Thursday, February 22, 2024

Does Anyone at the IRS Read This Blog?

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Reader Morris contacted me with this message, “Maybe the IRS reads your blog posts.” He reminded me of a commentary on this blog from March ...
Wednesday, February 07, 2024

Is the Tax Return Preparer or the Client Responsible For Unjustified Deductions?

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Sometimes I write about tax (and now and then, other) issues popping up in television court shows, in posts such as Judge Judy and Tax Law ,...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Is There Ever a Free Lunch, Even in the Tax Return Preparation Business?

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Almost always, when I write about tax return preparers who have crossed the line, it involves businesses operated by one or a few individual...
Friday, January 19, 2024

Should Tax Return Preparers Use Their Full Legal Names?

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I have written many times about tax return preparers who have been investigated, indicted, convicted, sentenced, or subjected to an injunct...
Thursday, January 04, 2024

Not That More Proof is Needed, But Here’s Yet Another Example That Taxes Aren’t “Just Numbers”

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Many people, including law students who approach enrollment in a basic federal income tax course, think and often fear that tax is nothing m...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Should (Will) Implementing the Mileage-Based Road Fee Cause Privatization of Highway Infrastructure?

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I have supported the implementation of the mileage-based road fee for many years in posts such as Tax Meets Technology on the Road , Mileage...
Tuesday, December 05, 2023

When the Lack of Facts Produces “Rough Justice” in a Tax-Related Case

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It’s been a while since I wrote about a television court show. My previous explorations include posts such as Judge Judy and Tax Law , Judge...
Thursday, November 23, 2023

A Different Thanksgiving

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This year, Thanksgiving is different. My mother will not be joining us, because she left this life back in June. It was one thing when she s...
Monday, November 20, 2023

Why Is Road Repair and Maintenance Funding So Difficult for Public Officials to Figure Out?

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Concerns about highway repair and maintenance funding continue to grow. Reader Morris directed my attention to a letter to the editor of the...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Another Wealthy Stadium Owner Grabs Taxpayer Money

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Here we go again. Those who read MauledAgain are familiar with my opposition to public funding of, and tax breaks for, businesses owned by m...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Does This Halloween Practice Foretell a Scary Future?

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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...
Friday, October 20, 2023

Will “Tax and Spending” Get Support in a Place Traditionally Hostile to Taxes and Government Spending?

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Eleven years ago, in How Not to Spend Tax Revenues , I criticized the school district in Allen, Texas, for spending $60 million on a high sc...