‘The Onion’ Coverage Of The Soda Tax
It turns out that more states and localities are considering a soda tax to raise money fight obesity. For a laugh, check out The Onion‘s coverage.
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NY Closer To Soda Tax?
DOH! This version has been corrected. My original source indicated that the proposal was targeted to the city (like Philly) and not the state. Apologies for the error. Just days after Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter announced plans for Philadelphia to tax soda, New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg signaled that his city supports state efforts to…
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Microsoft Exec: Consumers Need To Pay More Taxes
What if the head of Coca-Cola suggested a tax on sugary sodas to combat increasing instances of obesity? Or if the big three automakers heralded an increase in the gas tax as a way of repairing our highways? It would leave a lot of us scratching our heads. That’s why many IT folks were left…
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Don’t Be Too Smug, Colorado: Philly Can Increase Taxes With The Best Of Them
Just a week after I reported that Colorado was moving to increase taxes on its sugary drinks, Philadelphia Mayor Nutter is expected to announced a new tax on sugary drinks. Nutter plans to present his 2010-2011 budget on tomorrow. Expected to be included is a 2 cents per ounce tax on sugary drinks. That’s right:…
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Rendell Takes Cues from the Super Bowl
To start the second half of the Super Bowl, with the Colts comfortably ahead of the Saints, Coach Sean Payton called for an onside kick. For those of you who don’t follow football, let me tell you: it’s a remarkably gutsy move. It’s a way to get the ball back early, provided that things go…
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Tax Beer? Why? Nothing Helps*
Beer drinkers in the Mountain State are struggling to raise revenue in a bad economy. Some members of the state’s legislature think they have a solution: tax beer. West Virginia House Health and Human Resources Committee Chairman Don Perdue, who sponsored the bill, says that an increase in the tax is necessary. His plan to…
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Poll Has White House Scratching Its Head
A recent CBS News/New York Times poll has the White House scratching its head. Americans were asked, “In general, do you think the Obama Administration has increased taxes for most Americans, decreased taxes for most Americans or have they kept taxes the same for most Americans?” More than half of all those surveyed said that…
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Tax Literacy Project To Debut Soon
Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to chat with Marjorie Kornhauser, a professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University about her Tax Literacy Project. It’s an ambitious project, for sure. Her plan is to make tax law more accessible (!) to the general public through a series of…
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Transgender Community Claims Victory In Tax Court
Nearly 10 years ago, Rhiannon O’Donnabhain (then Robert Donovan) underwent sex-change and breast augmentation surgeries in order to complete her transformation from male to female for a Gender Identity Disorder (GID). She claimed the costs of the procedures on her tax return as a medical deduction, arguing that the procedures were medically necessary and not…
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Point/Counterpoint
I’m working on a post regarding Obama’s proposed budget, tax credits and the State of the Union. I’d love some additional input so I was thinking of doing a series of point/counterpoint posts on the following specific issues: Extending the Bush tax cuts Tax credit for small businesses Expansion of child tax credit Bank fee/tax…