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Spaniards hot under collar after government taxes the sun 26 Aug 2013 | 11:49 pm
One of my favorite T-shirts was the one the hubby brought back from Spain when he went there in 1997 to cover the Ryder Cup golf tournament. On the shirt's front was Spain's tourism logo, a colorful,...
Gerard Depardieu now an honorary, and less taxed, Belgian 26 Aug 2013 | 09:55 am
French actor Gerard Depardieu is now Belgian actor Gerard Depardieu. The award-winning actor raised eyebrows last year when he decided to take up residency in Belgium after the Socialist government i...
Glenn Greenwald, reporter who broke Snowden-NSA leaks story, paying past-due taxes 25 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
I'm not here to shoot, or disparage, the messenger. And I freely admit that this is not hot off the presses info. But I just ran across it and there's a tax component, and lesson, so ... Glenn Greenw...
Remembering Martin Luther King's legacy and tax trial 25 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
Tens of thousands converged on Washington, D.C., today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington. It's a few days early; the original march was o...
IRS has basis to recognize same-sex marriages nationwide 23 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
Sen. Ben Cardin says it's time for the Internal Revenue Service to finally decide how federal tax laws will apply to same-sex married couples following the Supreme Court's ruling on the Defense of Mar...
It's time to eliminate many tax-exempt status designations 23 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
Since May, we -- OK, primarily tax geeks and members of Congress -- have focused on the issue of tax-exempt status. This is because on May 10 we learned that the Internal Revenue Service had a questio...
Maryland Rep. Van Hollen sues IRS over its application of 501(c)(4) political nonprofit rules 21 Aug 2013 | 08:55 pm
The controversy over how and which groups the Internal Revenue Service targeted in assessing applications for nonprofit status is heading to court. Maryland Democratic Rep. Chis Van Hollen, the ranki...
Reduced municipal bond tax benefits could threaten all governmental credit ratings 21 Aug 2013 | 02:09 am
Senate tax writers say that no tax break is safe in their quest to overhaul the U.S. income tax code. One credit rating firm, however, says that eliminating or even just reducing the tax exemption fo...
Tax Reform Road Show is now playing in Silicon Valley 19 Aug 2013 | 10:24 pm
Max's and Dave's Tax Reform Tour makes its third stop today and tomorrow, Aug. 19 and Aug. 20, in Northern California. The chairmen of Congress' two tax-writing committees, Rep. David Camp (R-Mich.) ...
Employers in 17 states could face higher unemployment taxes 18 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm
Last week's (Aug. 15) jobless report from the Department of Labor showed initial claims for unemployment at a seasonally adjusted 320,000. That was the lowest level since October 2007, two months befo...
