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Tax Roundup, 12/7/16: Tax Fairy falls $100 million short. And: RIP, Orville...
Flickr image cropped; image courtesy Lucie Bluebird-Lexington Tax Fairy shuffles the CARDS. While faith in the Tax Fairy never goes away, her adherents had a tremendous tent revival movement around the...
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Tax Roundup, 1/17/17: Trump says border adjustment could lead to “bad deal.”...
Back to the drawing board? President-Elect Trump roiled the tax reform debate yesterday by slamming the House GOP Destination-based Cash Flow Tax, at least the border adjustment part. Richard Rubin and...
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Tax Roundup, 1/19/17: Obama’s tax policy – how much will survive? Also: Iowa...
Obama – what did that mean? Today is the last full day of the Obama administration. Obama tax policy was a sharp break from the Bush years. The Trump years, in turn, will likely veer off the Obama path...
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Tax Roundup, 2/15/17: IRS says you don’t have to answer that insurance...
The right to remain silent? A report this morning says that the IRS will accept 2016 1040s that don’t answer return questions about health care coverage. Peter Suderman reports in Major Blow to...
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Tax Roundup, 3/3/17: Open questions on Iowa Sec. 179 uncoupling. Also: refund...
Iowa, do you know where your tax law is? Iowa’s guidance on Sec. 179 uncoupling hasn’t changed in the last week. It also hasn’t been updated to answer questions that remain open. Iowa incorporated the...
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Tax Roundup, 3/9/17: Iowa Tax Reform talk comes to life.
Iowa tax policy woke up this week. The Iowa tax policy scene has been pretty dull so far this year. Shortfalls in tax revenue have stalled tax reform efforts. In fact, the system has gone backwards...
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Tax Roundup, 3/17/17: More on Iowa Sec. 179 guidance. Also: a free webinar....
Iowa and the lost basis problem. Iowa conformed its 2015 income tax computations to all of the federal “extender” changes except for bonus depreciation. For 2016, Iowa will only conform to the...
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Tax Roundup, 4/4/17: Two weeks to deadline. Will there be a rush? And links...
15 days, counting today. And I am counting today. In some ways the April 18 deadline seems overrated. Extensions are easy to obtain. The April 18 FBAR extension for foreign financial accounts doesn’t...
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Tax Roundup, 5/4/17: FAFSA IRS data hack used already stolen info. Links:...
DRTy Deeds. Anyone with kids in college has dealt with the FAFSA, the “Free Application for Federal Student Aid.” It is full of questions about your income taxes. To make this annoying form a little...
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Tax Roundup, 5/24/17: Branstad era ends today. Links cover trusts, border...
Governor Branstad in 1984. Public domain image via Wikipedia. It’s been a long time. Terry Branstad, who has spent more time as Iowa’s Governor than anyone has been governor anywhere, steps down today...
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