The Marshall Division of the U.S. District Court for theEastern District of Texas has issued the following Standing Order RegardingReadiness for Status Conference: “The CourtORDERSthe Plaintiff in each civil casefile a notice that the case is ready for scheduling conference when allDefendants have either answered or filed a motion to transfer or dismiss. The notice [...]
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By way of Paul Caron, the WSJ reports that the Buffett Rule, if enacted, won’t apply to its namesake: Wall Street Journal, Will Buffett Avoid the Buffett Rule? The Sage of Omaha Is Already Positioned to Shield Most of His Rising Wealth From Such a Tax, by James Freeman: Billionaire Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett [...]
You can put this post in the thick file labeled “why I favor small government and oppose high taxation.” F.A. Hayek tells us why socialism (i.e. central planning) inevitably leads to totalitarianism (emphasis is mine): Planning leads to dictatorship because dictatorship is the most effective instrument of coercion and, as such, essential if central planning on a large [...]
A businessman in Naugatuck, Conn., was sentenced to two years of probation for underpaying his federal income taxes.
According to court records, Augustine C. Ofili, 54, was the owner of Augustine Insurance Agency in Bridgeport. From 2004 to 2007, Ofili underreported on his federal income tax returns the insurance commission income he acquired from his insurance business. Ofili also failed to report capital gains from the sale of real estate in
French v. Board of Education, ___F.3d___(2d Cir. Nov. 3, 2011), is an interesting IDEA case. The issue was whether the student was entitled to compensatory education. Compensatory education involves services past age 21 and it requires a gross IDEA violation….
My favorite IRS employee has started a blog. Paul Caron reports: National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson has started a blog: Welcome to the National Taxpayer Advocateâs blog about taxpayer rights and taxpayer burden. For starters, let me explain that I use the term âtaxpayer rightsâ here to mean not only statutory rights but also the [...]
In2008 Florida was second in the U.S. in motorcycle accident fatalities with 527 tragicdeaths. This number is not decreasing. In fact motorcyclist deaths have increased by 26.92% since last year. Isit time to reform the laws that protect our motorcyclists and penalize thedrivers causing these very accidents? Abill is sitting in the Florida Senate that, if [...]
Paul Caron reports that nearly 280,000 current and former federal workers are delinquent in their tax obligations: Over 279,000 federal workers and retirees owed more than $3.4 billion in back income taxes in 2010 (up from $3.3 billion in 2009, $3.0 billion in 2008, and $2.7 billion in 2007). The cabinet departments with the largest percentages of [...]
One of the first rules of debate is that you should endeavor to understand your opponent’s argument – both the strong and weak points – better than he does. The pro-tax left is, apparently, unaware of this rule. Count left-leaning economist Robert H. Frank among those who simply do not understand why many conservative Americans, the [...]
Ever wonder what the cost of First Grade is at a private school in NYC? Its pushing $40,000. Details are discussed in this Jan. 27, 2012 New York Times article. Now, does anyone seriously think this is reasonable? Mitchell H….
Matter of Cunningham v. NYS Dep’t of Labor, ___A.D.3d___(3d Dep’t. Nov. 23, 2011), is an important case. The issue in the case was whether the data from a GPS device placed in a public employer’s private car was admissible in…
Please bear with me on this one. If Warren Buffett really does pay taxes at a lower rate than his secretary does, it is a fairer result than if he paid taxes at a higher rate.¹ Here’s why: Warren Buffett employs his secretary. Debbie Bosanek employs no one Warren Buffett, directly and indirectly, employs hundreds of thousands of workers. Debbie [...]
Parenting is hard work and co-parenting is even morework because you have the added layer of complexity of parenting from twoseparate households. This does not meanthat co-parenting is impossible. Thereare some common sense tips to making co-parenting easier for the parents andthe children. 1. Check your anger and keep your children’sbest interest number one. Breakingup with [...]
The IRS is issuing information to all taxpayers to stay on the lookout for fraudulent emails and correspondences claiming to be the IRS this tax season. Each year the IRS receives thousands of reports about suspicious calls, emails, faxes and notices claiming to be from the IRS. Thegoal of these fraudulent notices is an attempt to collect your personal information for identity theft or to take your money!
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A Dora, Ala., woman has been charged with tax fraud for her role at a medical clinic she managed and partly owned. Carol Twilley, 43, allegedly failed to account for and pay to the IRS the federal income taxes withheld and Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes due to the UnitedStates on behalf of Horse Creek Family Medicine Inc. and its employees from November 2004 to January 2006. She faces
In our last post we discussed new concerns being raised by Nina Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate, regarding the IRS’administration of the offshore disclosure initiatives. Olson says that she is concerned that taxpayers who unintentionally failed to disclose assets…
On Jan. 27, 2012, the BLS released its annual set of statistics on unions. For those of us supportive of unions the news continues to not be good. Overall union membership declined to 11.8% from 11.9%. Public sector union membership…
In his post Lying About Tax Myths Professor Maule responds point by point to my recent post More Lies About Tax Lies. I have published Maule’s entire post below. After each of his assertions, I give my rebuttal. 1. Maule’s Assertion: Peter Pappas is at it again. My Rebuttal: I agree, I am at it again. “It” being the [...]
To characterize the filing of a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, in terms of the percentage chances of"winning" is a natural occurrence. While not strictly or metaphorically similar to a sports event, or a duel or challenge between two opponents, nevertheless, to obtain an approval is [...]
