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Lamar Smith has given me another guest post. Since it mentions me explicitly I will give some extended commentary at the end....
Lafayette On The Stafford Turnpike
I am involved in the planning for an event this coming Labor Day weekend. It is the beginning of a long term project to celebrate the bicentennial of...
Association For Honest Attorneys Has No Attorney Members And No Longer Has Tax-Exempt Status
Ironically, Ms. Farr’s approach is similar to what happens with some attorneys when they end up in Tax Court. Rather than going through the tedious process of documenting transactions as an accountant would, they make arguments about process. That is what happened with the great F Lee Bailey Some good accounting and a better audit trail might have been the salvation of AHA. Rather than an honest lawyer, perhaps AHA could have been saved by a reasonably competent accountant.
I don’t doubt Ms. Farr’s word when she says she will appeal, so I will be on the lookout for the next decision in this saga.
NWTRCC Wants Tax Day To Be Peace Day
The organization National War Tax Resistance was formed in 1969 as a response to the surge in interest in income and telephone tax resistance, and at its peak had 192 chapters. War tax resisters also sought support from organizations like Peacemakers and War Resisters League. Many resisters gave their taxes to alternative funds that redirected the money to community organizations more deserving of financial support.
During the length of the war, many prominent individuals took up resistance. For example, in 1968, the Writers and Editors War Tax Protest took out ads in three publications, listing writers and editors who pledged to refuse to pay the income tax and/or telephone tax. Signers included Howard Zinn, Allen Ginsberg, Grace Paley, Frances Fox Piven, Adrienne Rich, Helen and Scott Nearing, Kurt Vonnegut, and Philip and Daniel Berrigan.
Kent Hovind Critic Deborah Henderson Weighs In On Holy Cross New Testament Controversy
Holy Cross in the news. Senior Elinor Reilly's article in The Fenwick Review made a splash first in the right wing blogosphere and then the mainstream media...
Stop Calling It Tax Day
Tax season and the focus on “the fifteenth” has other pernicious results. Things that are really important that don’t have an externally imposed deadline attached to them are put off until “after the fifteenth”. And “after the fifteenth”, there is a tendency to operate at a lower rate of urgency. And the real nightmare is very complicated returns that slip past the due date through no fault of the firm. It can end up being almost impossible to get them prioritized since being “already late”, they are of lesser importance than other returns that can be “on time”.
Prominent Historian Weighs In On Holy Cross Queer Theory Uproar
When I looked into the flap surrounding an article in The Fenwick Review by Holy Cross senior Elinor Reilly - New Ways in Theology at Holy Cross-, I reached out...
How Obscure Article By Holy Cross Prof Made It Into The Right Wing Outrage Factory
How did a second semester senior at Holy Cross manage to create what I can only describe as a major you know storm for our college including a rebuke of sorts...
Doc Dino Dollars – CSE Form 990 Now Available
The Creation Science Evangelism Ministries Inc. Form 990 is finally up on guidestar. Bob Baty put out the word on Facebook. Form 990 "Return of Organization Exempt...
Some Tips For The Upcoming Tax Deadline – No Fooling
Really. If there are still issues that prevent you from filing an accurate return, next week, put together a good extension calculation, file the extension (Form 4868) (You may have to also file some state extensions), and relax. Most of the tax season drama is, well, drama. One thing that tax professionals will never admit – even to themselves – is that they actually like tax season. They have a job that is rather tedious, not at all dangerous, and not really that challenging intellectually. Tax season drama creates a sense of camaraderie and makes them feel special.
Among the people who should definitely extend this year are those affected by the Bitcoin hard fork in August. Also if you are party to a deferred like-kind exchange and have not closed on the replacement property, you must extend to have the full 180 days.