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Jerome James Taxed As California Resident While Playing For SuperSonics

Jerome James Taxed As California Resident While Playing For SuperSonics

A couple of kids and a house makes for a domicile, so California had him.  The question then becomes how long California gets to keep him.  There is a serious problem for Mr. James at this point.  Once California has him as a domiciliary, the burden of proof shifts to him to prove that he has established domicile someplace else.

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A Bit Of Ancient History Dead Sea Scrolls In Tax Court

A Bit Of Ancient History Dead Sea Scrolls In Tax Court

I think I find this story irresistible because of the way it mixes the mundane and the fantastic.  The Dead Sea Scrolls shared an address with what was locally known as the “toilet museum”.  The image of somebody packing the Dead Sea Scrolls in a car and driving from Worcester to Manhattan to pick up a check just seems way too ordinary.  Seems like there should be a couple of Mossad agents or somebody from Opus Dei involved. 

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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.