DOMA fate and federal tax laws

An article from Reuters, "Analysis: Gay Marriage Rights May Carry Bigger U.S. Tax Burden For Some ," by Kim Dixon and Patrick Temp...

Prospects for CA Tax Reform

In addition to California voters enacting two tax propositions in November 2012, they also provided a two-thirds majority in both the Assem...

Senate Finance Committee's New Approach to Tax Reform

The Senate Finance Committee recently announced that it will be holding weekly meetings to discuss various topics.  There will be " tax...

Fixing the tax gap as part of tax reform

Source: IRS Tax Gap - http://www.irs.gov/uac/The-Tax-Gap How does the net annual tax gap of $382 billion fit into tax reform?  This is a lot...

Gas Tax and Tax Reform

I was recently asked by a reporter for StreetsBlog.org if tax reform might also include an increase in the gas tax.   " Will an Upcomin...

Governors' Tax Reform Principles

The National Governors Association has released a 1-pager, set of Tax Reform Principles . The purpose is to help guide Congress in its tax r...

Budget and tax system spending

In looking for budget cuts, lawmakers have to look at all of the deductions, exclusions and tax credits in the tax system. As Mr. Simpson an...

Tax policies for multijurisdictional income

On March 1, the SJSU MST Program, Santa Clara Valley TEI chapter and the Tax Policy Committee of the California Bar Taxation Section held th...

Gun and ammunition taxes

A February 2013 article in Governing magazine - "Gun Taxes and State Revenues" by Lemov, notes that some states are proposing and ...