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Federal Budget and Economy

A Rundown of Biden’s Proposed Changes To The Taxation Of Foreign Income

March 31, 2023 –
As expected, President Biden’s 2024 proposed budget included several changes to the tax treatment of foreign income. Although prior attempts to rewrite these tax rules...
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Federal Budget and Economy

Monitoring the IRS Commissioner Confirmation Hearing? TPC’s Writings Can Help You Prep

February 14, 2023 –
Valentine’s Day might not be too festive for Danny Werfel this year. He’s got what will probably be the most difficult test of his professional...
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Individual Taxes

Tax Cheats, Dodgers, Avoiders, And Evaders

January 27, 2023 –
The news is filled with stories about conflicts between taxpayers and tax collectors. Just a few weeks ago a New York jury convicted the Trump...
Individual Taxes

Why Would Politicians Make It Harder To File Tax Returns And Easier To Cheat?

January 4, 2023 –
Once they finally pick a Speaker, the very first legislative vote House Republicans will take will be aimed at making it harder for the IRS...
Business Taxes

Biden’s Effort to Close the Tax Gap Is Well-Intentioned but Flawed

May 3, 2021 –
In his American Families Plan, President Biden unveiled a tax compliance initiative aimed at closing the gap between taxes that are owed and what are...
Business Taxes

Too Many IRS Audits of Big Businesses Result In No Change In Tax Liability

April 19, 2021 –
Change can be good, right? Maybe or maybe not. But if you are the Internal Revenue Service, “no change” audits never are good. And, for...
Business Taxes

If Congress Wants the IRS To Collect More Tax from The Rich, It Needs to Pass Better Laws

April 5, 2021 –
Last week, a group of prominent academic and government economists published a study that estimated the top 1 percent of Americans hide more than 20...
Individual Taxes

Uber, Taxes, and the Question of Who’s an Employee in the Gig Economy

August 20, 2020 –
Uber and Lyft are threating to shut down operations in California because the state considers their drivers employees rather than independent contractors. The distinction might...
Business Taxes

Tax 101: Expenses Reimbursed With COVID-19 Aid Should Not Be Deductible

May 8, 2020 –
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and the IRS are right: Because the hundreds of billions of dollars the businesses are getting through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,...
Business Taxes

President Trump As Role Model: Avoiding Taxes For Sport

May 8, 2019 –
Do you consider not paying taxes “sport?” The President of the United States says he does. And that raises serious concerns about the stability of our volumtary tax system.
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Brief

The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

  • Tax Professor Daniel Hemel
Daniel Hemel, Janet Holtzblatt, Steven M. Rosenthal
February 22, 2022

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