Over 4 Million Kindles Sold in December 2011

A December 29, 2011 press release from Amazon states: " Throughout December, customers purchased well over 1 million Kindle de...

Tax regulations issued in 2011

I deliver tax update presentations throughout the year (see http:www.21stcenturytaxation.com for a list of upcoming presentations - live an...

Deliberative Democracy and Tax System Improvements

In June 2011, What's Next California and a few others sponsored a Deliberative Polling with over 400 Californians participating (see my ...

Tax Complexity Due to Multiple Provisions and Future Benefits

This morning I was looking at a tax update presentation of mine from May 2010 to get some information on the enactment of the FATCA (Foreig...

Tax Reform: Status, Needs & Realities -Conference on Feb 3, 2012

TEI and SJSU are once again holding a 1 day Tax Policy Conference to provide an opportunity for people to get up to speed on the inevitabl...

Time to adjust gas tax

The federal and California gasoline excise tax are each 18 cents/gallon and have been at these low rates for many years (see CRS table ). A...

Mainstreet Fairness, Small and Equity

The House Judiciary Committee hearing of November 30, 2011 on federal legislation to allow states meeting certain simplification requirement...