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Tax Trivia Giveaway #5: Drafting The Tax Code

Kelly Phillips ErbFebruary 2, 2012June 1, 2020

Our next tax trivia question is: The man who is largely responsible for writing the modern-day Tax Code, Ward M. Hussey, also drafted language for

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Deduct This: History Of The IRA Deduction

Kelly Phillips ErbJune 27, 2011

Remember Studebaker? Studebaker was a manufacturing company that started in 1852 in South Bend, Indiana, making wagons for farmers, miners, and the military. Ten years

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Deduct This: The History Of Student Loan Interest

Kelly Phillips ErbJune 13, 2011

This week, I reached a pretty significant milestone: I finally paid off my undergraduate student loans. Hold the champagne: I now get to plug away

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What's Worse Than Confusing Legislation?

Kelly Phillips ErbOctober 4, 2010

What’s worse than confusing legislation? Creepy companies that try to capitalize on it. Here’s what we just received in the mail today… On the outside,

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Tax Trivia: Reading the Tax Code

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 20, 2010

We have a winner! It’s Brad! For the answer, see the comments! Our next tax trivia question for the giveaway is: Assuming that you read

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Tax Trivia: Sex In The Tax Code?

Kelly Phillips ErbMarch 12, 2009May 14, 2020

We have a winner! See comments! Our next tax trivia question is: Which comedian joked that if you actually read the entire Tax Code, you’d

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Fix The Tax Code Friday: Flat Tax

Kelly Phillips ErbMay 11, 2007

A number of the presidential candidates have suggested replacing the current tax system with a more simple program. It feels like it shouldn’t be hard

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