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Tax Trivia Giveaway #2: Prostitution and Tax Evasion

30 January 2012

Our next tax trivia question is: Cristina Warthen (née Cristina Schultz), now married to Ask Jeeves founder David Warthen, is a Stanford Law School grad who grossed more than $300,000 working as a hooker in California under the name “Brazil.” She escaped prosecution for prostitution but admitted to hiding money from the taxing authorities by stashing funds [...]

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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Illegal Activities

27 February 2009

It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! This week, the focus has been on California and the possibility that they could legalize marijuana, primarily so that it could be taxed. Of course, this made me think about the tax consequences of taxing other illegal activities such as prostitution. While it is true that income from these [...]

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Taxgirl Goes to the Movies: Trading Places

31 July 2007

Next in my movie review series is one of my favorite movies, Trading Places, and not just because it was filmed in Philadelphia. While the plot is quite contrived, the acting is really funny – it’s Eddie Murphy back when he remembered what being a comedian meant. And Jamie Lee Curtis? This was just the [...]

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