Roger Harris: Uncollected Internet Sales Tax Unfair
You may have noticed that the Internet is everywhere. We bank, watch movies and read newspapers on the Web. We use smartphones to check stock prices and school schedules. We can all agree that the...
View ArticleObstacle Course Awaits Congress in Quest for Simpler Tax Code
The allure of a simpler, more efficient tax code that could fuel economic growth presents a tantalizing possibility for U.S. lawmakers. The path to that goal is littered with political and legislative...
View ArticleAmazon and eBay Share Different Views of Online Sales Tax Bill
Amazon supports a bill that would give states the ability to force online retailers to collect sales tax, but eBay does not. Those were some of the reactions to the Main Street Fairness Act, which Sen....
View ArticleGay Marriage Laws Leave Disparities in Federal Tax Treatment
A same-sex marriage law that took effect July 24 in New York doesn’t mean those couples can count on the same tax treatment that heterosexual unions receive, a discrepancy that some lawmakers and...
View ArticleObama Signs Debt Bill Into Law, Signals Tax Reform
THE SIX-MONTH-long crisis over US debt ended yesterday when President Barack Obama signed into law a Bill raising the debt ceiling by $900 billion, just hours before the US would have defaulted on its...
View ArticleAmazon Gather Anti-Sales Tax Signatures Outside Retail Stores
Amazon.com Inc. is giving bricks-and-mortar retailers yet another reason to fume. As the online giant begins its quest to overturn a new California law requiring it to collect sales taxes just like its...
View ArticleTax Deadlines For 2010 Deaths? IRS Finally Issues Guidance
On August 5, 2011, the IRS published long-awaited guidance for executors of estates of people who died in 2010. Notice 2011-66 explains how these executors can opt out of the estate tax, and Revenue...
View ArticleIRS: Aug. 31 Deadline Is Second Special Voluntary Disclosure Initiative of...
U.S. taxpayers hiding income in undisclosed offshore accounts are running out of time to take advantage of a soon-to-expire opportunity to come forward and get their taxes current with the Internal...
View ArticleDemocrats Abandon Millionaire Surtax Proposal
Democrats are abandoning their demand for a surtax on millionaires to help finance payroll tax cuts in a sign that lawmakers are trying to broker a compromise on Congress’ highest-profile year-end...
View ArticleReuters: Obama Welcomes Jobs Data, Urges Payroll Tax Cut
President Barack Obama welcomed a stronger than expected December unemployment report on Friday and urged Congress to extend a payroll tax cut until the end of 2012 to help the country’s economic...
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