Michigan Collects Use Tax On Illinois Resident's Rhode Island Yacht
Originally published on Forbes.com Aug 22, 2013 It looks like John Podmajersky will be paying the State of Michigan nearly $100,000 in use tax on his 65 foot yacht, the...
Group Claiming To Teach True Meaning Of Islam Denied Exempt Status
Z Street, a pro-Israel group, is suing the IRS over its loss of exempt status. They are talking about a BOLO similar to the Tea Party one concerning “disputed territories in the Middle East”. The IRS may be particularly jumpy about purported Islamic charities since the fall-out from the case of Muhamed Mubayyid and Care International, Inc, which turned out to have some purposes not usually thought to be exempt – like funding jihad.
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