Thursday, July 28, 2022

How Better to Mitigate the Effects of Inflation

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So the Congress appears to be ready to pass a a compromise bill designed, among other things, to combat the impact of inflation on consumer...
Sunday, July 17, 2022

Tax Can Be, And Often Is, Confusing

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The headline in this morning’s Philadelphia Inquirer caught my eye: "City tax-relief programs cause confusion" Curious, I read th...
Saturday, July 09, 2022

A Small Step in Correcting a Warped Tax-Benefit Imbalance

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Five years ago, in So Who Should Pay Taxes for Police Protection? , I discussed a proposal by the governor of Pennsylvania that Pennsylvania...
Saturday, July 02, 2022

Tax Law, Like All Law, Is Everywhere

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When I saw the story in this morning’s Philadelphia Inquirer, I thought to myself, “If Reader Morris sees this story, and I don’t know if h...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Motor Fuels Tax Holiday Déjà Vu All Over Again

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The President has proposed a three-month federal liquid fuel tax holiday , and has encouraged states to do the same. According to the White ...
Thursday, June 16, 2022

Property Tax Relief for Renters

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An announcement by New Jersey’s governor and legislative leaders that they plan to expand and revamp the state’s current Homestead Benefit ...
Thursday, June 09, 2022

What is “Gross Taxable Income” for Federal Income Tax Purposes?

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A few days ago, reader Morris pointed me to this story about the use of “Friends Of” organizations to circumvent the denial of charitable c...
Monday, May 30, 2022

What Is the Freedom for Which They Paid a Price Far Greater Than a Tax Bill?

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I sat down planning to write another Memorial Day essay. I had some ideas in my head, but before putting finger to keyboard – pen to paper h...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Another Misuse of the Word “Tax”

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The headline to this story caught my eye. It read, “Some PS Plus Players Are Seemingly Getting Hit With A Giant Upgrade Tax . Perhaps there...
Friday, May 13, 2022

A Very Bad Reason That Taxes Had to Be Increased

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There are all sorts of reasons that taxes are increased. A taxing authority encounters increased costs for the services it provides. A taxin...
Saturday, May 07, 2022

Tax Law, Inflation, and the Red-Blue Divide

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When the email from the Institute for Policy Innovation arrived, the headline caused me to think that I had missed a Supreme Court tax opin...
Tuesday, May 03, 2022

How Not to Enact Infrastructure Taxes

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About a week ago, reader Morris directed me to story about a proposed tax . Thanks to being busy with other things, it’s just now that I can...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Half-Baked Gasoline Tax Reduction Idea

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In previous commentaries, I have explained that suspending liquid fuel taxes in an effort to compensate for market fluctuations is a bad ide...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Fuel Tax Reductions and Suspensions: Negative Impacts Even Wider Than Previously Discussed

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I’ve yet to read or see or hear anything that causes me to change my position that suspending liquid fuel taxes in an effort to compensate f...
Wednesday, April 06, 2022

Suspending a State Gasoline Tax Sticks It to the Dealers

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Over the years I have explained why suspending liquid fuel taxes in an effort to compensate for market fluctuations is a bad idea. I have do...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Tax Breaks For Starving Team Owners

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Let’s put one and one and one together: 1. New York’s governor, as reported in many sources, including this one , has agreed to take steps...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Yet Another Reason Fuel Tax Suspensions and Reductions Are Unwise

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About a month ago, in Suspending the Federal Gasoline Tax Won’t Blunt Inflation And Will Harm Some People , I explained why reducing or sus...
Friday, March 18, 2022

When Income Exceeds $500,000 Annually, Are Vehicle Subsidy Payments Necessary?

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According to this Philadelphia Inquirer report , gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro has proposed using “surplus * * * federal pandemic aid...
Monday, March 07, 2022

We Don’t Know How Many People Are Tax Cheats, Do We?

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WalletHub has released its 2022 tax survey . It’s worth a look. A variety of questions were posed to respondents, and six tax law professors...