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Housing the Echo Boomers – Next Big Real Estate Opportunity ?
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 21st, 2011 ______________________________________ Tim Smith blogs on the “Echo Boom”, also known as Generation Y...
Housing the Echo Boomers – Next Big Real Estate Opportunity ?
Originally published on forbes.com on December 21, 2011. _______________________________________________________________________________ Tim Smith blogs on the "Echo...
Of Thongs and Sheet Music – 10 Lamest Taxpayer Arguments of 2011
It’s always interesting to learn something new. I thought that this protester was totally off the wall claiming tax exemption as a “Moor of Cherokee descent”. Silly me. There is actually is such a group of people. They are descendants of African Americans held as slaves by the Cherokees. There is a fairly recent controversy about whether members of the group should be considered tribal members. Here is something on that. So this guy is no further off the wall than most protesters and sheds some light on a neglected area of American history. He still has to pay taxes, though.
Attitudes of Young Americans Bode Ill for Housing Recovery
Originally published on forbes.com on December 17, 2011. __________________________________________________________________________ I've been bugging a realtor friend...
Attitudes of Young Americans Bode Ill for Housing Recovery
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 17th, 2011 ______________________________________ I’ve been bugging a realtor friend to give me a guest post on what the...
Manhattan Spring Costs Internet Executive Quarter Million in State and City Tax
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 17th, 2011 ______________________________________ Robin Ingle,as senior vice president of advertising for Trip...
How to Double Your State Income Tax Without Really Trying
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 14th, 2011 ______________________________________ Charles and Susan Van Ness sold some California real estate realizing a...
Tax Court Hard on Widowed Nurse
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 11th, 2011 ______________________________________ I would never make it as a Tax Court judge. There are some cases where...
Tax Court Protects Anonymity of Whistleblower 14106-10W
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 11th, 2011 ______________________________________ Sometimes just the title of the case tells me that I have to write...
Hawaiian Civil Unions Will Be Same as Marriage for State Income Taxes
Originally Published on forbes.com on December 7th, 2011 ______________________________________ The Attorney General of Hawaii has issued an opinion on the income tax...