Earlier in the week, I reported that Georgia is considering implementing a tax on personal services, meaning that professions like barber shops, law firms and
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The First Thing We Do, Let’s Tax All Of The Lawyers…
Taxes are not popular. And lawyers are not popular. So why not throw the two together and create the most despicable combination imaginable: a tax
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Local Taxes
Taxpayer asks: For the past few years, I’ve earned a little bit of self-employed income here in Philly. I never paid the city’s Business Privilege
Read MoreFix The Tax Code Friday: Domestic Partnerships
New Jersey is one of the first states in the country to pass a fairly comprehensive Domestic Partnership Act that would allow couples who register
Read MoreHey Delaware, We Don’t Mean You…
Or any other resident of a state where there is no sales tax. But the rest of you? Listen up. You have the option of
Read MoreShe Doesn’t Want Your Stinkin’ Money…
During my first year of law school, one of my professors told us that the B students become judges. Maybe he was right. You see, it’s been
Read MoreStreet Fight
Putting a period (or perhaps an ellipsis) at the end of a three-year investigation, T. Milton Street, Sr. the brother of Mayor John F. Street
Read MoreHome Business, Home Business On The Range
The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax research group based in Washington, D.C., recently released its State Business Tax Climate Index which ranks how “business friendly”
Read MoreMore Election Year Tax Bills (Oops, I Meant ‘Property Tax Relief’)
What good is an election year property tax bill if the folks at home can’t understand it? So, Governor Rendell of Pennsylvania has launched a
Read MorePA Property Tax Relief?
Pennsylvania has passed a property tax relief bill after debating the issue for a number of years. The full story can be found here.
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