You couldn’t pay me to brave the crowds at the stores today. Black Friday – in person – isn’t my thing. And despite the wheedling
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Amazon Makes Changes To Sales Tax Collections
A few moments ago, there was a knock on my door. It was a delivery from Amazon.com. My daughter’s 5th-grade class requires that students get
Read MoreGuest Post: Taxing Online Sales Is Fair
Submitted by DAVID CAMPBELL Is it fair to require online retailers to collect and remit state sales tax? In a word, yes. Most governors who
Read MoreGuest Post: Online Sales Tax
Submitted by KARA HAAS In recent years online shopping has become an unspoken tax haven. It seems as though it is similar to offshore bank
Read MoreGuest Post: Why I Support The Marketplace Fairness Act
Submitted by STEN R. WILSON Everyone seems to think that online sales tax collection is about large online companies, like Amazon, trying to crush small
Read MoreCall For Guest Posts About Tax Policy
As I have done for the past few years, I’ll be turning over the blog to my readers for the last week in August. But
Read MoreTime To Stock Up On Guns & School Supplies: States Announce Sales Tax Holidays
It’s that time of year again! Despite evidence that state sales tax holidays actually cost taxpayers money, many states have renewed their temporary reprieve on
Read MoreTaxes From A To Z: S Is For Standard Deduction
S is for Standard Deduction. Most taxpayers have the option of claiming the standard deduction or the itemized deduction. I say “most” because, as with
Read MoreTaxes From A To Z: D Is For Deductible Taxes
D is for Deductible Taxes. (Admit it, you thought I was going to say depreciation. Nah, that was last year.) It feels like everything you
Read More11 Potentially Life Changing Year End Tax Strategies
2011 is coming to a close which means that year end tax strategies are on the minds of many taxpayers. We all know the most
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