Saturday, March 25, 2023

When Tax Officials Break Bad

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The United States Department of Justice issued a press release yesterday announcing that the mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey, Peter J. Byron,...
Thursday, March 09, 2023

Tax Season Brings Tax Misinformation

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Reader Morris directed me to a website that poses the question “What Is Adjusted Gross Income?” followed by the assertion, “Everything You ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

The Tax Consequences of Being Paid to Go On a Date (Reprise)

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Reader Morris directed my attention to a story that seemed somewhat incredible. So I did some research and discovered the story on a number ...
Friday, February 10, 2023

IRS Comes to the Rescue of the Congress, Again

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The other day, in Tax Season Brings Out a Question (Which I Try to Answer), But It Also Brings Misinformation , I explored the uncertainty s...
Wednesday, February 08, 2023

Tax Season Brings Out a Question (Which I Try to Answer), But It Also Brings Misinformation

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Reader Morris alerted me to this article ("first article") addressing the federal income tax consequences of the California Middl...
Tuesday, February 07, 2023

Misleading Tax Information Can Get People in Trouble

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When I read the newspaper, I don’t read every article. Generally, the headline lets me know if I want to read the article. In some instances...
Friday, February 03, 2023

A New Twist to the Mileage-Based Road Fee

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It’s been a while since I’ve written about the mileage-based road fee. My previous commentaries include Tax Meets Technology on the Road , M...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

A Procedural Twist on Dealing with Fraudulent Tax Return Preparers

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Usually when I write about misbehaving tax return preparers, I am sharing news of an investigation, an indictment, a conviction, a sentencin...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Cutting Off the Tax Revenue Nose to Spite a Political Face

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How many people will understand what actually is happening in the House of Representatives, now that a very tiny minority of a national mino...
Thursday, January 05, 2023

Is a Statewide Beach Tag Fee in New Jersey a Good Idea?

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Reader Morris directed me to a commentary by New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Bill Spadea, suggesting a state-wide “universal” beach tag fee...
Saturday, December 24, 2022

Does a Tax on Robot Value Help Retain Workers Or Is the Solution Less Simplistic?

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MIT has released a recent study by MIT economists with the tagline, “Should we tax robots?” The study isn’t suggesting that robots be requi...
Wednesday, December 14, 2022

The Tax Consequences of Social Media Influencing

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Though there wasn’t a tax issue mentioned, a television court show presented facts that caused me to wonder about what actually is happening...
Saturday, December 03, 2022

When It Comes to Fraudulent Tax Returns, It's Not Always the Preparers

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When it comes to the filing of fraudulent tax returns, it’s often the preparer who initiates the scheme, in most instances leaving the clien...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Filing a Fraudulent Tax Return Is Bad, Filing More Than 3,000 Is Outrageously Bad

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Though as I’ve shared not long ago, I don’t write about every tax return preparer who gets into trouble because most of the cases aren’t ver...
Thursday, November 24, 2022

One Day of Thanksgiving, A Year of Thanks

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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...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Alleged Ignorance of the (Tax) Law: A Justification or an Excuse?

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According to various reports, including this one , the controller of the Trump Organization, Jeffrey McConney, testified that “he followed i...