States To Tax Deadbeats: Let’s Make A Deal

ByKelly Phillips Erb April 14, 2010November 14, 2019

Thrilled to be interviewed for a piece in Forbes, out today:

States To Tax Deadbeats: Let’s Make A Deal – Forbes.com

Kelly Phillips Erb

Kelly Phillips Erb, known as Taxgirl, is a tax attorney, writer, and speaker who explains tax news, IRS updates, scams, financial crime, and money in plain English.

Individual | Sales Tax | State and Local Tax (SALT)

Sales Tax Versus State Income Tax
ByKelly Phillips Erb November 25, 2007

Every year about this time, I get a lot of questions about deducting sales tax paid versus state and local income tax paid on your federal income taxes. Mostly, this comes up because your pockets are stuffed with receipts and you’re wondering whether you should keep them. First, the important part: this option has been…

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Politics | Tax Policy

Being Middle Class In America Sucks
ByKelly Phillips Erb June 20, 2007May 15, 2020

I filed my taxes today. Yeah, they are late. I almost always file with an extension because I’m so busy in April – I’m not recommending it, I’m just saying it happens. Anyhow, this year, it really hit me how much being middle class in American sucks. And as the words were coming out of…

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Tax Policy

Funny Money Or New Economy? Alternative Currency Raises Tax, Other Challenges
ByKelly Phillips Erb July 22, 2013July 13, 2020

As interest in alternative currencies like Equal Dollars and BerkShares grows, the tax implications of using currencies for goods and services become more relevant. We know that IRS has its eye on digital currencies like Bitcoin and previously, Liberty Reserve, but what about local currencies?

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Healthcare | State and Local Tax (SALT) | Supreme Court

Supreme Court Says Obamacare Tax Credits Apply To All States
ByKelly Phillips Erb June 25, 2015November 29, 2020

The Supreme Court has held that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, sometimes called “Obamacare,” authorized federal health care tax credits for taxpayers living in states with exchanges and taxpayers living in states without exchanges who rely on the federal exchange. The final decision was 6-3 with Chief Justice Roberts delivering the opinion. Justices Kennedy,…

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State and Local Tax (SALT) | Tax Policy

Amazon.com Did Not Even “Come Close” In Tax Case
ByKelly Phillips Erb January 14, 2009

With very little fanfare, a tax case in New York may shake up the online world as we know it. In April 2008, New York passed a new law targeting online sales and requiring that online retailers collect and remit sales tax to the state. Amazon.com balked at the new law and later filed suit…

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State and Local Tax (SALT)

State Tax Primer From A To W: California
ByKelly Phillips Erb April 20, 2009May 17, 2020

Welcome to my fifth in a series on state taxes! For information about what I’m trying to do, read my introductory bit. Next on the agenda, the state that we’ve all heard a lot about this year when it comes to taxes: California! CALIFORNIA Population: 36,756,666 (1st) Capital: Sacramento Largest City: Los Angeles Gross Domestic…

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