Monday, December 08, 2008

Will Obama Raise Fuel Taxes?

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From the Guardian : China's decision on Friday to link domestic fuel prices to the international price of crude oil, but increase co...

Latest Good Reads

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6 Reasons to hire a tax lawyer to resolve your IRS tax debt. The world history of taxation. Girl geeks get together. Ask the tax pro...

Obama's Oil Company Windfall Profits Tax and the Wall Street Journal's Celebration

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From HuffingtonPost.com : Friday's Wall Street Journal editorial, "Barack's Windfall Reversal," in barely contained glee...

American Bar Association to Host Free Tax Workshop

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According to their website , the American Bar Association (ABA) will present a free workshop in Washington, DC later today. The workshop ...
Thursday, December 04, 2008

Tax Attorney Pans IRS OIC Program

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A few weeks ago I sent an open letter to the IRS regarding their Offer in Compromise (OIC) program. It recently came to my attention that ...

Obama Drops Big Oil Tax as Prices Plunge

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From Business Week.com : President-elect Barack Obama won't pursue a windfall-profit tax on oil companies because crude prices have ...

IRS Announces Two New Appeals Programs

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According to their newest press release , the IRS is announcing “a two-year test of two programs: the post-Appeals mediation and arbitratio...

Property-Tax Collections Climb as Home Prices Fall

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From USA Today.com : Property taxes are rising across the USA despite the steepest drop in home values since the Great Depression. Hom...

Government Throws in the Towel on KPMG

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From the Wall Street Journal : It’s over. The Justice Department declined to ask the Supreme Court to review the 2nd Circuit’s ruling in...

5 Ways to Change the IRS

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Independent journalist David Cay Johnston recently published an article titled Change and the IRS, which you can download via TaxProf blo...

Ditch Charlie

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From NY Post.com : Are congressional Democrats truly committed to dealing with the economic and fiscal policy challenges they face next...

Latest Good Reads

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Tax policy for low-income men. 'Crash taxes' add hefty fees for aid. Treasury releases statement of regulatory priorities. To...
Monday, December 01, 2008

New York Runs Sting To Nab Crooked Tax Preparers

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Over the weekend, I came across this article on Ailbaba.com about crooked tax preparers in New York, and I wanted to make sure post about ...

U.S. In Recession That Began Last December

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From Washington Post.com : It is official: The United States is in a recession—and it started a year ago. The nation's economy peak...

Why Is OfficeMax Paying Taxes Despite Tax Credits in Excess of Tax Liabilities?

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Robert Willens of Columbia University has published a new research paper analyzing OfficeMax's Tax Profile. Below is the abstract from...

Autoworkers Making $70 An Hour? Not Really

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From CBS News.com : If you've been following the auto industry's crisis, then you've probably read or heard a lot about over...

New Law Encourages Cash Donations for Midwest Disaster Relief

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According to their newest press release , the IRS is encouraging “Taxpayers who make qualifying cash contributions for disaster relief effo...

Despite Charlie Rangel's Tax Problems, He Might Help Republicans Keep Bush's Tax Cuts

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From US News.com : It's looking like House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel is going to face an ethics committee investigation...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The Pros and Cons of an Auto Industry Bailout

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With the economy what it is and our country in the middle of a presidential transition, another huge bailout request is a lot for the aver...

End-of-Year Tax Planning Takes Election Year Twist

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Earlier in the week, I was quoted in an article released by the Associated Press about end of the year tax planning. Below is a quote form...