I saw this article originally in the Wall Street Journal, front page. But, I’m posting from the New York Times, because it’s not behind a paywall. Read more »
October 16, 2020
Recipients of my September Newsletter know it featured me running for elected office on a mock platform of fully funding the IRS. Read more >>
November 19, 2019
I don’t like offers in compromise as a way to get rid of tax debt. The process is cumbersome, expensive, and arbitrary. There are better ways to deal with tax debt. Read more >>
August 28, 2019
If it even brushes against California, the state government wants to tax it… Read more >>
August 15, 2019
Americans who work overseas are entitled to exclude $80,000 of annual income from their tax return. It’s called the “foreign earned income exclusion.” Read more >>
January 19, 2018
The private collectors are not as well trained as IRS employees, and generally violate taxpayer rights much more often than the federal employees. Read more >>
May 30, 2017
If you own a foreign bank account, you need to report it to the IRS, or else, as the case of poor Mr. Gubser below illustrates. Read more >>
January 14, 2017
It’s satisfying when tax law actually does the right thing morally – such as providing a strong financial incentive to pay spousal support on time. Here’s an example. Read more >>
October 20, 2015
One of my clients has several years of unfiled tax returns. Like many people with several years of unfiled tax returns, he’s been putting off working with me. So I hadn’t heard from him for about six months when he called me in a panic. Read more >>
July 16, 2015
A few months ago, the US saw the political theater of Congress outraged at the IRS’s alleged targeting of Tea Party political organizations for scrutiny on whether they qualified for tax-exempt status. It looked like the IRS was politically-biased against conservative causes. Read more »
September 7, 2013
