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…

…making them collect and submit biweekly sales tax. Sales tax is one of the major methods by which we raise revenue. Everyone knows about sales taxes. It’s the tax that…

…well, has continued to fail to keep up with the criminals who commit tax fraud. A recent report by the Inspector General for Tax Administration suggests a range of problems….

…law by Gov. Quinn on Jan. 13), tax increases–especially those that require people and companies of wealth and power to kick in a fairer share of the tax burden–may well…

by Linda Beale Friday Animations–Bush Tax Cuts crossposted with Ataxingmatter It might be worth reminding everbody about now that the Bush tax cuts were a poor idea even when they…

…income. This only makes a terribly regressive tax somewhat less regressive, and it expands the tax slice from that still-regressive tax — a tax that discourages working for a living…

Paul Caron at Taxprof blog points us to capital gains Is Capital Gains Tax Law Biased Against Low Income Investors? Min Dai (National University of Singapore, Department of Mathematics), Hong…

…loophole riddled corporate tax system that corporations are easily able to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. IN fact, other countries have more effective tax systems that get more…

…four). Eliminates the alternative minimum tax [AMT]. Promotes saving by eliminating taxes on interest, capital gains, and dividends; also eliminates the death tax. Replaces the corporate income tax – currently…

by Linda Beale ABA TAx Section Pronouncement on Carried Interest originally posted at Ataxingmatter (Nov. 10) The American Bar Association Section of Taxaction has issued a letter on Comments on…