10 September 2007
An appeals court in Tennessee has ruled that the “crack tax” is not constitutionally valid. The “crack tax” is exactly what it sounds like – a tax (with penalty and interest, if applicable) on the possession of crack and other “unauthorized substances” under Tennessee law. The court ruled that “the statute is arbitrary, capricious, and [...]
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2 September 2007
It’s part one of a taxgirl double-header! I’m wrapping up my summer of movies and tax with two more features. The first is Blow, the 2001 movie based on the real-life story of George Jung, Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder and the Medellín Cartel. The film’s title comes from a slang term for the drug, cocaine. [...]
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