Beloit minister sentenced for false tax returns – This is just crazy.  Filing Federal income tax refund claims to offset music royalties that his wife’s dead aunt was supposedly cheated out of is as convoluted a stretch of logic as I can recall seeing. I’m not sure prison is the proper place to send this nut-job.  A mental hospital seems more appropriate.

New surcharge and marriage penalty for high income taxpayers – Lefties in the PRC succeeded in their latest soak the evil rich campaign.

Bush Already Filling in the Blanks on Tax Reform 

The Limits of Payable On Death Accounts

Reform Is On the Way? Tax Policy and the 2004 Elections

A topic with which he has a lot of very successful personal experience.

New Senate Is Good News for Taxpayers, Watchdog Group Says

Top 10 Mutual Fund Terms

FreakingNews.com‘s current PhotoShop contest is with tax reform ideas.  Here are the entries so far:

Court Freezes $500 Million That Justice Dept. Alleges Was Paid To Firms Running Tax Avoidance Schemes.  More Than 3,500 Doctors and Dentists Allegedly Participated in Program Run by San Diego-based xelan Firm.

American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 – Nice summary of the newest tax law from QuickFinders.

IRS Disputes Watchdog’s Audit Report

Tax Reform Warning – A message that I have always made, that the only way a national sales tax would be a good idea is if the 16th Amendment is repealed so that we don’t end up with both income and sales taxes instead of just one or the other.

IRS Reveals Less Cheating by Businesses, Its Data Show – Of course, since they have always intentionally inflated the extent of the underground economy in order to justify their expansion of powers, it’s hard to trust any statements they make in this regard.

This election is looking like a very positive step in the right direction for those of us who believe in lower taxes.  The NTU has already analyzed the net effect of the change in the US Senate with this Fiscal Analysis of the Incoming Senate.  Getting rid of high tax loving Senators Edwards (aka The Breck Girl), Hollings, and Puff Dashole are great developments.   The Club For Growth did an excellent job in helping South Dakota finally get rid of that snake Dashole.