LBJ Unmasked By Phil Nelson
My friend Tom Cahill has given me permission to republish his letters home from his voluntary exile in France. This is the sixth in the series. It will be daily until...
The Stickiness Of Domicile – Hard To Leave State Income Tax Behind
If Frank and Fanny were working for a Big Four accounting firm on a long foreign assignment, the sticky Georgia domicile might not be such a hardship, since most, if not all, of their work income would be covered by the foreign earned income exclusion. The foreign earned income exclusion does not apply to federal government employees, so it does not help these taxpayers.
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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.