Tax Guru-Ker$tetter Letter

Wednesday, July 16, 2003

Less Tax, More Paperwork (link to article expired) - As always, our rulers in DC have guaranteed more work for us professional tax preparers by making everything even more complicated than ever. Some might suspect that they worry about a lot of unemployed tax practitioners and are just looking for ways to create more work for us.

How you can pay bills in blink of an eye - Just like in spy movies, we'll soon be able to do all kinds of things just by having the irises in our eyes scanned.

The Politics of Pension Promises (link to article expired)- It's not just the Teamsters and their Mafia pension plan scams that employees have to worry about. Many companies have been allowed to fund pension contributions with IOUs. Of course, this is similar to what Social Security is; but comes as a surprise to many employees, especially if the employer goes belly up.

House Panel Approves Permanent Ban on Internet Taxes - This refers to State taxes on the actual Internet services. It doesn't put a damper on State sales taxes on retail purchases made over the web, which is still a very hot issue.

States Losing Billions Due to Corporate Tax Shelters

Rich politicians can't understand the needs or ordinary Americans - A word from Mr. Obvious.

Budget deficit: What me worry?

Insider trading - As Walter Williams explains, it's rare when a transaction doesn't have one side knowing more than the other.
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 7/16/2003 09:04:00 PM Send this post: