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Navajo Nation Member New Mexico Resident For Income Tax Purposes
Samuel Johnson wrote "In sovereignty there are no gradations". He probably would not have liked the way things are in the United States. Of course he did not have much...
Not Your Average Jill Stein Interview
Originally published on Forbes.com Oct. 3rd, 2012 Studying the tax section of the Green Party's platform inspired me to give Presidential Candidate Jill Stein's tax...
Who Is Jill Stein Anyway ? Green Party Candidate Discusses Her Background
Forbes.com Oct 1st, 2012 Jill Stein is the Green Party candidate for President of the United States. I have written about the tax section of the Green Party platform...
Fifth Circuit Upholds Keller Decision – Shows Power Of The Family Limited Partnership
The Keller (Keller is the executor of the estate of Maude Williams) case is back. I have been following it since the earliest days of my tax blogging. It is a really...
State Residence For Income Tax – Pay Attention To The Basics
In a state residence case, a couple of the basics are drivers license and voter registration. It reminds me a little of what one of my early mentors, Paul Deprisco, of...
Dependency Exemptions – Divorce Court Orders Not Binding On Tax Court
Orders signed by probate court judges don't cut a lot of ice with tax court judges. That is what Dylan Moody learned in a memorandum decision last week. He was...
Romney Accountant’s Letter – Exercise In Obfuscation ?
The Romney campaign did not just dump the Romney 2011 final 1040 on us Friday, providing us with hundreds of pages of mosty pointless disclosure forms. They also gave...
Mitt Romney Passing On Nearly Two Million In Charity – Stupidest Thing I Ever Heard
I have gone through the final version of Mitt Romney's 2011 federal tax return. It came out at 3:00 PM yesterday. It was very considerate of the campaign to release it...
Private Residence Club Does Not Trigger “New York Rule” On Resident Status
Originally published on Forbes.com on September 21st, 2012 A ruling by the New York Department of Taxation should give a huge boost to private residence clubs in...
Romney Ryan On Student Loans – Crony Capitalism ?
Originally published on Forbes.com on September 20th, 2012 Alan Collinge is the founder of StudentLoanJustice.Org and author of The Student Loan Scam: The Most...