You can tell that tax time is creeping up on us by the number of tax-related promos appearing on the web. Even from… The Office?
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Kelly Phillips Erb is a tax attorney, tax writer, and podcaster.
Wal-Mart Rolls Back Tax Cuts
In law school, you learn in basic tax (“baby tax,” we called it) that you can’t avoid tax on a transaction by making it into
Read MoreRecession Likely Without Tax Cuts?
According to Martin Feldstein, a Harvard economist, the US is on its way to a recession. The only way to avoid it? Tax and interest
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Read MoreWhat’s Your Tax Sign, Baby?
Apparently, you can tell a lot about a taxpayer from their… astrological sign. So says the folks at Money Management International, whose findings were reported
Read MoreTaxing Bottled Water: Saving The Environment Or Killing Business?
I’ve blogged before about how the government uses tax as a method of altering taxpayers’ behavior. Different governments tax cigarettes, sweets and fatty foods and
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Books As Business Expenses
Taxpayer asks:Hi Taxgirl, I have a question about deducting books as business expenses. If I run, say a web development business, and I purchase both
Read MoreIRS May Say No to “Rapid Refund” Type Loans
The IRS is considering saying no to “rapid refund” type loans to taxpayers. The loans, made by tax preparers like H&R Block, have been the
Read MoreReligion & Taxes: Commentary
After I wrote my piece on religion and taxes, I emailed the link to my priest, Father Kirk Berlenbach, at St. Timothys because I thought
Read MoreMauled Again Wins a Blawggie!
Dennis Kennedy’s annual Best of Law-related Blogging Awards, the Blawggies, have named a winner in the Best Law Professor Blog category. The winner is a
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