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Watch What I Do…..

…the 2004 tax legislation–the corporate pay-back bill that was sold to the public with the same old claim that tax cuts would create millions of new jobs. The 2001-2003 tax

Mass. income tax repeal

…issue is Question 1, which would eliminate the state income tax. It would save the average taxpayer about $3,600 a year. Annual revenue from the tax is about $12.5 billion,…

FATCA (foreign account tax compliance act

By Linda Beale crossposted with Ataxingmatter FATCA (foreign account tax compliance act FATCA (foreign account tax compliance act–or is it the anti-fatcat act?) The attention of US tax enforcement has…

Kooky Tax Protestors!

by Linda Beale Kooky Tax Protestors! Anybody who has read much of my blog probably has realized that I don’t think much of “tax protestor” movements like the one Wesley…

More on Carried Interest

…this provision, it is more likely to hit middle income taxpayers. Which is fairer–taxing carried interest like the compensation income it is, or hitting middle income taxpayers with higher taxes

IRS Budget: Penny-Wise, Pound Foolish

…on the declining level of Federal corporate profits taxes relative to pretax income. This ratio is less than the overall effective tax rate to the degree that companies pay foreign…