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IRS Taps Student Loan Agencies

6 December 2011

There are very few people that I like dealing with less than the folks who administer my student loans for law school. Undergrad, I managed just fine. But when I moved to Pennsylvania, I was forced to deal with the Pennsylvania Higher Assistance Agency (PHEAA). If you’ve ever dealt with PHEAA, you know they’re a [...]

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Online Sales Continue to Puzzle Holiday Shoppers

2 December 2011

I hate to shop. I don’t have the patience for it. I have three kids and if you’ve ever been behind me in line at the store (first of all, I apologize), you know that the whole production takes forever. Add to the timing pressure the fact that I work and I write… And well, [...]

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Obama Warns Congress About Payroll Tax: ‘Don’t Be a Grinch’

30 November 2011

It’s getting chilly in Pennsylvania… You can almost (almost) sense that Christmas is on the way. It’s no wonder then that President Obama would invoke the holiday spirit in his address from the Keystone State. Speaking from Scranton, Obama encouraged Congress to extend the existing payroll tax holiday. Originally, the extension looked dead in the [...]

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Taxpayers Tapped as Penn State Scandal Rolls

14 November 2011

The first football game that my kids ever attended was a Penn State football game. They now own Penn State jerseys and Nittany Lion pillow pets. They’ve been tailgating in Philly (when PSU played Temple) and in State College. They’ve clamored over the Nittany Lion statue and eaten at the Creamery, brunched at the Corner [...]

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Making Sense of Where Tax Dollars Go

20 May 2011

Today, my first grader will get up on stage and have quite possibly the last music recital of her (so far) brief academic career. Together with my third grader, she will sing numbers they’ve been working on for most of the semester. I’ve been told to expect “Brown Eyed Girl” for one of them – [...]

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Where Does Popular Start and Policy End?

22 March 2011

In many states, governors are being faced with the difficult choice of cutting services or raising taxes on its residents. As you can imagine, it’s not a politically easy decision. In most cases, it’s a matter of taking from one pocket (cutting services) or another (raising income, sales or property taxes on individuals), both of [...]

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Promises, Promises: Governors Swear Not To Raise Taxes

8 February 2011

We have a recurring problem at my house where my kids do something they know they’re not supposed to do and believe they can fix it with a simple “I’m sorry” after the fact. We’ve had the whole discussion about how it doesn’t help to say that you’re sorry if you’re not going to change [...]

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Pennsylvania Hopes to Shame Taxpayers Into Payment

17 August 2010

Despite the fact that Pennsylvania’s tax amnesty campaign was routinely cited as “mean” and “inappropriate”, the Department of Revenue (“DOR”) felt that it worked. The DOR collected $261 million, about 40% than they had hoped for, which, while impressive, is statistically not as successful as a state like New Jersey which collected more than 3 [...]

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PA Tax Amnesty Ends Today

18 June 2010

You can say goodbye to those creepy ads… Pennsylvania’s tax amnesty program ends today (June 18). Those taxpayers who chose to participate can avoid penalties and will pay only half the interest. Those taxpayers who didn’t participate will not only have the normal penalties and interest but will get an additional 5% penalty. Even worse? [...]

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PA Amnesty Ad

5 May 2010

I’ve received lots of interest in my tax amnesty piece from yesterday, mostly in the form of emails. The majority of questions and comments about the piece came from those of you who live outside of the state of Pennsylvania and who wanted to know about the commercial. As it turns out, it’s available on [...]

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