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Occupy Wall Street – Let’s Have a Student Loan Bailout – But We Need to March on the Colleges

by admin | Oct 7, 2011 | History, Tax

This was originally published on forbes.com on October 7, 2011. It was the beginning of my following the student loan debacle. ____________________________________________________________________________ I’m probably going to aggravate some friends with this...

Occupy Wall Street – The Unfinished Business of 19th Century Reform

by admin | Oct 5, 2011 | Tax

Originally Published on forbes.com on October 5th, 2011 ______________________________________ I have two consuming intellectual interests. Title 26 of the United States Code and the history of the United States from 1830 to 1870. My first bit of poking around...

Declaration of the Occupation of New York City – Thomas Jefferson is Tough Act to Follow

by admin | Oct 5, 2011 | History, Tax

Originally published on forbes.com on October 5, 2011. Picture is of me at the Women’s Rights Museum in Seneca Falls. T-shirt was a gift from my friend Tom Cahill. ___________________________________________________________________ The Declaration of the...

Occupy Wall Street – Forget Carried Interest – Here is How to Really Stick it to the Hedge Funds

by admin | Oct 4, 2011 | Tax

Originally Published on forbes.com on October 4th, 2011 ______________________________________ I have done a couple of “Occupy Wall Street” posts and I think I will have some more coming. It is moving very fast though and this is a busy time at the day job – the...

Chief Counsel Warning -Watch the Detail on Form K-1

by admin | Oct 3, 2011 | Tax

Originally Published on forbes.com on October 3rd, 2011 ______________________________________ I review a lot of partnership K-1s that my firm prepares. I also see a lot of partnership K-1′s that are prepared by other firms. Now nobody is perfect, but I have a...

CPA to Tax Policy Wonks – Can You at Least Look at Our Numbers ?

by admin | Oct 2, 2011 | Tax

Originally Published on forbes.com on October 2nd, 2011 ______________________________________ Also, as you know, it’s very hard if not impossible to figure out a corporations’ tax position from 10K filings (or other public reports). That is a quote from a comment...