Tax Roundup, 8/29/2013: Individual mandate regs go final. And: the office...
Avik Roy, White House Publishes Final Regulations For Obamacare’s Individual Mandate — Seven Things You Need To Know. Key points: You pay a fine if your spouse and kids are uninsured. If you claim...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 2/11/2013: Suing the driver of the getaway car for not going...
When a convicted criminal feels he has been ill-used by an accomplice, the normal recourse tends to involve unpleasant events in the prison gallery. Lawyers are rarely consulted. But when...
View ArticleIRS gives up on S-corporation bank ‘TEFRA’ disallowance
The IRS has given up its argument in a closely-watched S corporation bank case. The IRS has published an “acquiescence in result only” (AOD 2010-06) in Vainisi. The tax law provides two sets of...
View ArticlePosner prose
The TaxProf has some of 7th Circuit appeals judge Richard Posner’s memorable tax quotes. Lots of good stuff, including these two sad observations: “It is a long time since American government operated...
View ArticleS corporation banks score big win in Seventh Circuit
Sometimes the tax code means just what it says. So said the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday in a decision that’s welcome news for hundreds of S corporation banks. They overturned a Tax Court...
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