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‘Taxing The Church’: Can’t Build That Wall Of Separation

by admin | Sep 27, 2017 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. When I told my covivant that the book I was reading was about taxing churches, CV’s comment was “Couldn’t that be like five pages?” In the introduction to Taxing the Church: Religion Exemptions, Entanglement...

Taxpayers Blindsided By Obamacare Lose In Tax Court

by admin | Sep 26, 2017 | Tax

Originally published in Forbes.com. Another odd Obamacare decision hit the Tax Court yesterday (See my Obamacare Travesty In Tax Court earlier this month). The Tax Court gave Benjamin and Delores Gibson the bad news that they would have to pay back a premium credit...

Advocacy Group Founded By Roy Moore Accused Of Campaign Intervention

by admin | Sep 26, 2017 | Tax

“Thou shalt not endorse candidates for public office” is probably the First Commandment of 501(c)(3) organizations. Former judge Roy Moore is big on commandments. There was a big controversy about him displaying the ten commandments in his courtroom....

IRS Revokes Exempt Status Of Charity Focused On Timeshare Donations

by admin | Sep 19, 2017 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Sketchy things seem to have an attraction to one another. That might be one of the lessons in Private Letter Ruling 201734009 in which the IRS revoked the exempt status of an organization that focused on taking donations of...

Edith Windsor And The Struggle Against DOMA As Seen By A Tax Geek

by admin | Sep 17, 2017 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Edith Windsor, whose Supreme Court case overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, just died. You can get many of the details of her life from the New York Times obituary by Robert McFadden. The New York Times does a bang-up job on...

Gulf War Syndrome In Tax Court

by admin | Sep 13, 2017 | Tax

Originally published on Forbes.com. Always root for the disabled veteran. That is one of my principles in reading Tax Court decisions. This required me to do some digging in the case of Gregory Bruce. Absent my root for the disabled veteran principle Mr. Bruce,...