…is an option, but is currently begging the state legislature to allow a supplemental tax bill. I posted sometime ago on just how dubious the ideas involving tax policy can…

…physicians what they already k new, Depakote was a very valuable medication for “off-label” (unapproved uses). In the irony department, prescribing and administering Depakote for off-label uses is legal, and…

…information about products’ energy use. Label is voluntary, and Congress ordered it The Energy Star label is voluntary for products that meet certain efficiency levels, and differs from Department of…

…the so-called “fiscal cliff”–tax cuts and spending cuts. 1. The Bush tax cuts, job creators, and uncertainty The right has, not unexpectedly, argued that not extending all of the tax…

…politicians on the right about how a corporate tax “overhaul” is needed because our taxes are “too complex” and/or “too anti-competitive” or because our tax rates are “too high”. The…

by Linda Beale Red state tax “reform” and “economic growth” As most tax practitioners and academics know, Professor Paul Caron maintains a “tax prof blog” that provides timely links to…

…the drive for “revenue neutral” corporate tax reform (cut corporate taxes, cut expenditures elsewhere to make up for the decreased corporate tax revenues) is just another example of corporatism as…

…the problem caused by sophisticated taxpayers seeking sophisticated help to avoid or evade taxes. This “regulations and complexity are the cause of offshoring and tax cheating” nonsense sounds about like…

…treaties to allocate taxing rights, and the ability of corporations to use the differences amongst tax regimes to lower their liabilities by shifting the source of their profits to low-tax…

…federal income taxes in the latter period as compared to the former period. This represents a collective tax savings of $34 billion due to the law. The other six corporations…