by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 16, 2010 | Blogs, Taxation
Congress wants to reduce tax evasion, but politicians are unwilling to address the underlying problem of low tax rates, so they continuously give the IRS more power and make it more difficult for law-abiding people to engage in commerce. A good example is the FATCA...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 11, 2010 | Blogs, Taxation
The final paper in Stephen J. Entin of IRET’s three part series about the capital gains tax rate is entited, Revenue Estimation Of Capital Gains Needs Improvement, and as the title promises it explores the inacurate revenue estimates applied to potential changes...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 6, 2010 | Blogs, Taxation
As previously noted, IRET has published a series of three excellent papers on the case for lowering the capital gains tax rate. The second paper is introduced by Stephen J. Entit and written by Paul Evans. Entitled, The Relationship Between Realized Capital Gains...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 4, 2010 | Blogs, Taxation
Over the next several days we will be highlighting a series of papers by Stephen J. Entin of the Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation (IRET). These papers examine the looming possibility of an increase in the capital gains tax rate and make a strong...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Apr 12, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Richard Rahn recently wrote an article in the Washington Times about issues of morality and the IRS. His conclusions about the oppressive nature of the federal tax bureaucracy and accurate contrasts with state tax agencies are particularly relevant in April. Would...
