More data on sales tax holidays

I think that one of the " oddities " of the tax law are sales tax holidays used in some states. The holiday typically makes some s...

Small Business Jobs Act of 2010

On September 27, 2010 (Monday), President Obama signed an additional economic stimulus bill - the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (H.R. 5297...

Employment Tax Problems + Need for Effectve Tax Administration

In addition to the decades old problem of distinguishing an independent contractor from an employee, is the problem of uncollected payroll t...

Make Room on the Shelf — One More Tax Reform Report

" Make Room on the Shelf — One More Tax Reform Report " is the cynical title I gave to my article published today in the AICPA C...

Making Work Pay Credit & Economic Stimulus - Need for Better Discussion

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday (9/22/10) - " Obama Tax Credit Looks Endangered" by McKinnon . The article refers to t...

Tax Gap in Congress

In case you missed, the Washington Post ran a story on 9/9/10 - " Capitol Hill employees owed $9.3 million in back taxes last year, dat...

Tax Reform: Lessons from the Tax Reform Act of 1986

The Senate Finance Committee has scheduled a hearing for September 23, 2010 - Tax Reform: Lessons from the Tax Reform Act of 1986 . Former ...

Blogging and Tax Obligations

I'm a little late to this story - but it is interesting and raises some questions about e-commerce and Internet activities and possible ...

Regulating Paid Tax Return Preparers

Since at least 2002, the IRS National Taxpayer Advocate ( NTA ) has pushed for regulation by the IRS of " unenrolled " preparers (...

President Obama's New Stimulus Proposals & Tax Policy

Over Labor Day Weekend, President Obama announced new plans to help stimulate the economy (9/8/10 post to White House blog + Wall Street Jou...

Georgia, Tax Reform and Outdated Tax Systems

I'm falling behind in some of my tax readings (!) so almost missed this appropriately titled op ed for this blog - from The Atlanta Jour...

More on expiring tax cuts

It looks like interest in extending tax cuts for one more year for everyone is catching on per a USA Today article - " More Democrats ...

More stimulus?

In a speech at the National Press Club yesterday, outgoing Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Christine Romer noted the need for mo...