Tax Guru – Ker$tetter Letter

Hitting two popular villains in one parody. Thanks to Player.

Rumbling on the hard-line right – As I’ve been saying for a long time, Bush is losing a lot of support from those of us who are disappointed in his embrace of larger more expensive government. Rather than sit out the 2004 election, a stronger message could be accomplished by supporting the party that has always believed in the constitutional limits on government, the Libertarian Party

With election on the way, latest tax cuts likely won’t be the last – I don’t want to sound overly negative about Bush. Cutting taxes has been an excellent move and I’m glad that he plans to continue that trend. He just needs to start exercising some restraint on spending for things that are not authorized by our Constitution.

IRS Speeds Corporate Tax Audits

IRS Unit Will Focus on Lawyers and Accountants

‘Tis the Time for Retirement Planning

More Year-End Tax Tips

From Roth & Company

From Rhonda Abrams

10 last-minute tax moves for 2003 – Plus, don’t forget to prepay your tax preparer by December 31 to receive the tax savings from that a year earlier than normal.

2003 Tax Law Changes

Five tax myths that can cost you money

Oakland Mayor Brown Suggests Tax on Unhealthy Behaviors Could Generate Much Needed Revenue – His protege may be out of office, but Governor MoonBeam is still as crazy as ever.

Prosecutor: Humbug to Jurors’ Holiday Cheer – She likes to pick juries when everyone is the worst mood possible; during tax season. Unfortunately for her, she can’t choose from professional tax preparers during that season since we are exempted from service during our busiest time of the year.

Notorious e-mail scam snares Volusia retiree’s nest egg – It’s practically impossible to have any sympathy for someone stupid enough to fall for the long running Nigerian money laundering scam. The fact that this idiot lives in South Florida shouldn’t be much of a surprise either.

Bush committed to combating budget deficit – He sure has a funny way of showing this. He hasn’t vetoed any of the drunken sailor spending bills passed by Congress and has in fact himself been championing record levels of new programs, such as the expansion of the already screwed up Medicare system. I’m a big believer in actions speaking louder than words; so I can’t buy into Bush’s sincerity regarding fiscal conservatism until he implements controls over the size and cost of government.

Last Day to Sell – This is a good explanation of the often confusing issue of the effective dates of stock transactions for tax purposes. This is also a good time to remind everyone that a stock has to be actually sold by December 31 in order to claim a loss on your 2003 tax return. Just because it has dropped in value from your original purchase price does not entitle you to claim it as a capital loss. This is completely consistent with the way you handle stocks that have gone up in value. Those gains aren’t taxable until you actually sell the stocks.

Courtesy of Spook

How far technology has come in support of numerical calculations.

Courtesy of danfoxh