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Last news: March 20, 2008 09:50:00

And the Best Tax-Preparation Program Is ... (Wall Street Journal), by Tom Herman: Recently, I have been road-testing versions of Intuit Inc.s TurboTax, long the nations top-selling brand, and H&R Block Inc.s TaxCut. ... Of the two programs, I prefer... - [Read more]

The IRS announced yesterday (IR-2008-46) that it is holding $1.2 billion in unclaimed refunds for 1.3 million people who failed to file a 2004 tax return. The average unclaimed refund is $552. To collect the refund, a 2004 return must... - [Read more]

The National Womens Law Center hosts a free webinar today on Economic Stimulus Payments: What Families Need to Know: The National Women’s Law Center is hosting a free webinar to give service providers and advocates the information they need on... - [Read more]

Nina J. Crimm (St. Johns) has posted several tax papers on SSRN: The Global Gag Rule: Undermining National Interests by Doing unto Foreign Women and NGOs What Cannot Be Done at Home, 40 Cornell Intl L.J. 487 (2007) Toward Facilitating... - [Read more]

This morning, I blogged the Governments brief in opposition to the petition for certiorari filed by the taxpayer in Murphy v. IRS, 493 F.3d 170 (D.C. Cir. 7/3/07). Following up on his earlier analysis of Ms. Murphys cert. petition, Gregory... - [Read more]

There is a tax angle in the movie Charlie Bartlett: the main characters father is in jail for tax evasion, but the principal tries to reassure him by saying "there are worse crimes than tax evasion." Here is the plot:... - [Read more]

Indictment Civil Forfeiture Complaint U.S. Attorney Press Release New York Times Reuters Wall Street Journal - [Read more]

Bryan Camp (Texas Tech) reports that his kids found this online game: The Black Knight: Hear Ye, Hear Ye... The Queen needs a new swimming pool. The King calls upon you, The Black Knight, to go hither and bash as... - [Read more]

AP reports that eight women who work in the Monongalia County, West Virginia sheriffs department tax office won the $276.3 million PowerBall lottery. - [Read more]

The Government yesterday filed its brief in opposition to the petition for certiorari filed by the taxpayer in Murphy v. IRS, 493 F.3d 170 (D.C. Cir. 7/3/07): The court of appeals correctly concluded that compensatory damages received for emotional distress... - [Read more]

The IRS yesterday invited taxpayers to apply for membership on the Taxpayer Advisory Panel: The IRS is inviting civic-minded individuals to help improve the nation’s tax agency by applying to be members of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. The panel provides... - [Read more]

The Treasury Departments Office of Tax Policy has released: Capital Gains and Taxes Paid on Capital Gains for Returns with Positive Net Capital Gains, 1954-2005 Long-Term Capital Gains and Taxes Paid on Long-Term Capital Gains, 1977-2005 Taxes Paid on Dividends... - [Read more]

The General Accountability Office has released Selected Charities Reported Mixed Experiences after Changes in Vehicle Donation Rules (GAO-08-367). Here is the Report in Brief: The selected charities GAO contacted reported mixed experiences after the rules for claiming a tax deduction... - [Read more]

The Center for Freedom and Prosperity has released a three-part series on how the Laffer Curve explains the relationship between tax rates and tax revenues: While the theory behind the Laffer Curve is widely accepted, the concept has become very... - [Read more]

An unusual opening to yesterdays Tax Court opinion in Monk v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2008-64 (3/17/08): For many years, Raymond Monk reported his interest in a Baltimore bar called Chuck’s Place as a sole proprietorship on his tax returns. This... - [Read more]