme, but understandably so. When I read the headline to this report , the word “...
Friday, November 13, 2020

Taking a Walk and Thinking About Genealogy and Tax

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When I started this blog many years ago, I described it as “Prof. James Edward Maule's more than occasional commentary on tax law, lega...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

The List of What Not to Do As a Tax Collector Has Become Even Longer

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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...
Monday, November 09, 2020

Tax Payment Failure Exposes Auto Registration and Identity Fraud

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The number of television court shows continues to grow. I have watched several hundred episodes, of which just a few have provided me with m...
Friday, November 06, 2020

What Happens to Employees When Employers Fail to Remit Withheld Taxes?

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After reading this story out of South Carolina , I thought it would be helpful to alert employees of yet another tax risk that they might en...
Wednesday, November 04, 2020

Pandemics: Financially Bad for Most People, Good for a Few

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Pandemics can reshape societies, nations, and governments, and sometimes pandemics can destroy them. The current pandemic has not only kille...
Monday, November 02, 2020

Tax Lies and Misleading Tax Claims

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It pops up all over social media. It shows up time and again on facebook. It’s a meme that says, “Biden wants to put a 3% annual federal tax...
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...