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Answers to Your Tax Questions

Answers to your questions on a variety of tax issues.

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Tax Law Was Cited in Software Engineer’s Suicide Note

The man who flew a small plane into a building containing I.R.S. offices pointed to a 1986 tax law that is said to limit opportunities for entrepreneurs.

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Charities Wrestle With Tax Uncertainty

With the estate tax due to return on Jan. 1 after a one-year hiatus, some charitable gifts are being delayed.

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Certainty on Tax, but Just for Two Years

The compromise tax law that was enacted in December clarified the tax outlook for the immediate future, but that clarity will last for only two years.

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Bad Connections

It’s time — once again — to bust up the telecom trusts.

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Navigating the Tax Rules on Charitable Gifts

In time for year-end tax planning, a primer on avoiding common pitfalls when making charitable donations.

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What a World Tour of Tax Codes Can Teach the U.S. About How to Reform Its Own

In “A Fine Mess,” T. R. Reid cites examples from Estonia to New Zealand of how tax redesigns can drive economic success.

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How to Make Trump’s Tax Returns Public

New York’s governor and other state authorities can ask right now for a criminal investigation of the president’s taxes.

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Michael C. Cooper, Convicted in Tax Scam, Dies a Prisoner at 66

Seeing an opportunity to profit off widespread resentment over the tax system, he ensnared 50,000 Americans who sought to dodge the I.R.S.

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Mason Gaffney, Who Argued for Taxing Only Land, Dies at 96

He was at the forefront of a tax-policy movement based on the ideas of Henry George, which helped spark the Progressive movement in the 19th century.

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