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Where Is Kent Hovind Now?

by admin | Nov 7, 2015 | Kent Hovind

Although I have sporadically been following Kent Hovind’s website and also Rudy Davis’s Lonestar1776 and 1776Lonestar, I have stuck with my decision to consider the sentencing of Paul John Hansen in August the end of L’affaire Kent Hovind.. Bob...

This CPA Not Rooting For AICPA In Its IRS Lawsuit

by admin | Nov 7, 2015 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. So this weeks aggravation is that the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) is wasting my dues money again. The DC Circuit has breathed life into a pointless lawsuit against the IRS that was dismissed last year....

Republicans Want IRS To Target Hillary Clinton

by admin | Nov 7, 2015 | Reporting, Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Given the outrage that Republicans have expressed about the “targeting” of the Tea Party by the IRS, you would think that they would be slow to advocate IRS political targeting. Apparently it is more a matter of whose ox...

Taxing The Virtual World

by admin | Nov 4, 2015 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Byron M. Huang’s recent article in the Yale Journal of Law and Technology- Walking the Thirteenth Floor: The Taxation of Virtual Economies has me feeling vindicated. Taxation of transactions within virtual worlds may have been...

Democratic Presidential Candidate Drops Out Without Releasing Tax Plan

by admin | Nov 2, 2015 | Tax

Lawrence Lessig Originally published on Forbes.com The Republican Presidential candidates have been doing a good job for us tax bloggers coming up with their tax plans. I’m still waiting for Carly Fiorina’s three-page tax code, but all things come...

Redstone Family Saga Writ Large In Favorable Tax Court Decision

by admin | Oct 31, 2015 | Tax

This post was originally published on Forbes Oct 31, 2015 The Estate of Edward Redstone, brother of Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone, received a favorable ruling from the Tax Court in its challenge of an IRS assertion of a gift tax deficiency. The tax was $737,625 and...