Tax Benefits for Home Ownership

There are many tax breaks for owning a home (for a nice summary of these - see this DoorFly .com page ). In addition, if the owner uses the ...

Tax Reform Talk - Will Action Follow?

The President's Deficit Commission, President Obama, Treasury Secretary Geithner , the chairs of the congressional tax committees, Natio...

IRS has an app!

The IRS has been adding new uses of technology in its outreach to taxpayers and tax practitioners. For example, they have some interactive w...

California proposal (AB 153) for expanded sales/use tax nexus

Legislation has been introduced in California again to try to improve collection of use tax, such as what is owed on many Internet purchases...

Technology, Unemployment, and Our Children's Future - Guest Post

This is a guest post by Hunter Richards of Software Advice (originally published here ). It ties well to one of the rationales behind "...

How to simplify the tax law

Recently, two students noted to me separately that perhaps the only route to simplify the tax law would be to require that all members of Co...

Conference - State of Tax Policy in California - Feb 11 in Palo Alto

TEI and the SJSU College of Business are sponsoring a timely conference - The State of Tax Policy in California, on Friday, February 11,...

Good NPR story on tax breaks (expenditures)

NPR has a great story and audio posted for 1/13/11 -" Can Washington Break Its Tax-Break Habit ?" by Scott Horsley . It includes a...

Massachussetts Analyzes Its Film Credits

Like many states, Massachusetts offers tax incentives for film production activities in the state. The Massachusetts Department of Revenue ...

Paid Return Preparer Categories - More

The new IRS program to requires paid tax return preparers to register for a Preparer Tax Identification Number ( PTIN ) and pay a fee, has a...

CBO Director, Taming Budget Deficits, Reality Check

Congressional Budget Office Director Elmendorf's blog on 1/9/11 about reducing the budget deficit notes the need for actions that woul...

Treasury Secretary Geithner and Corporate Tax Reform

More on possible corporate tax reform ... During and after Secretary Geithner's speech at John Hopkins University on January 12, 2011, ...

Corporate Tax Reform on the Horizon?

A January 6, 2010 Wall Street Journal article - " Momentum Builds for Corporate-Tax Overhaul " by McKinnon and Williamson, state...

Canada further drops its top corporate tax rate

The Wall Street Journal reports that starting 2011, Canada's top corporate tax rate is 16.5%, down from 18% and slated to go to 15% in ...