August 18th, 2008
Last year, I posted about Wal-Mart’s aggressive stance on paying property taxes; not surprisingly, Wal-Mart isn’t a fan of paying property tax and has challenged a disproportionately high percentage of assessments for its stores (more than 2,100 property tax challenges nationwide). I titled the piece “Does Wal-Mart Want Your Kid To Read?”
Flash forward […]
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July 7th, 2008
In San Mateo County, California, the Board of Supervisors is holding a closed-door session to deal with a $20 million mistake. As mistakes go, it’s a pretty big one.
The San Mateo County Superior Court awarded Genentech, a self-described profitable biotech firm, $20 million in a recent court case. Genentech had filed suit against […]
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January 2nd, 2008
And why does it matter on a tax blog?
Consider this. You buy a house in the midst of a housing boom. Prices go up, up, up. Subprime mortgage mess hits. Other credit woes ensue. Housing market drops. As in plummets. And suddenly, your house isn’t worth as much […]
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July 22nd, 2007
There are all kinds of ways to stave off tax fraud… and technology has landed tax officials yet another weapon in the fight: Google Earth.
I’ll confess that I only ever thought of Google Earth as a fun toy to find images, though I know that there are a lot of practical […]
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June 8th, 2007
Earlier in the week, I reported that Georgia is considering implementing a tax on personal services, meaning that professions like barber shops, law firms and accountants would impose a tax on their services, which would likely be passed through to the consumer. This tax would replace property taxes in Georgia.
Now, normally, my Fix the […]
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June 6th, 2007
Taxes are not popular.
And lawyers are not popular.
So why not throw the two together and create the most despicable combination imaginable: tax on legal services?
That’s what they’re considering these days in Georgia. House Speaker Glenn Richardson, a Republican from Hiram County, is introducing a bill to collect sales taxes on lawyers. Well, […]
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July 1st, 2006
What good is an election year property tax bill if the folks at home can’t understand it? So, Governor Rendell of Pennsylvania has launched a web page explaining the new bill and its impact for seniors who own homes (since seniors, reputedly get the lion’s share of "relief" from the new bill). Those of us […]
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June 16th, 2006
Pennsylvania has passed a property tax relief bill after debating the issue for a number of years. The full story can be found here.
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