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Nov 21, 2024
Back in early 2023, the Justice Department sued to block the proposed merger between JetBlue and Spirit Airlines, citing the potential to reduce consumer options in the low-fare...
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Nov 4, 2024
As Election Day draws near, one issue continues to be at the forefront of voters’ minds — inflation. While the effects of inflation are tangible and painful, the causes...
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Oct 22, 2024
More than six years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in South Dakota v. Wayfair that businesses could be required to collect sales taxes on behalf of states even if they had no...
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Jul 23, 2024
With Washington instituting a new income tax (excuse me, an “excise tax on capital gains”) and California always chock-full of ideas to tax anything that moves,...
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Jul 5, 2024
Three years ago, thousands of taxpayers’ private tax data was leaked to investigative outlet ProPublica. Over three years later, the IRS has finally agreed to do the bare...
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Jun 21, 2024
For months, the kinds of people who anxiously await Supreme Court decisions on technical tax issues have anxiously awaited a Supreme Court decision on a technical tax issue. But...
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Jun 18, 2024
The federal government faces a national debt crisis like never before in its history. Most economists from across the political spectrum agree that the deficit is out of...
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Jun 5, 2024
During the pandemic, cities around the country faced a sudden decline in the number of people commuting in from surrounding areas. For these cities, this posed a major problem, since...
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May 14, 2024
Yet again, progressive darling and wealth tax crusader Gabriel Zucman has received a featured spot in the New York Times opinion section. Yet again, Zucman is using this soapbox to...
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May 6, 2024
By now, most Americans have filed their state tax returns. While many were fortunate enough to owe income to just a single state, some taxpayers had to grapple with the...
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Mar 27, 2024
It is not unusual for taxing authorities to apply “creative” interpretations of a business’s tax operations to maximize their tax obligations. What is a little more...
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Feb 22, 2024
Lost in the midst of fractious negotiations over the border and immigration bill has been the relative success of a tax relief bill. While it lacks the same political drama, the Tax...
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Feb 1, 2024
The rumors of the death of remote work have been greatly exaggerated. While rates of remote work have dropped significantly since the period of enforced lockdowns during the...
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Jan 16, 2024
With some limited exceptions, it’s generally an established legal fact that you cannot be made to pay your relatives’ debts. Unless you are a spouse or a co-signer on a...
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Jan 2, 2024
Oklahoma City voters just approved a new deal to make sure the Oklahoma City Thunder, a professional basketball team, remains in Oklahoma City. While stadium subsidy deals usually...