Outsourcing is the new name of the tax game – Just as I wouldn’t even attempt to set up shop in another country and try to interpret its tax laws, I don’t see how sending USA tax returns to India to be prepared can work out well for clients.  It does seem to work for cookie cutter style assembly line tax return operations who don’t care about personalized service. 

GOP cuts deal on Bush tax cut

Snowe’s Tax Cut Fight Frosts GOP Leadership – Not exactly the brightest bulb on the Senate tree.

Most Americans say their taxes are too high  – Closer to the truth than the lefty class warriors want us to believe.

Farce, Tragedy and Taxes – SOP for the sausage factory run by our rulers in DC.

Adjust tax for inflation – The insane AMT snares more people each year due to its fixed thresholds. 

Tax Inquiries Fall as Cheating Increases – The New York Slimes does its part to lobby for more IRS money and power.

AP poll finds majority of Americans oppose tax cuts  – If you believe this poll (which I don’t), the class warfare propaganda campaign to portray any tax cuts as taking food out of the mouth of starving kids for the benefit of the evil rich, is working. I’m sure the poll questions were slanted in this direction, as is SOP for the media who try to mold public opinion rather than just report on it.

Life In A FishBowl

One of the benefits of being President is the ability to share your private tax information with the public.  The details of Bush’s return have been revealed.  The one figure that stands out is the almost $70,000 of charitable contributions.  I can’t help but compare that with the $353 total for donations that Al Gore had on his tax return a few years back, on almost the same size income as the Bushes are reporting.  It just seems to perfectly illustrate the old maxim “actions speak louder than words.”  Bush is willing to put his money where his mouth is, while Gore and his Fellow Travelers in the JackAss Party like to talk a lot about supporting charitable causes, but can only be generous with other people’s (the taxpayers’) money.

KMK