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As Many Celebrate 4/20, Feds Still Won’t Budge on Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana

20 April 2013

Tweet Today is April 20 or 4/20. If I get a blank stare with that proclamation, then you’re among the millions of Americans who are outside of counterculture. You see, 420 is famously (or infamously, depending on who you ask) associated with the celebration of marijuana. While there are dozens of theories about how the [...]

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IRS Issues Extra Time, Statement On Boston Marathon Explosions (Updated)

16 April 2013

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that they will be offering filing and payment extensions for those affected by the events that unfolded in Boston yesterday.

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IRS, States Offer Extra Time To File Taxes Due to April Storms

16 April 2013

Tweet Ugh. There’s more snow in the forecast for parts of the country today. This, following reports of accumulations of more than a foot in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota with a particularly painful “up to 23 inches of snow reported in the Bismarck area.” In mid-April. Winter storms have been hammering much of [...]

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Taxes From A To Z (2013): V Is For Voluntary Disclosure

8 April 2013

Tweet V is for Voluntary Disclosure. I know what you’re thinking: this doesn’t apply to me because I don’t have offshore accounts. But don’t leave just yet. It’s not only taxpayers with offshore accounts that might qualify for voluntary disclosure programs. While most taxpayers are familiar with the 2012 Offshore Voluntary Program (and its predecessors, [...]

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Shaken, Not Stirred: Dubious Tax Haven Singled Out In Liquor Debate

22 March 2013

Tweet I once spent about 15 minutes wandering up and down the aisles of the Superfresh grocery in Society Hill looking for a bottle of wine. No, I’m not picky. I just didn’t realize that you couldn’t buy wine in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania outside of the state-operated liquor store system (there is an exception [...]

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States, Local Governments Consider Aggressive Tax Collection Efforts To Plug Budget Holes

19 March 2013

Tweet All of the taxes in the world don’t mean a thing if you can’t collect on them – or so many states and localities are figuring out these days. Taxing authorities from Tennessee to New Jersey are reporting shortfalls and lags in collections activities just as cuts from federal funding are being felt. Some [...]

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Minnesota Tax Authorities Warn Taxpayers To Stop Using Intuit Products

9 March 2013

Tweet Every year, we expect to see a few glitches in tax filings, including software bugs and processing issues. Generally, those are resolved pretty quickly and without much interruption. This year, however, the Minnesota Department of Revenue has taken the rather remarkable step of advising taxpayers not to use Intuit products, including TurboTax, to file [...]

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Philadelphia Battle Over Property Tax Assessments Raises Questions About Funding Public Schools

6 March 2013

Tweet On March 7, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, students, parents, labor allies and community leaders will rally at the School District of Philadelphia to protest planned cuts to teacher contracts in the City. The proposal includes pay cuts of up to 13%, longer work days and no limits on class sizes. Additionally, under the [...]

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How Will Your State Be Impacted By Sequestration?

24 February 2013

Tweet Five days. That’s how long until the sequestration goes into effect. Sequestration, painted as one half of the worst thing ever, is a series of across the board federal cuts which are scheduled to occur if Congress doesn’t act to cut spending. And Congress hasn’t acted on spending since 2011 (when they voted not [...]

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Newtown Lawmaker Proposes ‘Sin Tax’ On Violent Video Games

17 February 2013

Tweet On December 14, 2012, my mom and I traveled to my son’s elementary school to watch his holiday show. He performed with the other kids in his first grade class. They sang songs about Christmas and Hanukkah and even got in a little drumming. It was adorable. I kissed him goodbye, ruffled his hair [...]

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