Last December, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on two same-sex marriage cases. Those cases include Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge to California’s controversial Proposition 8
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What Now? Supreme Court Rulings On Same-Sex Marriage Raise Questions About Taxes
The Supreme Court released three opinions today: United States v. Windsor, Sekhar v. United States, and Hollingsworth v. Perry (each opinion downloads as a pdf).
Read MoreTaxpayers File Suit Over IRS Rule On Health Care Act Tax Credits
Just one day after the Internal Revenue Service additional Proposed Regulations to clarify governance issues related to the Health Care Act, a group of taxpayers
Read MoreChallenges To Same Sex Marriages Now At Supreme Court
On December 11, 2012, I posted the piece that follows about the Supreme Court’s grant of cert to hear cases on same-sex marriages. I’ve often
Read MoreProfessionals Speak Out On Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
My favorite part of tax law and tax policy, after I’ve sorted through it all in my own head, is picking the brains of my
Read MoreIs A Penalty A Tax? The SCOTUS Health Care Decision
So first things, first. The Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a little background on the Act can be found here).
Read MoreAs SCOTUS Rules, IRS Struggles With Tax & Immigration-Related Measures
With the ink barely dry on the Supreme Court ruling striking down most of Arizona’s controversial immigration measures (click here to read the opinion on
Read MoreSCOTUS Says Tax Crimes Are Grounds For Deportation
“What’s the worst that can happen?” I get asked that a lot in the context of tax compliance. Well, as of today, there’s this: you
Read MoreSupreme Court Asked To Answer What’s ‘Fair’ When It Comes To Taxpayers
The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the case of Armour, et al., v. Indianapolis, et al (docket 11-161). That’s a lawyerly way of saying
Read MoreTaxpayers Get Schooled In Arizona
Mark this day in your calendars. Even though it feels like a regular ol’ Monday, it’s not. It’s the day that our educational system changed
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