Friday, February 26, 2021

The Price of Eliminating a State Income Tax

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According to this story , the governor of West Virginia wants to eliminate the state income tax. Why? To “make the state more appealing for ...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Early Real Property Tax Payment Discount Suspension?

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Many local taxing jurisdictions in Pennsylvania, perhaps most or all, offer discounts if a real property owner pays a real estate tax a mont...
Monday, February 22, 2021

So Who’s the Worse Tax Collector?

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During the past eight months, I have described the mess that overtook the Seminole County, Florida, Tax Collector’s Office attributed to the...
Friday, February 19, 2021

Tax Fraud Indictment: Consequences Before Decision on Guilt

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When someone is indicted for tax fraud, or accused of tax fraud in what is called an information, the person is not necessarily guilty of ta...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Clues into the Root Causes of Tax Fraud?

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Perhaps serendipitously, very shortly before my commentary in Will (Does) Increased Enforcement Reduce Tax Return Preparation Fraud? was pu...
Monday, February 15, 2021

The Shock and Reality of Real Property Tax Reassessments

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Last September, in Just Because A Tax Involves Arithmetic Does Not Mean It Resembles Quantum Physics , I explained that when a jurisdiction,...
Friday, February 12, 2021

Will (Does) Increased Enforcement Reduce Tax Return Preparation Fraud?

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Readers of the MauledAgain blog surely have noticed the increase in posts related to indictments of, convictions of, and guilty pleas by tax...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Mileage-Based Road Fee Meets Interstate Travel

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During the past 16-plus years, I’ve been explaining, defending, and supporting the mileage-based road fee in posts such as Tax Meets Technol...
Monday, February 08, 2021

Sins of the Tax Return Preparer Father Passed on to the Tax Return Preparer Son

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From time to time I have been commenting on the troubles faced by tax return preparers gone bad, with more than a handful of stories having ...
Friday, February 05, 2021

When Tax Collectors Do Too Many Things

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Late last year, reader Morris passed along a story about a radio personality running for the office of tax collector in Seminole County, Fl...
Wednesday, February 03, 2021

Preparers Preparing Fraudulent Returns Need Prepare Not Only for Fines and Prison But Also Injunctions

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A recent Department of Justice news release made me think about something on which I had not focused. I have written about tax return prepa...
Monday, February 01, 2021

It’s Not Tax But It’s Close: The Minimum Wage

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In a recent commentary, How Much Is a $15 Minimum Wage Worth? It Depends on Where You Live , published by the Institute for Policy Innovati...
Friday, January 29, 2021

When Fraudulent Tax Return Filing Is Part of A Bigger Fraudulent Scheme

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Usually, taxpayers who file fraudulent returns do so to reduce their tax liabilities, or to create or increase refunds that exceed what they...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Is It the Tax or Is It Something Else?

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Recently, in a New York Post opinion piece , Charles Cooke explained his frustration with an unfortunate experience he endured when dealing ...
Monday, January 25, 2021

Tax Return Preparation Indictment: From 44 To Three

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Another tax return preparer has been caught and indicted, and has pleaded guilty. I have written about tax return preparers getting into tro...
Friday, January 22, 2021

Tax Headlines: Difficult to Write But Need to Be Accurate

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Many years ago, after a reporter had written a story about my basic federal income tax class, I asked him about the headline. He explained t...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Some Thoughts About the “Wheel Tax”

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A television station in Wisconsin features a “You Ask, We Answer” segment. In last Friday’s episode , the station answered the question, “Wh...
Monday, January 18, 2021

A Taxing WhatAboutIsm Attempt

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Over the years, when I have encountered a tax issue in a television court show, the tax issue has been relevant in some way that affected th...