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TIGTA Documents The Wreck Of Tax Compliance

by admin | Mar 7, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Expansion of the Gig Economy Warrants Focus on Improving Self-employment Tax Compliance, a recent report from the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) has me demoralized. I think I have finally come to a major...

Historian Argues Ronald Reagan’s 1981 Tax Cut Led To Trumpism

by admin | Feb 26, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Is it possible that the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, followed by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the legacy of Ronald Reagan is where it all went wrong? That is the case that John Komlos makes in his paper recently...

EcoVest Wraps The Green Flag Around Tax Shelter

by admin | Feb 24, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. EcoVest Capital Inc is under attack by the Justice Department for promoting in DOJ’s view “fraudulent conservation easement shelters” based on “willfully false valuations”. EcoVest’s attorneys...

Opportunity Zones – Look Great For Everybody Except Investors

by admin | Feb 22, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. I finally got around to getting excited about opportunity zones (OZ). My excitement subsided as I looked into the matter, but it still remains at a subdued level. The OZ concept regardless of whatever else it might be is an...

On The Basis Of Sex – About That Pentagon Computer

by admin | Feb 21, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Ruth Bader Ginsburg using the output of a Pentagon computer meant to frustrate her fight for gender equity as a blueprint for the future struggle is kind of the nerd heaven part of On The Basis of Sex. It breaks my heart to...

Sometimes You Crack The Code And Sometimes The Code Cracks You

by admin | Feb 13, 2019 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. What would happen if you wrote to the IRS, by way of an amended return say, and asked for all the money back that you have paid in the last couple of years? Frankly, they just might send it to you and there is a chance....