Conversations and profiles — interviews with tax professionals, newsmakers, and the people shaping the world of tax.
I sort of took yesterday off… to be interviewed for an upcoming documentary on taxes. I met with the crew of An Inconvenient Tax at my home on yesterday to talk tax. It was great meeting the guys behind the film. They posted a quick excerpt about filming me on their blog. Hmm. I had…
Taxpayer asks: Why did you become a tax attorney? Taxgirl says: Wow, this is not a short answer – but hey, it’s late/early – it’s the Blog Off and I have time. When I went to law school, I vowed never to take tax. It just felt boring. But then I had a horrible Moot…
And just when we thought the IRS had a handle on things… After admitting that 350,000 taxpayers were underpaid on their tax rebates because of an omission of the child tax credit, the IRS has another mea culpa: they’ve been misdirecting tax rebates to the wrong accounts. According to an article in Newsday, an IRS…
My five year old daughter offers this perspective on my job: What do I do? You do taxes and stuff. What are taxes? Taxes are faxes. What are faxes? The taxes. What do I do at my job? Talk, I think. Feed Lyle (that’s our dog). Cook dinnner. For my job? Uh-huh. Do you think…
Okay, so I didn’t really say that when I was a kid. But I did come close. I did know that I wanted to be a lawyer and I wanted to work in international matters. And it was clearly fated. My great-grandmother, who lived in Greenville, SC told everyone that I talked like a Philadelphia…
Remember this movie? It was made by students Jon Chow, Dan Reich and Brittany Davies. They’re not tax professionals (they’re students) but their movie made me laugh. So, I caught up with them and asked them a few questions. Enjoy! 1. Where are you now? Brittany: 49o 16’01.16″ N, 123o 14’50.65″ W Jonathan: What she…
It’s Getting to Know You Tuesday! Today’s interview is with Professor Steven Willis who teaches at the University of Florida School of Law. A call on my blog (and nicely promoted on TaxProf blog) for the nation’s coolest tax professors resulted in a nomination for Professor Willis by an anonymous “Palm Beach T&E attorney.” Professor…
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 tax blog! Professor Jim Maule’s excellent blog, Mauled Again, took top honors. I’m a big fan and have interviewed Professor Maule here on taxgirl. You can get to know Professor…
How cool is your tax professor? I’m going to be adding some reader-generated interviews to my “Getting to Know You Thursday” feature – and I’m specifically looking for great tax professors. If you know one (or are one), send me a quick blurb with a name, law school and why they’re great. Maybe you’ll see…
Will Smith talks about being rich poor – when you make a lot of money but you can’t keep it. At age 19, he owed almost $3 million to the IRS. So, for the first three years of “Fresh Prince”, his wages were garnished by 70% by the IRS. You can watch him talk about…
