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The Dog That Did Not Bark – IRS Issues Adverse 501(c)(4) Rulings To Deafening Silence

by admin | Feb 4, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com Feb 4th, 2014 Given the drama of the IRS “targeting scandal,” you would think that when the Service went from annoying document requests to issuing actual adverse rulings, there would be some howling, but the two adverse...

Flap About NFL Tax Exemption Seems Silly

by admin | Feb 1, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com Feb 1st. 2014 Senators Angus King, and Senator Tom Coburn, a Republican are co-sponsoring a bill that would strip the National Football League of its tax-exempt status. I suppose my delight that a Republican and an Independent would...

KPMG Tax Partner Denied Mulligan On Sketchy Tax Shelter

by admin | Jan 26, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com Jan 26th, 2014 There are some really bad things that can happen to you if you are not tax compliant. Depending on what you do, you could be subject to a 75% fraud penalty or even forfeit your liberty – an all-expense-paid stay...

Obama Administration Weak On Church State Separation? Clergy Housing Allowance Appeal

by admin | Jan 25, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com Jan 25th, 2014 The Justice Department has given notice that it will be appealing Judge Barbara Crabb’s decision that the income tax exemption of cash housing allowances paid to “ministers of the gospel” (Code...

Is Tax Court Rebelling Against Supreme Court?

by admin | Jan 22, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com Jan 22nd, 2014 I recently wrote that Kent Hovind probably does not quite fit the definition of a tax protester in the classic Irwin Schiff mode. Hovind was claiming that he was exempt because he was a minister and that Creation...

Is Kent Hovind A Tax Protester?

by admin | Jan 20, 2014 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com Jan 20th, 2014 Kent Hovind (Doctor Dino) is one of the leading lights in the field of “Creation Science”. He is a champion of the extreme view known as “Young Earth Creationism”. If you carefully read...