Monday, October 31, 2022

Two Not Very Amusing, But Scary, Halloween Tax Challenges

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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...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The Death of Trickle-Down Theory in the United Kingdom: Will Americans Learn the Lesson?

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Anyone who reads MauledAgain knows that I am not a fan of supply-side trickle-down economic and tax policy. I have shared my thoughts in num...
Monday, October 17, 2022

When a Tax PIN is Used Without Permission

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Another interesting television court show case involving a tax return popped up today, a rerun of a show that aired several years ago. I’ve ...
Tuesday, October 04, 2022

When An Injunction Doesn’t Stop a Tax Return Preparer from Filing False Returns

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For many of the years that the MauledAgain blog has existed, I have written about tax return preparers who get into trouble because of their...
Friday, September 30, 2022

When Tax Troubles Never Go Away

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It’s been quite some time since I wrote about the tax troubles of former Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Fumo. In Real Property Tax Asses...
Friday, September 23, 2022

Need a Question for the Exam in a Basic Federal Income Tax Course?

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If I were still teaching a basic federal income tax course, I would use a quotation from this press release to set up one of the examinatio...
Monday, September 12, 2022

Numbers and Logic

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Today I received an email from the utility company that supplies me with electricity and natural gas. The email was titled, “Your monthly en...
Wednesday, September 07, 2022

The Price of Low and Lowering Taxes

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When reader Morris sent me a link to this story , he gave the email an appropriate subject line. He wrote, “You get what you pay for!” He ma...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Sadness on Multiple Levels: Financial Literacy, Factual Understanding, Legal Comprehension

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This commentary isn’t about tax law, legal education, the First Amendment, religion, genealogy, theology, music, model trains, or chocolate ...
Friday, August 26, 2022

Who Should Be Sued, and Where, If Employer Fails to Issue Form W-2?

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A recent Southern District of New York decision, the text of which is presently behind a paywall, involved an employee suing his employer be...
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Fear Mongering, Tax Style

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What happens when someone wants to stop an activity, a proposal, or the consequences of a decision that adversely affects that person? One a...
Tuesday, August 09, 2022

It’s Not Just Law Enforcement That Confronts Misbehaving Tax Return Preparers

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During the past many years, I have written about some of the tax return preparers who have gotten into trouble because of their misdeeds, in...
Tuesday, August 02, 2022

Insufficient Explanation of Estimated Tax Legislation Impacts

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I must admit I was surprised when I saw the headlines claiming that the pending Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will increase taxes on all o...
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 ...