We live in an increasingly branded world. Even the last vestige of truly American sports, football, is now a string of brands thrown together. I don’t know about you but I could barely distinguish between the Tostitos/Starbucks/Pepsi Bowl and the Facebook/Hershey’s/Microsoft Bowl… There has to be a breaking point if, for no other reason, that…
It’s that time of year again! No, not just tax season opening (that officially happens next week). It’s the time of the year when the National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA), Nina Olson, releases her annual report to Congress. The report, which can be found here, is required under section 7803(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code: each…
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Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) has unveiled what he calls “the mother of all tax bills.” The result would be a sizable “re-shifting” of the current tax burden which has been heavily criticized even among the wealthy as “tilted to the rich.” According to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center, the shift would mean that…
I’ve noted before that nobody likes a partisan tax blogger. But you also can’t talk about tax policy in any meaningful way without considering the political ramifications. So throughout the next year (oh my God, is it really a whole year?), I plan to visit and no doubt, re-visit, the tax stances of various political…