I used to travel extensively; often accumulating ½ million miles a year as I commuted to California, visited clients, attended scientific/medical conferences, etc. around the world. And, there were plenty of accidents involving airlines. So much so, that I had more than my share of opportunities to experience airline crashes.
Continue reading Up, up, and away
Oh, boy, another report saying airline travel is safe.
Continue reading If elephants could fly…
It would help if the IRS were a fully funded agency. But, for the past four years or so, it has suffered because the GOP claims (FAKE NEWS) that WrongWing (non-)charities had a tough time getting approved as non-profit entities. The GOP feels that these Political Action Committees (PAC) were chosen for special scrutiny. (FACT: All these fake charities that are really aimed at promoting political candidates from the Left, the Right, and the Middle were subject to the same extra scrutiny.)
Continue reading Food and Drink?
We expect the advent of autonomous vehicles to make us feel like we are living in nirvana. Ok. Maybe not nirvana, but it should lead to the elimination of car crashes. After all 94% of all car crashes are the result of driver error.
Continue reading What will it take?
Do you know that the IRS has not changed its policies on gifts? That any business gift that costs more than $ 25 is taxable to the extent if exceeds that threshold? That is has been in place since 1981- which means at the very least the IRS should have changed the deductible limit to $ 66.
Do you remember when I told you the IRS had potent weapons added to it arsenal? Well, they’ve already begun the expanded battles.
Continue reading Notice to Seize!
I went to a computer meeting not too long ago. Where the attendees were some 250 computer specialists. And, I was amazed at what happened there.
Continue reading The Cost of Free…
If you were a client of mine, you would have received a notice last December. Just when I was writing about the amazing fact that Congress finally passed a bill- a real authorization bill- for the Department of Transportation, one that funded bare-bones transportaton neds for five years, my notice informed clients that the bill included a slew of unrelated items. In particular, items that changed the way our taxes are computed, the way the IRS acts, etc.
Continue reading The FAST Act pulled a Fast One?
I just finished my Jewish holidays- and then was inundated with folks who failed to file their taxes on the 15th of April. And, what did they do for the ensuing six months? From what I can tell, absolutely nothing. Three of them brought the ubiquitous shoe box- you know, a year’s collection of receipts. The problem? Most of those receipts were printed via heat sensitive ink- and now, 10 to 22 months later, they are a mess of grey blobs, having faded to obscurity.
I admit it. I hardly travel nowadays. Oh, don’t get too excited. My comparison is from 20 and 30 years ago, when I commuted from Charlottesville (Virginia) to Long Beach (California) – 3 to 4 times a week. And, I went to Atlanta once every other week. And, New York twice a month. Taiwan once a month. Paris once a month. Milwaukee, Kansas City, Corpus Christi, and Dallas once a week. And, about 5 more trips a quarter.
Continue reading It’s Time for Regulatory Action
