Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and Representative Dave Camp (R-MI) report in a Wall Street Journal […]
Category: Tax
Americans for Tax Reform: Playing Professional Football in Texas to Save Taxes > Working for Jerry Jones
Tony Romo will make a lot of money playing quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys under […]
Maybe Dave Camp’s Pass-through Proposal Doesn’t Address Carried Interest So It Won’t Invite Unfortunate War Analogies
Victor Fleischer writes at DealBook that Michigan Congressman Dave Camp's proposal to simplify partnership and […]
The Worst of Tax Season Commercials
I spent half my afternoon pulling up the worst tax commercials out there after we […]
Never Fear, The U.S. Senate Is Here! (To the Rescue Tax Preparer Regulations)
Earlier this year, a DC judge threw out the IRS' ability to regulate unlicensed preparers […]
CPA Problems: Never-ending Revenue Modules, Waking Before Dawn, and Brat Taxes
With only three weeks until April 15th, some of you might like to be reminded […]
Members of Congress Seem Surprised That Tax Reform Meetings with Interest Groups Would Arouse Cynicism
Last month, the House Ways and Means Committee announced that it was creating eleven working groups […]
BREAKING: Incompetent Tax Advisers May Get Fired
The Wall Street Journal is on it, you guys: Plenty of accountants make errors on […]
Tax Nerds Feeling Vindicated After Their Long-held Viewpoints Are Paid Lip Service
Tax Policy Center co-director Eric Toder is feeling good today. Why? Some people known for […]
Most Americans Disapprove of Cheating On Taxes; Some Want to Cheat Like Tiger Woods
A recent poll, commissioned by the IRS, found that the overwhelming majority of taxpayers think that […]
A Few Hip-Hop Artists Are Claiming That They Can Deduct ‘Making-it-rain’ Expenses for Tax Purposes
As you might expect, TMZ has the scoop and it quotes a number of artists […]
If a Symbolic Gesture Doesn’t Convince You That John Boehner Is Serious About Tax Reform, Then Nothing Will
If there's one thing that members of Congress love to pretend to be serious about, […]