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IRS And The Tea Party – Scandal Enters A New Millennium

by admin | Feb 4, 2016 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Big milestone over at the Tax Prof yesterday. The IRS Scandal, a day by day chronicle, has hit 1,000. The event is marked by a an article in The College Fix titled – “The IRS Scandal, Day 1000: Every single day...

Pete Santilli’s Release Delayed In Oregon – Efforts Supporting Kent Hovind A Factor

by admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Kent Hovind, Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Last year I wondered whether Kent Hovind would be that year’s Cliven Bundy, so I suppose that I should not be surprised that L’affaire Kent Hovind has surfaced as a factor in this year’s Bundy drama, in which...

Tax Dependency Exemptions For Noncustodial Parents – It Is All About Form 8332

by admin | Feb 2, 2016 | Tax

Who gets dependency exemptions for children should not be really hard. They default to the custodial parent, which granted is not always apparent, but usually is. If the non-custodial parent wants the deduction, he (and it usually is “he”) needs a Form...

You Do Not Have To File A Joint Return And There Are Some Reasons Not To

by admin | Feb 1, 2016 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Married couples and their tax preparers seldom look at the possibility of separate filing, unless they are on the compulsive side. The circumstances under which separate returns will yield a lower total tax are rare while commonly,...

NorCal Tea Party Patriots V IRS – Grassroots Or Astroturf?

by admin | Jan 29, 2016 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. The news about a preliminary victory against the IRS in a suit by not-for-profits broke last week making it Day 986 of the TaxProf’s IRS Scandal. I didn’t make it into my inbox till last weekend, because the...

Tax Foundation Analysis Of Sanders Plan Only Shows Downside

by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. The Tax Foundation has scored the Bernie Sanders tax plan. As you might expect, it is not a pretty picture. I think that there is something of a flaw in the Tax Foundation’s model in looking at whether the plan is good public...