The IRS’ after-the-fact valuation for estate and gift taxes is not a fair or sensible way to run a tax system.
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Tag Archives: Taxes
A First, And Last, Hurrah For Dividends?
Corporations are rushing to distribute excess cash to shareholders. This healthy trend may not last very long.
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The True Cost of Cost Basis
Congress managed to make the complicated issue of cost basis even more complex. Now taxpayers and professionals are doing their best to adjust.
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Another Pulitzer Honors Faulty Reporting On Taxes
As long as Pulitzer prizes go to slanted reporting on taxes, we’re likely to get more slanted reporting on taxes.
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A Tax Trap For Same-Sex Couples Will Snare Others Too
The Tax Court’s tortured reading of the law will penalize gay couples with hefty mortgages. Others will be hit too.
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What We Don’t Know About America’s Most Famous Secretary
Warren Buffett wants critics to focus on facts about his secretary, but facts are not forthcoming. Are her taxes typically middle class?
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Avoiding More Self-Inflicted Harm
Breaking a pattern, House Republicans took the only sensible path available by allowing the fiscal cliff tax compromise to pass.
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