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taxgirl twitterview

21 April 2009

I have my first “twitterview” today at 4:00pm EDT.
To catch it live, follow @22Twts. If you miss it, or you’re still not on twitter (what are you waiting for?, you can check out the web site later.
This time, no swivel chair!

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So I’m Not Jessica Alba…

20 March 2009

But I’m still mentioned on esquire.com this morning. You can check out the link to my interview about not paying taxes here.

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Getting to Know You Tuesday: Sheryl Schuff

17 March 2009

It’s Getting To Know You Tuesday! Today’s guest is CPA Sheryl Schuff. Sheryl and I met on twitter. She’s an internet biz tax maven – perfect for taxgirl.com!
1. Where are you now?
At my computer, in my home-based office, in Indianapolis, IN
2. What’s your official title and what does it mean?
I’m [...]

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Getting to Know You Tuesday: Stuart C. Wardlaw

3 March 2009

It’s Getting To Know You Tuesday! Today’s guest is cello-playing CPA Stuart C. Wardlaw (there’s a joke in there somewhere, I’m sure). Let the interview begin…
1. Where are you now?
Let’s see…in the sanctum sanctorum; better known as the office in my house. The room is my retreat…, work, wife’s dog and [...]

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Tax and Online Sales: A Conversation with Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO

22 February 2009

I am not a shoe girl. This horrifies my colleagues who, I’m pretty sure, wish I could find other than black clogs and tennis shoes to wear on a regular basis (little do they know that they’re lucky that, having grown up in the rural South, I even bother to put on shoes).
But for [...]

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Getting to Know You Tuesday: Kelly Phillips

17 February 2009

Getting To Know You Tuesdays are back! And I couldn’t be more excited to reintroduce the feature than with an interview with Kelly Phillips. No, I’m not that narcissistic as to feature myself twice (even I would get sick of me). Believe it or not, there is another Kelly Phillips in [...]

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Who Wants to Raise Taxes? Bueller…? Bueller….?

12 August 2008

Ben Stein may be known best by my generation knows as the best as the economics teacher in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (”Bueller…. Bueller….?). But he is also an attorney, former presidential speechwriter (for Nixon and Ford) and regular newspaper columnist for the New York Times.
Stein’s political beliefs generally tilt towards the [...]

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Professor Ting Offers His Side of the Story

8 August 2008

Earlier today, I blogged the story of my former law professor’s expulsion from the GOP in Delaware. I followed up via email with Professor Ting, who graciously agreed to answer a series of questions about the fiasco – and his quick views on the candidates and tax reform – despite the fact that he’s [...]

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Unbelievable! Prof Expelled from Party For Supporting Obama

8 August 2008

Wow. This is just of those stories that you see and you almost just breeze right by it – cause it can’t be true. But apparently, it is.
Professor Jan Ting – one of my own former tax professors at Temple University – has been “expelled” by the Delaware Republican Party from his position [...]

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Obituary: William M. Goldstein, Philadelphia Tax Attorney

6 August 2008

William Goldstein, a popular Philadelphia tax attorney, passed away today. Here, reprinted with permission from Drinker Biddle, is his obituary:
William M. Goldstein, 72, a partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Philadelphia and one of the nation’s preeminent tax and business lawyers, died today. A resident of Wayne, Pa., he had battled [...]

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