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Philadelphia Inquirer

I’m in the Philadelphia Inquirer!

5 February 2009

In case you missed it, I was interviewed for today’s front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer. You can read the article, titled Tax Revelations of Rich, Powerful Irk Honest Filers, here.
I was asked to comment about how everyday taxpayers were reacting to the scandals swirling around Obama nominees Geithner, Daschle and Killefer, each of [...]

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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Property tax abatement

19 December 2008

It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday!
Earlier this week, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran an article about an issue that has been on the minds of many local taxpayers as the city prepares for major cuts in services: real estate tax abatement. Many municipalities – from major metropolitan areas like Philly and NYC to smaller [...]

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Fat? TV Addict? Should You Be Taxed on Your Lifestyle?

7 June 2008

This week, I happened to notice a series of ads running in my local paper (The Philadelphia Inquirer) for Derrie-Air airlines. There were two features that distinguished Derrie-Air from, say, USAirways and United. One was the method of determining fare:
The magic comes from our one of a kind “Sliding Scale”—the more you weigh, [...]

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