Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Is the Cost of a Postage Stamp a Tax?

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From time to time the question of whether an economic outlay is a tax has been a question posed to me and occasionally mentioned in a commen...
Friday, August 27, 2021

What Appears to Be Criticism of the Mileage-Based Road Fee Isn’t, Though It Is a Criticism of How Congress Functions

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I have written many commentaries about the mileage-based road fee, including posts such as Tax Meets Technology on the Road , Mileage-Based ...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

A Tax Reduction Promise Kept

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According to several reports, including this one , the fuel tax rate in New Jersey will decrease on October 1. Why? New Jersey law requir...
Monday, August 23, 2021

Why Worry About Tax Evaders?

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An interesting article today in the Roanoke Times. Ray Cox writes about Virginia residents who evade Virginia sales taxes on vehicles by se...
Friday, August 20, 2021

How MauledAgain Got Its Name

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It’s finally time to answer the question, “How did MauledAgain get its name?” To do that, I need to remind readers that for many years I tau...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

In Praise of the Mileage-Base Road Fee

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John Tsitrian, whose commentary about road funding was the subject of my recent post, Using General Funds to Finance Transportation Infrast...

Post Number 3,000

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Today’s post, according to blogger.com, is number 3,000. I haven’t counted to confirm the accuracy of that information. Considering that I h...
Monday, August 16, 2021

Using General Funds to Finance Transportation Infrastructure Not a Viable Solution

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that passed the Senate contains, in section 13002, authorization and funding for a national pilo...
Friday, August 13, 2021

Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting Legislation Demonstrates the Flaws of How the Senate Operates

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The concept is simple. For the federal tax system to work, there must be reporting of transactions relevant to taxation. That’s why employer...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Why Delay A Mileage-Based Road Fee Until Existing Fuel Tax Amounts Are Posted at Fuel Pumps?

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Reader Morris alerted me to a letter in the Pocono Record with a headline claiming that “the mileage tax is a bad idea.” The letter was wri...
Monday, August 09, 2021

Yet Another Bad Consequence of Unwise Tax Breaks

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Years ago, Philadelphia decided that to encourage home buying in the city, it would provide a ten-year period of substantially reduced real ...
Friday, August 06, 2021

Tax Return Preparers Who Fail to File Their Own Returns Beg For IRS Attention

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Why do I write about tax return preparers who are charged with, indicted for, convicted of, or pleading guilty to the preparation of fraudul...
Wednesday, August 04, 2021

They Were Warned, They Did Not Listen, They Are Paying the Price for Tax Fraud and Other Crimes

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A long time ago, early in the history of MauledAgain, specifically in Tax Deductions, Theology, and Education , I addressed the question of ...
Monday, August 02, 2021

Another Problem With Tax Credits and Deductions for Doing The Right Thing

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Last Wednesday, in Is a Tax Credit or Tax Deduction the Answer to Every Problem? , I explained why using tax credits and deduction to encour...
Friday, July 30, 2021

A Tax Expert Is Just a Phone Call or Email Away

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Granted, the thrust of the Hill article by Joseph Chamie is that the federal tax system is too complicated, unfair, difficult to understand...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Is a Tax Credit or Tax Deduction the Answer to Every Problem?

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Life presents a constant stream of decisions that people need to make. Sometimes the decision ultimately doesn’t matter, as when a person ch...