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Are Election Day Freebies A Violation of Federal Law?

4 November 2008

It’s all over the web: freebies for voters! Starbucks, Ben and Jerry’s and Krispy Kreme and other companies announced earlier in the week that they would be offering freebies for voters. This is good, right? Nope, say some pundits. They claim that offering freebies a violation of federal law, citing section 42 USC 1973i(c). Really? [...]

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Election 2008: McCain and Obama Tax Plans

3 November 2008

I’ve received a flurry of last minute emails about me about the differences between the presidential candidates’ tax strategies. I don’t have anything new to add (though look for more political blogging later tonight) but I did want to point you to some prior taxgirl posts on the candidates and their economic and tax policies: [...]

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God And Taxes, Redux – And Not What You’re Expecting

24 September 2008

For years, the GOP has been viewed as having a lock on the link between God and politics – and I am not claiming that to be a good thing. But maybe that’s changing – and I am not claiming that to be a good thing, either. Senator and Vice Presidential hopeful Joe Biden recently [...]

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How much money do you need to make to be President?

18 April 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has released his tax return for the 2007 tax year showing that together with his wife, the Obamas earned $4.2 million. A whopping $4 million of that income was in the form of royalties from the sale of his books. Other income includes Obama’s Senate salary of $157,102 and $103,633 [...]

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Has Obama Changed the Race?

19 March 2008

If you had asked me, before today, what the single most important issue would be in the upcoming presidential election, I would have said the economy, hands down. For purposes of the election, it’s more important to voters than Iraq, than health care, than the environment (though clearly those issues are intertwined with the economy). [...]

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Read My Lips.

16 May 2007

Thanks to all of the presidential candidates who have weighed in on my tax policy questions – each of the candidates was asked to reply to the same six questions. I’ve really enjoyed speaking with the candidates and their aides and am very impressed by the thoughtfulness that seems to have gone into a lot [...]

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Election Season Starts Early for IRS

5 June 2006

As reported previously, the IRS will be stepping up efforts to curb election year campaign activities from nonprofit organizations following a particularly active 2004 election season that saw all manner of controversy ranging from targeting church speeches to the infamous Swift boat ads. The IRS released a statement reminding charitable organizations that, as a rule, [...]

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