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Clergy Housing Tax Exemption The Times Square Of Religion And Taxation

Of course, we are not starting fresh.  107(2), dubious as its constitutionality might be, has been around for over 60 years and people have made a lot of plans based on it.  When President Trump finally gets around to making me his tax czar, here is my edict.  The Clergy Tax Simplification Act of 2018 will say that ministers can pay taxes just like everybody else.  Any existing housing allowances will be grandfathered.  Only there will be a cap of $4,137 month.  If it is good enough for a Brigadier General in Los Angeles, it is good enough for a religious racketeer.

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Keith Tucker Cashes KPMG Get Out Of Jail Free Card In Tax Court

Keith Tucker Cashes KPMG Get Out Of Jail Free Card In Tax Court

KPMG put Mr. Tucker into a deal when the IRS was starting to catch on to the shenanigans.  You can read the decision if you want to read about the offsetting long and short currency options, called the FX transaction, that purported to create basis out of thin air.  Mr. Tucker was assured that it was different from the deals that IRS had described in Notice 2000-44.  It was not different enough when it came to actually working, but along with the stellar reputation of KPMG it was different enough to get Mr. Tucker out of penalties.  Here are some of the high points.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.