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On the heels of sweeping tax reform, the North Carolina legislature simplified the privilege license tax when they eliminated municipal privilege taxes in 2014. The state still levies a privilege…
Attorney David Lesperance shares his concerns about recent federal government policy. He just issued the following news release: US GOVERNMENT TAKING HOSTAGES: The US Government are using COVID as an…
Walter Olson writes for the Washington Examiner about a frightening new policy across the pond. It’s like, “Your papers, please,” but for things you own. Authorities in Britain have begun…
JLF’s Joe Coletti featured in Washington Examiner: Prior to the court’s decision in Wayfair, states were only able to assess sales tax collection liability on businesses that had some form…
Wayfair, the home furnishings online retailer that is almost as ubiquitous as Ikea and original maker of the second-hand computer stand being used for this blogpost, is at the Supreme…
Last month, the IRS sent a letter of findings to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI), outlining possible mistakes in the way that state education officials classified certain types…
Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute submits the following about his new report with Veronique de Rugy about the impact of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit. The study summarizes…
Most people fill out their income tax forms by April 15 or at least file paperwork requesting an extension. Thomas Donlan of Barron’s examines our willingness to comply with this…
David Allen at the Heritage Foundation examines for the Daily Signal the costs associated with taxes. In addition to the direct burden imposed by the taxes themselves, Americans face compliance…
It certainly has not received as much, if any, television coverage as it deserves, but this law that went into effect on July 1st is one that you need to…
The federal tax code is now so onerous that it takes 6 billion hours to comply. The federal Taxpayer Advocate ranks complexity as the No. 1 problem facing the tax system and…
The inimitable Joel Stein shares with Bloomberg Businessweek readers his quest to navigate the perplexing minefield of annual income tax preparation. Though I’ve tried many times, I have never read…