Taxes on Townhall

The Destruction of Our Culture of Self-Reliance and Civic Society Fri May 24

Charlotte Hays
Scandalous Ignorance Fri May 24

Brian and Garrett Fahy
Protests Outside Cincinnati IRS Office Thu May 23
Outgoing IRS Chief Says Planted Question His Idea Wed May 22
Harry Reid and the IRS Say Taxes are Voluntary Tue May 21

Ransom Notes Radio

Believe it or not, there are some people in Congress that can’t even wrap their mind around the power of the IRS. (And we wonder why there might be some abuse of power?) John Ransom talked with Bill Tatro about the recent White House scandals, and the coercive power of tax policy. ... more
Shocking: Study Admits Income Taxes Penalize Growth Sat May 18

Daniel J. Mitchell

I have to start this post with a big caveat. I’m not a fan of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The international bureaucracy is infamous for using American tax dollars to promote a statist economic agenda. ... more
Definition of Insanity: Raising Tax Rates and Expecting a Higher Result Fri May 17

Political Calculations

No matter what the tax rates have been, in postwar America tax revenues have remained at about 19.5% of GDP. ... more
Obama: IRS Acting Commissioner Has Resigned Thu May 16
Atty Gen Orders Probe Into IRS Targeting Groups Wed May 15
Obama Calls IRS Targeting of Conservative Groups Outrageous Tue May 14
Egyptian assembly approves higher taxes on the wealthy Mon May 13

Reuters News
NewsBusted: Tax Code, Joe Biden, and Saudi Arabia Tue May 7
Lauryn Hill gets 3 months for failing to pay taxes Mon May 6

AP News
Are Online Sales Taxes Only Fair? Wed May 1

Jacob Sullum
Democrats Still Denying Washington Has a Spending Problem Mon Apr 29

Katie Pavlich
From Hunters & Fishermen to Greenies on Earth Day: “You’re Quite Welcome!” Fri Apr 26

Humberto Fontova

“More than four decades after the first Earth Day,” declared President Obama in an address this week, “millions of Americans have answered the call to protect the environment. ... more
Investigate Employer Who Filed 37,375 Bad W-2s in One Year Wed Apr 24

Terry Jeffrey

I have a challenge for members of Congress now vowing that the federal government will enforce the immigration laws in the future if we just let them take the illegal aliens in the United States today and put them on a "pathway to citizenship." ... more
Who Pays Their Fair Share? Tue Apr 23

Mike Shedlock

The math shows a large number of people are unhappy even though they pay no income taxes at all. ... more
False Alarm: The Libertarian Revolution Has Not Begun Sat Apr 20

Daniel J. Mitchell

As you can see, 24 IRS employees were just arrested for stealing. But what about the other 105,976 bureaucrats at the Internal Revenue Service who seize our money under the implied threat of violence? Shouldn’t they be arrested for stealing from us as well? ... more
Warren Buffett Has His Secretary—and Barack Obama Has…Me Fri Apr 19

Charlotte Hays

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has his secretary—and Barack Obama has…me. Like countless other U.S. taxpayers, I was interested but not at all surprised to learn, when I paid my annual visit to Mr. Block, that my effective tax rate for 2012 was higher than Mr. Obama’s enviable effective rate of 18 percent. ... more
Art Laffer’s Unfortunate Endorsement of a State Sales Tax Cartel Fri Apr 19

Daniel J. Mitchell

Art Laffer has a guaranteed spot in the liberty hall of fame because he popularized the common-sense notion that you can’t make any assumptions about tax rates and tax revenue without also figuring out what happens to taxable income. Lot’s of people on the left try to denigrate the “Laffer Curve,” but it’s worth noting that even left-wing economists now admit that you don’t maximize revenue with a 100 percent tax rate. ... more
There’s Not Much Hope for Tax Reform Thu Apr 18

Daniel J. Mitchell

We almost always face an uphill battle in our efforts to restrain the power and greed of the political class. And in some areas, such as the fight for pro-growth and humane tax reform, I see very little reason for hope. ... more
Price Versus Cost Wed Apr 17

Walter E. Williams

Suppose you buy a gallon of gas for $3. How much did it cost you? ... more
Income Taxes and Fairness Wed Apr 17

Mike Shedlock

Are your taxes fair? Over half of Americans Say Their Income Taxes are Fair. And 46.6% Paid No Income Tax in 2011. The top 20 percent of Americans earn 53.4 percent of the total U.S. income, but pay 67.2 percent of total income tax. Is that fair? ... more
Don’t Be Like Washington DC – Pay Your Taxes Wed Apr 17

Michael Schaus

Guess which city is home to the largest number of tax cheats? Yeah. . . It also turns out that the Office of Government Ethics (I think Thomas Jefferson just screamed from beyond the grave) has one of the highest delinquency rates at 6.5 percent. But you better pay your taxes on time, or else. . . ... more