The Western Canon of literature has been all but emasculated in recent decades by left-wing PC forces that rule academia. Dead European White Males are, in some cases, automatically excluded from curricula on the grounds that their formerly high regard is merely the product of patriarchal white society that has historically discriminated against women and minorities. Translation: Maya [...]
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The United States Supreme Court has issued hundreds of important tax decisions since Congress’ enactment of the Income Tax in 1913. But which of these cases have had the most lasting impact on taxpayers and tax professionals? Here are my top five: 1. Burnet v. Logan (1931) – The open transaction doctrine. The taxpayer sold stock in a [...]
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Check out these little tax doozies I found while roaming around the internet: The Gettysburg address is 269 words, the Declaration of Independence is 1,337 words, and the Holy Bible is only 773,000 words. However, the tax law has grown from 11,400 words in 1913, to over 7 million words today. (Go to How Long [...]
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Acting on Emerson’s maxim “next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it” here, in no particular order, are my ten favorite quotes about taxation: 1. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -George Bernard Shaw 2. There is no worse tyranny than to [...]
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