Last week, voters in California were split on a measure that would impose a $1 per pack excise tax on cigarettes. Despite more than $60
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Biggest Tax Fraud Prosecution Ever To Be Retried Due to Juror Who Is "Pathological Liar"
(Update: I have more details about the juror and the request for the mistrial… be sure and check back on Wednesday for the scoop.) Remember
Read MoreTax-Exempt Organization Deadline Nears
For years, most small tax-exempt organizations were exempt from filing requirements with IRS. This all changed a few years back when The Pension Protection Act
Read MoreWhy Does Congress Love Houses More Than Students?
Yesterday was Career Day at my kids’ school. So, around 9:00 a.m., I found myself standing in front of a room full of kids, touting
Read MoreIRS Seeks Advisory Council Members
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants you – and not in that scary, sending you Notices of Deficiency kind of way nor in a smarmy
Read MoreWhy Apple, Buffett, And The Super Rich Aren’t Using Tax Loopholes
My 7-year-old is always looking for an angle. Recently, she asked for a cookie before bedtime. I said yes. She asked for another one. I
Read MoreOnce A Survivor, Always A Survivor: Richard Hatch Speaks Out On Taxes, IRS
On the first season of CBS’ Survivor, Richard Hatch was quickly painted as the villain. He was, to many viewers, too cocky and too focused
Read MoreIRS Lacks Statutory Authority To Extend Time To Assess Tax
Charles J. Sigerseth just won an A… or at least a nice note to his professor. Charles’ entry on the statute of limitations issue is
Read MoreWill BP Arrest Change Minds About Billion Dollar Losses?
There are some moments that you remember with perfect clarity. For me, it was the day that my daughter asked me why the birds couldn’t
Read MoreCongress Wants IRS To Play Border Control
And here I thought, in an election year, that nothing would get done. In the blink of an eye, the Senate has managed to pass
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