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Some March Madness In The Tax World

Some March Madness In The Tax World

I don’t know if I will ever catch up again, but I will keep trying.  I had really good excuses last year.  There was my Lafayette project and major health issues, happily resolved, for myself and my partner. Now there is just advancing age and a sort of demoralization as I question the whole enterprise of helping people be tax compliant without overpaying. 

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.