Recent Posts from Taxable Talk
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Fire Relief from the FTB
The Franchise Tax Board announced today that disaster relief is available to impacted taxpayers. Taxpayers who are amending their returns should write "Southern California Wildfires 2008" in red...
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Another Resource for the Tax Protester
Every so often I get a phone call from someone who tells me, "Now Russ, I know that paying the income tax is completely voluntary and I don't really have to...
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Bozos and Brothels
Two stories tonight, one from Tulsa and one from England; they both illustrate Bozo behavior (or should I spell that behaviour) and one adds some British understatement....
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Time to Get Out Your Checkbook, Mr. Anderson
When we last looked at Walter Anderson he was being sentenced to nine years at ClubFed. We wrote, at that time, "But Mr. Anderson did get lucky in one respect....
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More on the World Series of Poker and Income Tax
Earlier this week I posted on the tax bite that the top nine finishers at this year's main event of the World Series of Poker faced. This year's winner, Peter...
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$28 Billion?
California's Legislative Analyst is projecting that the budget deficit, currently pegged at about $11 billion, might grow to $28 billion. What does the Legislative Analyst, Mac Taylor, want to do to...
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The Real Winners at the World Series of Poker
This year's World Series of Poker concluded early this morning at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The winner of the main event won $9,152,416 but would he actually...
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And They're Born Every Day...
Two tales of Bozo tax preparers came out at week's end, and both come from Denver....
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Charger Finds His Way to ClubFed
It hasn't been a good year for the San Diego Chargers. Their best defensive player, Shawne Merriman, is out for the year. They've struggled on offense. Yet their only one...
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Schwarzenegger Proposes Big Sales Tax Increase
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed increasing California's base sales tax from 7.25% to 8.75% to help close an $11 billion budget shortfall. If the measure passes the state legislature, Orange County's...