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First Circuit Loss For Transgender Prisoner May Have Positive Tax Implications For Others

by admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. The nature of gender and sexuality, violence against women and the humane treatment of prisoners. The First Circuit decision in the case of Michelle Kosilek is such a perfect storm of white hot controversial issues that ignite...

Tom Coburn Tax Decoder Takes On Clergy Tax Abuse

by admin | Dec 16, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Senator Tom Coburn has served as a deacon in a Southern Baptist church but that has not prevented him from taking a blast at a tax break that benefits the Southern Baptist Convention mightily. In his Tax Decoder, he takes on many...

Senator Tom Coburn v. IRC 107

by admin | Dec 13, 2014 | Tax

Here is an other guest post from Robert Baty. Bob is a retired IRS Appeals Officer. He has something of an obsession with an obscure Revenue Ruling from 1970. Revenue Ruling 70-549 allows colleges affiliated with the Church of Christ to provide faculty and...

With Amazon Facing $1.5 Billion Income Tax Bill, Bezos Too Busy To Testify

by admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Amazon is in quite a tax battle with the IRS. According to the Amazon 10-K (downloadable) there is about $1.5 billion in taxes at stake spread over a seven year period beginning in 2005. Amazon had over $74 billion in sales in...

Was Kent Hovind 2006 Structuring Indictment Flawed?

by admin | Dec 3, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. I have been following the travails of Kent Hovind for over two years. Doctor Dino, as he is known, is a proponent of Young Earth Creationism, the notion that you can arrive at the age of the Earth by summing up the begats in the...

Repair Regs – A Hellish Tax Season And Refunds Of Biblical Magnitude

by admin | Dec 2, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. You may have read that we are in for a tough tax season what with delays because of Congress not getting around to the extenders and IRS budget cuts. Well. That’s not all. There are new regulations going into effect about the...