Thursday, November 25, 2021

Still Different, But Thanksgiving Nonetheless

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Today is Thanksgiving. For as long as I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve been sharing a Thanksgiving post to express my gratitude for a varie...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Litigation Risk Can Be Reduced When Legislation is Carefully Drafted

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Section 9901(c) of the American Rescue Plan Act provides roughly $195 billion to be allocated among the 50 states, the District of Columb...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Is My Easy SALT Cap Conundrum Solution Getting Capitol Hill Attention?

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Six days ago, in SALT Cap Conundrum: The Solution Is Easy , I proposed a solution to the SALT cap conundrum. An existing proposal to elimina...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Is There a Tax Twist to This Twin Tale?

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The channel guide summary of a Justice with Judge Mablean episode caught my eye, for a reason I will describe below. As readers of MauledAga...
Thursday, November 11, 2021

When Tax Ignorance Becomes Tax Obstinance

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In 2015, Kenneth Warren Sauter received $20,712 from the Social Security Administration which it reported on a Form SSA-1099. He also receiv...
Thursday, November 04, 2021

SALT Cap Conundrum: The Solution Is Easy

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Again I turn to commentary by Tom Giovanetti of the Institute for Policy Innovation , but this time to agree with an important point he make...
Wednesday, November 03, 2021

Not a Reason to Avoid Taxing Unrealized Gains

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Tom Giovanetti, of the Institute for Policy Innovation , thinks that, to quote the headline of recent IPI commenatry that “It's Impossi...
Sunday, October 31, 2021

The Tax Consequences of Halloween Candy Buy Back Programs

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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 occasion...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Don’t Get Burned By a Tax Return Preparer

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Readers of this blog know that I pay attention to the adventures of tax return preparers who do things that they ought not to do or failed t...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Ignorant Meme About the Mileage-Based Road Fee Demonstrates the Value of Education as a Vaccine Against Ignorance and Propaganda

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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, October 20, 2021

Cutting Gasoline Tax Does Not Address Underlying Problem

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According to this report , as gasoline prices increase, Republicans in New York State are asking the governor to suspend the gasoline tax. T...
Friday, October 15, 2021

There Was Nothing Magical About This Tax Return Preparation Business

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As readers of this blog already know, I have written about fraudulent tax return preparers on many occasions, including posts such as Tax Fr...
Monday, October 11, 2021

Royal Snub Generates Tax Payment Retort

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I don’t follow boxing or auto racing, and I pay little attention to who gets knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. So it was by happenstance that ...
Thursday, October 07, 2021

When Dishonest Tax Return Preparers Are Married

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The list of tax return preparers getting in trouble continues to grow. I’ve written about these situations in posts such as Tax Fraud Is Not...
Monday, October 04, 2021

Is Social Security Theft?

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There is a meme floating around facebook, and elsewhere on social media. Purportedly written by a Todd Hagopian, it reads, “By the time I am...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Tax as a Deterrent

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Tom Giovanetti of the Institute for Policy Innovation has published an interesting commentary about a likely doubling of the federal exci...
Monday, September 27, 2021

Using a Tax Return Preparer? Take Steps to Verify What Is Filed on Your Behalf

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From time to time I write about tax return preparers who get in trouble. I’ve done so in posts such as Tax Fraud Is Not Sacred , More Tax Re...